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SINGAPORE: Operating personal mobility aid (PMA) devices safely can remain a challenge for some individuals, particularly older users and those with multiple medical conditions, occupational therapists told CNA.<\/span><\/p>\n They\u00a0<\/span>said\u00a0such users may need more extensive assessment and training, even as they undergo certification under tightened rules that took effect from Monday (Jun 1).<\/span><\/p>\n Among these new rules, PMA users must now obtain a certificate of medical need from a Singapore-registered doctor or occupational therapist unless they qualify for an exemption, such as being aged 70 or older.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n According to the Land Transport Authority, more than 1,000 such certificates have been issued so far.<\/span><\/p>\n At Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), its occupational therapists \u2013 who assess PMA users on their ability to ride motorised scooters safely \u2013 have been seeing about 20 to 25 patients a week in the last few weeks before the new rules kicked in.<\/span><\/p>\n This marked an increase of about 35 per cent compared to several months before.<\/span><\/p>\n In some cases, users are referred by doctors who have already issued a certificate of medical need.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n For example, occupational therapists can reject the certificate if they realise these users \u2013 who were certified as they had a clear need to ride a PMA \u2013 do not have good cognitive function and are not fit for the roads.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n SINGAPORE: Operating personal mobility aid (PMA) devices safely can remain a challenge for some individuals, particularly older users and those with multiple medical conditions, occupational…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--L1dDms7m--\/c_crop,h_786,w_1399,x_1,y_99\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/06\/08\/screenshot_2026-06-08_103609.png?itok=sAA7mi9W","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[20205,4433,24368,23662,1086,19175],"class_list":["post-59005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-certification","tag-ensure","tag-occupational","tag-pma","tag-safe","tag-therapists","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/59006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}MORE PATIENTS COMING IN<\/span><\/h2>\n
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