2. Healthcare services regulation and licensing

The Healthcare Services Act (HCSA) was enacted in 2020 to replace the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act (PHMCA) to ensure that healthcare regulation is kept up to date with new models of care, such as mobile care and virtual care. HCSA provides a more flexible approach in the regulation of Singapore’s healthcare system from a premises-based to a services-based framework.

Under the HCSA, a risk-based regulatory approach is applied to determine the healthcare services to regulate under HCSA. There are currently 16 healthcare services regulated under the HCSA and healthcare providers who offer any of these services in Singapore will need to hold the relevant HCSA licences before offering the service.

These 16 healthcare services include the following:

1. Acute Hospital Service

2. Ambulatory Surgical Centre Service

3. Assisted Reproduction Service

4. Blood Banking Service

5. Clinical Laboratory Service

6. Community Hospital Service

7. Cord Blood Banking Service

8. Emergency Ambulance Service

9. Medical Transport Service

10. Human Tissue Banking Service

11. Nuclear Medicine Service

12. Nursing Home Service

13. Outpatient Dental Service

14. Outpatient Medical Service

15. Outpatient Renal Dialysis Service

16. Radiological Service

For more information, please visit HCSA's website.

Apply for licences under HCSA at Healthcare Application and Licensing Portal.

Other useful links:

1. CHAS application

2. Charities, IPCs or Fund – Raising

3. Healthier SG

4. MOH Healthcare Claims Portal

5. MOH Financing Schemes Accreditation E-service

6. Mediclaim

7. NEHR portal