Medical Registration Act

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3 Medical Council to continue to exist

4 Constitution of Medical Council

5 Functions of Medical Council

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

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

18 Registrar of Medical Council

20 Full registration

21 Conditional registration

22 Registration of specialists

23 Temporary registration

24 Provisional registration

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

33A Restoration of names removed under section 32 or 33

34 Establishment of Specialists Accreditation Board

35 Functions of Specialists Accreditation Board

36 Practising certificates

37 Cancellation of practising certificates

38 Persons deemed to have practising certificates

39 Appointment of Complaints Panel

40 Complaints against registered medical practitioners

41 Findings of Complaints Committee

42 Disciplinary Committee

44 Reference and transfer of cases to Health Committee

45 Findings of Disciplinary Committee

46 Restoration of names to register

48 Unfitness to practise through illness, etc.

49 Restoration of names removed on recommendation of Health Committee

49A Interim Orders Committee

49C Review of interim orders

49D Interim Orders Committee may revoke, vary or replace interim order

49E Right of hearing

49F Application to High Court

49G Duration of interim orders

49H Person suspended under interim suspension order not regarded as registered

49I Medical Council may appoint legal counsel

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.

54A False assumption of title of specialist

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

57A Jurisdiction of Courts

59 Amendment of Schedule

60 Continuation of Medical Council members

61 Persons who are already registered

62 Pending disciplinary proceedings

Medical Registration Act

(CHAPTER 174)

(Original Enactment: Act 5 of 1997)

REVISED EDITION 1998

(30th May 1998)

An Act to provide for the registration of medical practitioners and for matters connected therewith.

[3rd April 1998]

PART I

Preliminary

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Medical Registration Act.

Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“certificate of experience” means a certificate granted under section 26;

[46/2002 wef 24/01/2003]

“conditional registration” means registration under section 20(3), 21(1) or (1A), 33A(1), 46(1) or 49(1) subject to such conditions as the Medical Council may think fit;

[46/2002 wef 24/01/2003]

“degree” means any degree or diploma or any qualification granted by any university or institution legally authorised to grant that degree or diploma or qualification and which degree or diploma or qualification is recognised or approved by the Medical Council;

“Medical Council” means the Medical Council of Singapore established under section 3(1) of the repealed Medical Registration Act (Cap.174, 1985 Ed.), and by virtue of section 3 of this Act means the Singapore Medical Council;

“practising certificate” means a practising certificate granted under section 36;

“President” means the President of the Medical Council;

“"provisional registration" means registration by virtue of section 24 and "provisionally registered"” shall be construed accordingly;

“registered medical practitioner” means a person registered under this Act and includes a person deemed to be so registered under section 61(1);

“Registrar” means the Registrar of the Medical Council;

“Singapore degree” means a degree, diploma or licence in medicine and surgery of the King Edward VII College of Medicine, Singapore, the University of Malaya in Singapore, the University of Singapore or the National University of Singapore.

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