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HCSA

Cord Blood Banking Service

In this page, you will find information for a new or existing Cord Blood Banking Service licensee on the Cord Blood Banking Service regulations and licence conditions, its applicable Specified Services and the allowable Mode of Service Delivery, requirements to be a clinical governance officer and licence fees.

Last updated 26 March 2026

Common Regulatory Requirements

Licensees must comply with all the requirements in the HCSA, its regulations, licensing conditions and codes of practice. Refer to the requirements that are common to all HCSA licensees. Additional requirements that are also applicable to your healthcare service can be found below.

Service-Specific Regulatory Requirements

Regulations

To ensure the compliance with the various Healthcare Services Regulations

Licence Conditions

To ensure compliance with safety, governance, and service standards

Circulars

Official communications detailing clarifications, updates or changes to healthcare regulations and service requirements

FAQs

Questions from service providers, operators, or licensees

Other documents

Code of Practice, consultation feedback reports and others

When is a Cord Blood Banking Service licence needed?

You will require a Cord Blood Banking Service licence if you perform any of the following purposes:

  • Handle, process, store and distribute cord blood intended for clinical use in the same or another individual.

You will not require a Cord Blood Banking Service licence if you perform any of the following purposes:

  • Are a HCSA licensee and only assists the Cord Blood Banking.

For the legal definition of a Cord Blood Banking Service, please refer to the First Schedule of the Act.

Note: Although a Cord Blood Banking Service licence may not be applicable for your service, your service may still be subject to regulation as another Licensable Healthcare Service under the Healthcare Services Act (HCSA).

Please refer to the list of Licensable Healthcare Services for more information.

Applicable Specified Services and Mode of Service Delivery

The only allowable Mode of Service Delivery for Cord Blood Banking Service is permanent premises. There are no Specified Services offered under the Cord Blood Banking 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

    • Be a fully registered medical practitioner with the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) and hold a valid practising certificate

    • Be registered as a specialist in haematology;

    • Have at least 5 years of work experience in:

      • Haematopoietic stem cell transplant;

      • Transfusion medicine, provided that the working experience relates to the assessment, screening and evaluation of donors of cord blood;

      • Blood banking;

      • Cord blood banking; or

      • Any other activity relating to the provision of a Cord Blood Banking Service approved by the Director General

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

    • 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

For further details on the qualifications, skills and competencies of a CGO, please refer to Section 4 of the Cord Blood Banking Service Regulations.

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

Licence fee

For Cord Blood Banking Service, the applicable licence fee is $1,950.