Aesthetics clinics will continue to be licensed under the HCSA as Outpatient Medical Services or Outpatient Dental Services.

Standards related to the safety of aesthetic medicine are set out in the Outpatient Medical Service and Outpatient Dental Service regulations.

Doctors and dentists providing aesthetic services will be held accountable for their professional conduct under the Medical Registration Act and Dental Registration Act and be governed and disciplined by the Singapore Medical Council and Singapore Dental Council, respectively.

The HCSA has clearly defined “clinical procedure” - which includes aesthetic procedures - that can only be provided by a licensee and performed by registered doctors, dentists, and oral health therapists.

Beauty salons and aesthetic service providers can be prosecuted as unlicensed healthcare service providers under the HCSA if they perform procedures that fall under the definition of “clinical procedure” without holding the appropriate HCSA licence and employing a doctor/dentist/oral health therapist (as the case may be) to perform the procedure.

The public is encouraged to lodge a complaint with MOH via email (MOH_QSM@moh.gov.sg) or phone (63259220) if they come across any of such providers.