Nurses and Midwives (Exemption for Approved Pharmacists) Regulations 2024

No. S 693

Nurses and Midwives Act 1999

Nurses and Midwives
(Exemption for Approved Pharmacists)
Regulations 2024

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 44(1) of the Nurses and Midwives Act 1999, the Singapore Nursing Board, with the approval of the Minister for Health, makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations are the Nurses and Midwives (Exemption for Approved Pharmacists) Regulations 2024 and come into operation on 4 September 2024.

Definitions

2.  In these Regulations —

“approved pharmacist” and “approved retail pharmacy” have the meanings given by Part 2 of the Third Schedule to the Health Products (Therapeutic Products) Regulations 2016 (G.N. No. S 329/2016);

“influenza vaccination” means an intramuscular injection to introduce a vaccine into the body of an individual for the purpose of providing the individual protection against influenza.

Persons who may carry out influenza vaccinations

3.—(1)  For the purposes of section 27(6)(c) of the Act, section 27(1) of the Act does not apply to an approved pharmacist who carries out an influenza vaccination at an approved retail pharmacy in accordance with the conditions specified in item 4 of Part 1 of the Third Schedule to the Health Products (Therapeutic Products) Regulations 2016.

(2)  For the purposes of section 28(4)(c) of the Act, section 28(1) of the Act does not apply to the employment of an approved pharmacist to carry out an influenza vaccination at an approved retail pharmacy in accordance with the conditions specified in item 4 of Part 1 of the Third Schedule to the Health Products (Therapeutic Products) Regulations 2016.

Made on 3 September 2024.

TRACY CAROL AYRE

Chairperson,
Singapore Nursing Board.

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