Exemption relating to head of nursing for nursing home service
23.  Regulation 8(1) of the Healthcare Services (Nursing Home Service) Regulations 2023 does not apply to a person (X) who holds a licence to provide a nursing home service in respect of X’s appointment of an individual as the head of nursing for any approved permanent premises of X during the period from 18 December 2023 to 17 December 2028 (both dates inclusive), if all of the following are satisfied:
(a)X had, immediately before 18 December 2023, held a valid licence under the repealed Act in relation to the use of any premises as a nursing home;
(b)the premises mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) are, from and including that date, X’s approved permanent premises for the provision of the nursing home service;
(c)the individual is a registered nurse who had, immediately before that date, performed all the functions mentioned in regulation 8(2)(a) to (e) of the Healthcare Services (Nursing Home Service) Regulations 2023 in respect of the nursing home at the premises mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a).
[S 850/2023 wef 18/12/2023]