Healthcare Services (Outpatient Renal Dialysis Service) Regulations 2023

No. S 409

Healthcare Services Act 2020

Healthcare Services
(Outpatient Renal Dialysis 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 Renal Dialysis Service) Regulations 2023 and come into operation on 26 June 2023.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations —

“collaborative prescribing practitioner” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the Healthcare Services (Collaborative Prescribing Service) Regulations 2023 (G.N. No. S 398/2023);

“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);

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

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

“health product” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Health Products Act 2007;

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

“medicinal product” has the meaning given by section 3 of the Medicines Act 1975;

“nursing personnel” means a registered nurse, an enrolled nurse or any other person who assists a registered nurse or an enrolled nurse in providing nursing care to patients;

“nursing service” means the provision of nursing care to a patient to assist the patient in attaining, maintaining or recovering his or her health;

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

“peritoneal dialysis” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of the First Schedule to the Act;

“peritoneal dialysis support” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of the First Schedule to the Act;

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

“specified infectious disease” means any of the following infections:

(a)	Hepatitis B infection;
(b)	Hepatitis C infection;
(c)	human immunodeficiency virus infection;

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

“supervising nurse”, in relation to an outpatient renal dialysis service, means the person appointed under regulation 9(1) as the supervising nurse for the outpatient renal dialysis service;

“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.

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/2020/30 Vol. 1]

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