PART 1 | Citation and commencement |
| 1. These Regulations are the Healthcare Services (Contingency Care Service) Regulations 2023 and come into operation on 26 June 2023. |
2. In these Regulations —| “allied health professional” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Allied Health Professions Act 2011; |
| “anaesthesia service” means a service that is provided to a patient undergoing a surgical or non‑surgical procedure, where the administration of an anaesthetic is required; |
| “collaborative prescribing practitioner” and “collaborative prescribing service” have the meanings given by regulation 2 of the Healthcare Services (Collaborative Prescribing Service) Regulations 2023 (G.N. No. S 398/2023); |
| “compound”, in relation to a therapeutic product, means to formulate, mix, assemble, package or label the therapeutic product, with the intention of dispensing or administering the therapeutic product to a patient in accordance with the written instructions of a qualified practitioner; |
| “contingency care service” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of the First Schedule to the Act; |
| “dietetic service” means a service provided to assess and address a patient’s nutritional needs for the purpose of assisting the patient in making dietary changes to promote and optimise the overall health of the patient; |
| “duly qualified allied health professional” has the meaning given by section 3 of the Allied Health Professions Act 2011; |
| “emergency ambulance service” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of the First Schedule to the Act; |
| “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 implemented on a person for the purpose of resuscitating the person; |
| “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); |
| “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 a contingency care service; |
| “medical transport service” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of the First Schedule to the Act; |
| “medicinal product” has the meaning given by section 3 of the Medicines Act 1975; |
| “minor 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; |
| “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; |
| “nutrition service” means the provision of food to any patient at any approved permanent premises; |
| “personnel”, in relation to a licensee, means any individual employed or engaged by the licensee to assist the licensee in providing a contingency care service; |
“pharmaceutical service” means —| (a) | the procurement, storage and control, dispensing, distribution, supply and administration of medicinal products and health products stored at any approved permanent premises; | | (b) | the preparation of medicinal products or health products, other than the compounding of therapeutic products, at any approved permanent premises; or | | (c) | the counselling and monitoring of patient drug therapy; |
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| “pharmacist” means a person who is registered as a pharmacist under the Pharmacists Registration Act 2007 and holds a valid practising certificate under that Act; |
“qualified practitioner” means —| (a) | a medical practitioner; or | | (b) | a registered dentist under the Dental Registration Act 1999 whose name appears in the first division of the Register of Dentists maintained and kept under section 13(1)(a) of that Act; |
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| “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; |
“rehabilitative service” means assisting or facilitating a patient in —| (a) | regaining the patient’s physical or cognitive ability that has been lost or impaired as a result of disease, injury or treatment; or | | (b) | returning to the patient’s daily life and living in a normal or near‑normal way, |
| and includes physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and cognitive therapy; |
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| “therapeutic product” means a health product categorised as a therapeutic product in the First Schedule to the Health Products Act 2007. |
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| 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. |
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