MINISTRY OF SOCIAL AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT (MSF)Required to operate
Licence for Residential Care Facilities
- Validity
- The licence is valid for a period of up to 24 months to operate a Children and Young Persons Home or Home for the Aged
- Processing time
- 90 days
- Issuing authority
- MINISTRY OF SOCIAL AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT (MSF)
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Who needs the Licence for Residential Care Facilities
This licence applies to Singapore businesses registered under the following SSIC industry codes:
Required documents and prerequisites
Items the applicant typically needs ready before submitting:
- Certificate of Registration from Accounting & Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) or Certificate of Registration from Registrar of Societies.
- File format: docx, jpg, jpeg, pdf, xlsx
- Maximum upload per application: 5 MB
- Title Deed or Tenancy Agreement from HDB or URA
- File format: docx, jpg, jpeg, pdf, xlsx
- Maximum upload per application: 5 MB
- Floor plan
- Final endorsed drawn to scale floor plan.
- File format: docx, jpg, jpeg, pdf, xlsx
- Maximum upload per application: 5 MB
- Fire Safety Certificate from SCDF
- File format: docx, jpg, jpeg, pdf, xlsx
- Maximum upload per application: 5 MB
- Fire Certificate from SCDF
- File format: docx, jpg, jpeg, pdf, xlsx
- Maximum upload per application: 5 MB
- Letter of Authorization, for filer submitting application on behalf of applicant
- File format: docx, jpg, jpeg, pdf, xlsx
- Maximum upload per application: 5 MB
- Temporary Occupation Permit from BCA (applicable to newly constructed building)
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