Definitions
2.  In these Regulations —
“acute hospital service licensee” means a person who is licensed to provide an acute hospital service;
“ambulatory surgical centre service” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of the First Schedule to the Act;
“anaesthesiologist” means a medical practitioner who is registered under section 22 of the Medical Registration Act 1997 in the branch of anaesthesiology;
“clinical privilege”, in relation to a medical practitioner or dentist, means the type or types of relevant procedures that the medical practitioner or dentist is permitted to provide;
“clinical support personnel” means any individual (other than a medical practitioner or dentist) who is —
(a)a healthcare professional; or
(b)any other personnel of the licensee who is involved in providing care directly to any patient;
“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);
“deep sedation” means a drug‑induced depression of a patient’s consciousness —
(a)during which the patient cannot be easily aroused but will respond purposefully following repeated or painful stimulation;
(b)where the patient’s ability to independently maintain ventilatory function may be impaired;
(c)where the patient may require assistance in maintaining a patent airway and spontaneous ventilation may be inadequate; and
(d)where the patient’s cardiovascular function is usually maintained;
“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 anaesthesia” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of the First Schedule to the Act;
“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 ambulatory surgical centre service;
“neuraxial anaesthesia” means the anaesthesia that is caused in a patient by the administration of an anaesthetic around the nerves of the central nervous system of the patient;
“nurse” means a registered nurse or an enrolled nurse;
“nursing service” means the provision of nursing care to a patient to assist the patient in attaining, maintaining or recovering his or her health;
“operating theatre” means a room with an aseptic environment that is equipped and designed to support the safe performance of any relevant procedure that requires general anaesthesia;
“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 ambulatory surgical centre 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 ambulatory surgical centre 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;
“relevant healthcare provider” means —
(a)a person who is licensed to provide an ambulatory surgical centre service;
(b)a person who is licensed to provide an acute hospital service;
(c)a person who was licensed under the repealed Act to use any premises as a private hospital; or
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(d)a person who was, under the repealed Act —
(i)licensed to use any premises as a medical clinic; and
(ii)approved to provide ambulatory surgery at those premises;
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“relevant procedure” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of the First Schedule to the Act;
“scope of practice”, in relation to a licensee, means the type or types of relevant procedures provided by the licensee;
“simple in vitro diagnostic test” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of the First Schedule to the Act;
“surgical procedure” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of the First Schedule to the Act;
“testing material” means any test kit, material, device, equipment, instrument or other article that is used to conduct a simple in vitro diagnostic test.