Medical Registration Bill

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1 Short title and commencement

3 Medical Council to continue to exist

4 Constitution of Medical Council

3 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

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

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

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

48 Unfitness to practise through illness, etc.

49 Restoration of names removed on recommendation of Health Committee

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.

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

59 Amendment of Schedule

61 Continuation of Medical Council members

62 Persons who are already registered

63 Pending disciplinary proceedings

Medical Registration Bill

Bill No. 2/1997

Read the first time on 2nd June 1997.

An Act to provide for the registration of medical practitioners and for matters connected therewith, and to repeal the Medical Registration Act (Chapter 174 of the 1985 Revised Edition).

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Medical Registration Act 1997 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Interpretation

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

“appointed day” means the date of commencement of this Act;

“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), 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 62(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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