Medical Transport Service

Regulatory requirements

When is a Medical Transport Service licence needed?

You will require a Medical Transport Service licence if you:

• Convey any patient (including an emergency patient*) by land using an emergency ambulance and provide clinical care and monitoring of the patient while the patient is being conveyed in the emergency ambulance.

*An “emergency patient” is an individual who is suffering or believed to be suffering from an injury, or a condition of acute or sudden onset, that poses an immediate threat to the individual’s life or jeopardises the long-term health of the individual.

For the legal definition of a Medical Transport Service, please refer to the First Schedule of the Act.

Applicable Specified Services and Mode of Service Delivery

The only allowable Mode of Service Delivery for Medical Transport Service is conveyance.

There are currently no Specified Services offered under the Medical Transport Service.

Requirements to be a Clinical Governance Officer

An individual must be in good standing and fulfil all of the criteria below to be appointed as a Clinical Governance Officer (CGO).

1. For an individual to fulfil the requirements to be a CGO, he or she must:

   • Reside in Singapore during his or her appointment as a CGO

   • If a doctor is to be appointed as a CGO, he or she must:

     • Be a fully registered medical practitioner with Singapore Medical Council and hold a valid practising certificate,

     • Have at least 5 years of work experience, including at least one year of work experience in the branch of anaesthesiology, emergency medicine, general surgery, or intensive care medicine, and

     • Must not be subject to either a decision, or an order made under Part 7 of the Medical Registration Act 1997 by a Disciplinary Tribunal appointed under that Act in the 3 years prior to the appointment

   • If a nurse is to be appointed as a CGO, he or she must:

     • Be a registered nurse not working under the supervision of any person,

     • Have at least 5 years of work experience in carrying out acts of nursing (as defined by section 26(2) of the Nurses and Midwives Act 1999) for or in relation to anaesthesia, emergency medicine, general surgery or intensive care medicine or any other branch of medicine involving the management of acute and critical patients as approved by the Director-General, and

     • Must not be subject to a decision made by the Singapore Nursing Board in exercise of the powers under section 19 of the Nurses and Midwives Act 1999 in the 3 years prior to the appointment

   • Have valid certifications of competency in:

     • Appointment as a CGO of the MTS;

     • Provision of Basic Cardiac Life Support; and

     • Use of Automated External Defibrillation.

For further details on the qualifications, skills and competencies of a CGO, please refer to Section 6 of the Emergency Ambulance Service and Medical Transport Service Regulations.

2. For an individual to fulfil the suitability qualifications to be a CGO, he or she must not:

   • Have any of the following convictions, unless it is a spent conviction:

     • An offence involving fraud or dishonesty;

     • Offence under the HCSA, the PHMCA or any applicable Acts listed in the Annex A of the Code of Practice [PDF, 439KB];

     • An offence specified in the Third Schedule to the Registration of Criminals Act; or

     • Any other offence involving abuse, ill treatment, assault, or physical violence

   • Have a pending charge for an offence involving abuse, ill treatment, assault, or physical violence

   • Be an undischarged bankrupt

   • Have had his or her healthcare professional registration(s) under MOH cancelled, removed, or suspended

   • Have been a director or manager of a healthcare service provider that had its registration or licence suspended, cancelled, or revoked

   • Have had his or her accreditation or approval to participate in MOH-administered public schemes revoked or suspended

   • Lack capacity within the meaning of the Mental Capacity Act 2008.

For further details on the suitability requirements for a Key Office Holder, please refer to the Code of Practice [PDF, 439KB].

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