Medical Registration Act - Singapore Statutes Online

Investigators

60A.—(1) The Medical Council may, in writing, appoint a member or an employee of the Medical Council, a public officer or any other person as an investigator, subject to such conditions and limitations as the Medical Council may specify —

(a)	to investigate the commission of an offence under this Act; or
(b)	to carry out an investigation under Part 7. [1/2010]

(2) An investigator may, for the purposes of subsection (1) —

(a)

by order in writing require any person —

(i)	to furnish any information within his knowledge; or
(ii)	to produce any book, document, paper or other record, or any article or thing which may be in his custody or possession and which may be related to or be connected with the subject-matter of the investigation for inspection by the investigator and for making copies thereof, or to provide copies of such book, document, paper or other record,

and may, if necessary, further require such person to attend at a specified time and place for the purpose of complying with sub-paragraph (i) or (ii);

(b)

by order in writing require the attendance before him of any person who, from any information given or otherwise, appears to be acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the matter under investigation;

(c)

examine orally any person apparently acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the matter under investigation, and to reduce into writing the answer given or statement made by that person who shall be bound to state truly the facts and circumstances with which he is acquainted, and the statement made by that person shall be read over to him and shall, after correction, be signed by him; and

(d)

without warrant enter, inspect and search during regular business hours any premises which are used or proposed to be used, or in respect of which there is reasonable cause to believe are being used by the registered medical practitioner who is under investigation to carry out the practice of medicine and may —

(i)	inspect and make copies of and take extracts from, or require the registered medical practitioner or the person having the management or control of the premises to provide copies of or extracts from, any book, document, record or electronic material relating to the affairs of the premises or the facilities or services provided or the practices or procedures being carried out at the premises;
(ii)	inspect any apparatus, appliance, equipment or instrument used or found on the premises;
(iii)	inspect, test, examine, take and remove any chemical, pharmaceutical or any other substance found on the premises;
(iv)	inspect, test, examine, take and remove any container, article or other thing that the investigator reasonably believes to contain or to have contained any chemical, pharmaceutical or any other substance found on the premises;
(v)	inspect any test or procedure performed or carried out on the premises;
(vi)	take such photographs or video recording as he thinks necessary to record the premises or part of the premises, including any apparatus, appliance, equipment, instrument, article, book, document or record found on the premises; and
(vii)	seize and remove from the premises any book, record, document, apparatus, equipment, instrument, material, chemical, pharmaceutical or any other substance which the investigator reasonably believes to be the subject-matter of, or to be connected with, an investigation under subsection (1)(a) or (b). [1/2010]

(3) Any person who —

(a)	intentionally offers any resistance to or wilfully delays an investigator in the exercise of any power under subsection (2); or
(b)	fails to comply with any requisition or order of an investigator under subsection (2),

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.

[1/2010]

(4) In this section, “record” includes the medical record of any person.

[1/2010]

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