Outpatient Medical Service licensees may provide the services that can be performed in a “Permanent Premises” clinic via the “Temporary Premises” MOSD (i.e., in patients homes or in the community), with the exception of certain SSes that have higher risk profiles such as liposuction. The scope of procedures provided via the Outpatient Medical Service “Temporary Premises” MOSD is further limited to minor surgical procedures that can be done under local anaesthesia with no or minimal sedation only

Screening tests and specimen collection (such as blood taking) may be done within a patient’s home or in the community under the “Temporary Premises” MOSD.

Licensees must put in place the same safeguards for such procedures carried out in the community or in patient’s homes as when the procedures are performed in clinics i.e., “Permanent Premises” MOSD. These include:

i. ensuring that the necessary training and competency assessments has been completed by the healthcare professionals conducting these medical investigations,

ii. compliance to standards of practice pertaining to these medical investigations and

iii. availability and access to resuscitation drugs and equipment when providing services at these temporary premises