Medical Registration Act(CHAPTER 174)
Table of Contents
Long Title
Part I Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Interpretation
Part II Medical Council
3 Medical Council to continue to exist
4 Constitution of Medical Council
5 Functions of Medical Council
6 Compulsory voting
7 President of Medical Council
8 Disqualifications for membership of Medical Council
9 Filling of vacancies
10 Appointment of executive secretary and other employees
11 Appointment of committees
12 Meetings and quorum of Medical Council
Part III Privileges of Medical Practitioners
13 Qualifications to practise
14 No remuneration recoverable by unauthorised persons
15 Medical certificates
16 Legally qualified or duly qualified medical practitioner
17 Unauthorised person acting as medical practitioner
Part IV Registration of Medical Practitioners
18 Registrar of Medical Council
19 Registers
20 Full registration
21 Conditional registration
22 Registration of specialists
23 Temporary registration
24 Provisional registration
25 Registration, other than provisional registration, not to be granted without proof of experience
26 Certificate of experience in approved hospital
27 Experience required for holders of degrees other than Singapore degrees
28 Evidence of qualification and entry of additional qualifications
29 Application for registration
30 Credentials Committee
31 Publication of list of registered medical practitioners with practising certificates
32 Alterations in registers
33 Power of Medical Council to remove names from registers
Part V Specialists Accreditation Board
34 Establishment of Specialists Accreditation Board
35 Functions of Specialists Accreditation Board
Part VI Practising Certificates
36 Practising certificates
37 Cancellation of practising certificates
38 Persons deemed to have practising certificates
Part VII Disciplinary Proceedings and Health Committee Inquiries
39 Appointment of Complaints Panel
40 Complaints against registered medical practitioners
41 Findings of Complaints Committee
42 Disciplinary Committee
43 Disciplinary Committee may appoint legal counsel
44 Reference and transfer of cases to Health Committee
45 Findings of Disciplinary Committee
46 Restoration of names to register
47 Health Committee
48 Unfitness to practise through illness, etc.
49 Restoration of names removed on recommendation of Health Committee
Part VIII General
50 Application of funds of Medical Council
51 Assessor to Medical Council
52 Fraudulent registration
53 Medical practitioner not to practise during suspension from practice
54 Medical practitioner to use only qualifications entered in register and approved title, etc.
55 Exemption
56 Duty of medical practitioner to inform Medical Council of medical practitioners who are unfit to practise
57 No action in absence of bad faith
58 Regulations
59 Amendment of Schedule
Part IX Savings and Transitional Provisions
60 Continuation of Medical Council members
61 Persons who are already registered
62 Pending disciplinary proceedings
Legislative History