| Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Act |
| Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners (Register and Practising Certificates) Regulations |
| Rg 2 |
| G.N. No. S 221/2001 |
| REVISED EDITION 2002 |
| (30th September 2002) |
| [18th April 2001] |
| Citation |
| 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners (Register and Practising Certificates) Regulations. |
| Definitions |
| Copy of entry in Register |
| 2. The Registrar may, upon an application by any person accompanied by the fee specified in the First Schedule, provide a certified copy of an entry in the Register to the person. [S 227/2020 wef 01/04/2020] |
| Registration of additional qualification |
3.—(1) A registered person who obtains a qualification in addition to the qualification by virtue of which he has been registered may apply to the Registrar to have that additional qualification entered in the Register.
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| Practising certificate |
| 4.—(1) An application for a practising certificate under section 17 of the Act shall be in such form as the Board may provide, and shall be accompanied by the fee specified in the First Schedule. [S 227/2020 wef 01/04/2020]
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| Renewal of practising certificate |
| 5.—(1) An application for renewal of a practising certificate shall be in such form as the Board may provide, and shall be accompanied by the fee specified in the First Schedule. [S 227/2020 wef 01/04/2020]
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| List of activities, etc., with continuing professional education points |
5A.—(1) The Board must publish on the Board’s website a list of activities, courses and programmes relating to the practice of traditional Chinese medicine for the purposes of these Regulations and the number of continuing professional education points which a registered person obtains by successfully completing each of the activities, courses and programmes.
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| Grant or renewal of practising certificate subject to continuing professional education requirements |
5B.—(1) For the purposes of section 17(5A) of the Act and subject to regulation 5C, the Board may refuse to grant or renew a practising certificate if the applicant fails to satisfy any of the following requirements:
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| Application of regulation 5B |
| 5C. Regulation 5B does not apply to a registered person who applies for the grant of a practising certificate for the first time. [S 227/2020 wef 01/04/2020] |
| Conditions for applications for grant or renewal of practising certificate |
5D.—(1) For the purposes of section 17(5A) of the Act, the Board may refuse to grant or renew a practising certificate if the applicant fails to comply with paragraph (2).
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| Duplicate of practising certificate |
6.—(1) Where a practising certificate has been lost, destroyed, defaced or obliterated so that any particulars in such certificate is illegible, the holder thereof shall forthwith notify the Registrar.
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| Registered person ceasing to carry on prescribed practice of traditional Chinese medicine |
| 7. The Board may cancel the registration of a registered person under section 19(1)(d) of the Act if the Board is satisfied that the registered person has not renewed his practising certificate for a continuous period of not less than 5 years and he has no address in Singapore at which he can be found. |
| Restoration of registration |
| 8.—(1) An application for restoration of a registration under section 23 of the Act shall be in such form as the Board may provide, and shall be accompanied by the fee specified in the First Schedule. [S 227/2020 wef 01/04/2020]
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| Certificate of good standing |
| 9. The Board may, upon the application of a registered person in such form as the Board may provide and accompanied by the fee specified in the First Schedule, issue to the registered person a certificate of good standing stating that on the date of its issue, that person is a registered person and that no proceedings have been taken or are pending against him. [S 227/2020 wef 01/04/2020] |