Healthcare Services (Outpatient Dental Service) Regulations 2023

No. S 408

Healthcare Services Act 2020

Healthcare Services
(Outpatient Dental Service)
Regulations 2023

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 57 of the Healthcare Services Act 2020, the Minister for Health makes the following Regulations:

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Healthcare Services (Outpatient Dental Service) Regulations 2023 and come into operation on 26 June 2023.

Definitions

2.—(1) In these Regulations —

“allied health professional” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Allied Health Professions Act 2011;

“dental x-ray” means either of the following types of x‑ray that is conducted for dental imaging purposes:

(a)	periapical x-ray;
(b)	orthopantomogram;

“duly qualified allied health professional” has the meaning given by section 3 of the Allied Health Professions Act 2011;

“enrolled nurse” means a person who is an enrolled nurse within the meaning of the Nurses and Midwives Act 1999 and holds a valid practising certificate under that Act;

“essential life-saving measure” means any basic emergency procedure that may be carried out on a person for the purpose of resuscitating the person;

“expiry date” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the General Regulations;

“General Regulations” means the Healthcare Services (General) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 1035/2021);

“healthcare professional” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the General Regulations;

“licensee” means a person who holds a licence to provide an outpatient dental service;

“MediShield Life Scheme” means the MediShield Life Scheme established by section 3 of the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015;

“minor dental surgical procedure” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of the First Schedule to the Act;

“nurse” means a registered nurse or an enrolled nurse;

“oral health therapist” means a person who is registered as an oral health therapist under section 22 of the Dental Registration Act 1999 and holds a valid practising certificate under that Act;

“outpatient dental service” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of the First Schedule to the Act;

“patient health record” means a record containing the personal data and medical information of a patient that is maintained by a licensee in relation to the provision of an outpatient dental service to the patient;

“personnel”, in relation to a licensee, means any individual employed or engaged by the licensee to assist the licensee in providing an outpatient dental service;

“pharmacist” means a person who is registered under the Pharmacists Registration Act 2007 and holds a valid practising certificate under that Act;

“radiography procedure” means a dental x‑ray or dental cone beam computed tomography;

“radiological service” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of the First Schedule to the Act;

“radiological service licensee” means a person who holds a valid licence under the Act to provide a radiological service;

“registered nurse” means a person who is a registered nurse within the meaning of the Nurses and Midwives Act 1999 and holds a valid practising certificate under that Act;

“simple in vitro diagnostic test” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of the First Schedule to the Act;

“specimen” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the General Regulations;

“temporary premises” means any premises other than permanent premises;

“testing material” means any test kit, material, device, equipment, instrument or other article that is used to conduct a simple in vitro diagnostic test.

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, a licensee is not to be treated as providing any outpatient dental service by remote provision to a patient, merely because —

(a)	the licensee provides any information and communication technology to the patient to enable the transmission of data related to the patient’s dental health status between the patient and the licensee and the monitoring of the patient’s dental health by the licensee; or
(b)	the licensee communicates with the patient remotely for administrative matters, including (but not limited to) the arrangement of the date of the patient’s next dental appointment.

Application of Regulations

3. Unless otherwise expressly provided in these Regulations, the provisions of these Regulations —

(a)	apply in addition to the provisions of the General Regulations; and
(b)	prevail if, and to the extent that, there is any inconsistency between these Regulations and the General Regulations insofar as the matter relates to a licensee.

Made on 20 June 2023.

CHAN YENG KIT

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.

[MH 78:44/1; AG/LEGIS/SL/122E/2020/23 Vol. 1]

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