REGULATION OF UNLICENSED AESTHETIC TREATMENTS

NOTICE PAPER NO. 126

NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR ORAL ANSWER

FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 15 OCTOBER 2025

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Mr Abdul Muhaimin Abdul Malik

MP for Sengkang GRC

Question No. 579

To ask the Coordinating Minister for Social Policies and Minister for Health whether the Ministry will consider introducing stricter penalties for individuals who provide unlicensed aesthetic treatments.

NOTICE PAPER NO. 133

NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR ORAL ANSWER

FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 15 OCTOBER 2025

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Mr Abdul Muhaimin Abdul Malik

MP for Sengkang GRC

Question No. 628

To ask the Coordinating Minister for Social Policies and Minister for Health given the growing demand for aesthetic treatments, whether the Ministry will consider (i) reviewing regulations on aesthetic procedures and (ii) introducing psychological screening guidelines for patients to mitigate risks of cosmetic procedure addiction.

Answer

1             Clinical aesthetic procedures performed by registered medical and dental practitioners are regulated under the Healthcare Services Act (HCSA). Unauthorised persons who provide clinical aesthetic procedures are already subject to significant penalties. MOH will continue to monitor the situation and review the adequacy of existing penalties to ensure that they serve as effective deterrents whilst protecting public safety.

Medical and dental practitioners must also abide by their respective Ethical Code and Ethical Guidelines which stipulate taking reasonable care to ensure that patients do not have psychological or psychiatric illnesses involving self and body image before providing aesthetic procedures to them.