Meaning of “cleared status (general)”
6.—(1)  For the purposes of these Regulations, an individual is treated as having a cleared status (general) only if he or she is and to the extent certified under this regulation as having a cleared status (general).
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(2)  Where the Director or a recognised medical practitioner is satisfied that an individual is a recovered individual, the Director or recognised medical practitioner (as the case may be) may grant a certificate stating that the individual has a cleared status (general) for a period —
(a)for a recovered individual who was never vaccinated against a COVID-19 infection before he or she was diagnosed as having the COVID‑19 infection —
(i)starting the date the recovered individual first tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 upon undergoing any of the following that led to the diagnosis of the individual having that infection:
(A)a polymerase chain reaction test;
(B)an antigen rapid test which had been followed by a serology test in Singapore that is not attributable to the administration of any vaccine against a COVID-19 infection;
(C)an antigen rapid test on or after 6 January 2022 that is performed by or under the direction of the individual’s treating doctor in the course of providing medical treatment to the individual because the individual has acute respiratory symptoms;
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(D)a serology test in Singapore (whether before, on or after 1 February 2022) that is not attributable to the administration of any vaccine against a COVID-19 infection and without having tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on any other earlier occasion; and
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(ii)ending on (and including) as follows:
(A)the 180th day after the date in sub-paragraph (i), unless sub-paragraph (B) applies;
(B)31 January 2022, where the individual is a transitional case; or
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(b)for a recovered individual who is diagnosed as having a COVID‑19 infection after a certificate under this paragraph had been granted in respect of the individual, and who was never vaccinated against a COVID‑19 infection, the period falling after the grant of the certificate —
(i)starting the date the recovered individual first tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 upon undergoing any of the following that led to the diagnosis of the individual having that infection:
(A)a polymerase chain reaction test;
(B)an antigen rapid test followed by a serology test in Singapore that is not attributable to the administration of any vaccine against a COVID-19 infection;
(C)an antigen rapid test on or after 6 January 2022 that is performed by or under the direction of the individual’s treating doctor in the course of providing medical treatment to the individual because the individual has acute respiratory symptoms; and
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(ii)ending on (and including) as follows:
(A)the 180th day after the date in sub-paragraph (i), unless sub-paragraph (B) applies;
(B)31 January 2022, where the individual is a transitional case.
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(3)  Where the Director is satisfied that —
(a)an individual is a recovered individual; and
(b)the individual is vaccinated against a COVID-19 infection by the administration of any approved vaccine by a recognised vaccination provider,
the Director may grant a certificate stating that the recovered individual has a cleared status (general) for a period as follows, whichever is applicable:
(c)for an indefinite period starting the day stated in the First Schedule corresponding to the approved vaccine used in the vaccination and the nature of the individual’s vaccination;
(d)for a period that starts and ends as stated in the First Schedule corresponding to the approved vaccine used in the vaccination and the nature of the individual’s vaccination.
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(4)  In addition, where the Director is satisfied that an individual who is a COVID-19 naïve individual is vaccinated against a COVID-19 infection by the administration of any approved vaccine by a recognised vaccination provider, the Director may grant a certificate stating that the individual has a cleared status (general) for a period as follows, whichever is applicable:
(a)unless sub-paragraph (b) applies —
(i)for an indefinite period starting the day stated in the First Schedule corresponding to the approved vaccine used in the vaccination and the nature of the individual’s vaccination; or
(ii)for a period that starts and ends as stated in the First Schedule corresponding to the approved vaccine used in the vaccination and the nature of the individual’s vaccination;
(b)if the COVID-19 naïve individual undergoes a primary vaccination before attaining 18 years of age, for a period that —
(i)starts as stated in the First Schedule corresponding to the approved vaccine used in the vaccination and the nature of the individual’s vaccination; and
(ii)ends at the expiry of 2 months after the individual attains 18 years of age or the end date stated in the First Schedule corresponding to the approved vaccine used in the individual’s primary vaccination, whichever date is later.
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(5)  Despite paragraph (2), (3) or (4), where an individual is diagnosed as having a COVID-19 infection, after he or she underwent vaccination and is granted a certificate under paragraph (3) or (4), the Director or a recognised medical practitioner may, where satisfied that the individual is a recovered individual after that infection or any later infection, grant a certificate stating that the individual has a cleared status (general) for a period as follows, whichever is applicable:
(a)if the recovered individual underwent only a primary vaccination or was granted a certificate under paragraph (4) stating that the individual has a cleared status (general) for a period of 120 days — for an indefinite period starting the date the recovered individual first tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 upon undergoing any of the following that led to the diagnosis of the individual having the last infection:
(i)a polymerase chain reaction test;
(ii)an antigen rapid test followed by a serology test in Singapore that is not attributable to the administration of any vaccine against a COVID-19 infection;
(iii)an antigen rapid test on or after 6 January 2022 that is performed by or under the direction of the individual’s treating doctor in the course of providing medical treatment to the individual because the individual has acute respiratory symptoms;
(iv)a serology test in Singapore that is not attributable to the administration of any vaccine against a COVID-19 infection and without having tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on any other occasion, but only if such individual was granted a certificate under paragraph (4);
(b)if the recovered individual was granted a certificate under paragraph (3) for a period mentioned in paragraph (3)(d) — for a period that starts on a relevant date mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) and ends at the expiry of 180 days (including that date) thereafter.
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(6)  The Director may cancel any certificate granted under this regulation stating that an individual has a cleared status (general) if —
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(b)the Director is satisfied that it is the interest of the health and safety of the individual to do so.
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(7)  To avoid doubt, the period in paragraph (3), (4) or (5) may be a period before 24 April 2021.
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(8)  An individual is a transitional case for the purposes of paragraph (2) —
(a)if he or she had acquired, before 1 January 2022, a cleared status (general) under paragraph (2), and would have continued on or after that date to have a cleared status (general) if not for the making of the Infectious Diseases (Mass Gathering Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019) (Amendment No. 14) Regulations 2021; but
(b)not if he or she had acquired, before 1 January 2022, a cleared status (general) under paragraph (2) and ceased to have a cleared status (general) that is current before that date because of regulation 8A(1)(a) or (c).
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