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PART III
REGISTRATION
15.
—(1) Any person applying for registration in the following registers shall apply to the Medical Council in such form as the Medical Council may require:
(a)
the Register of Medical Practitioners;
(b)
the Register of Temporarily Registered Medical Practitioners;
(c)
the Register of Provisionally Registered Medical Practitioners.
(2) The application shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee and the following, unless dispensed with by the Medical Council:
(a)
a certified copy of the degree entitling the applicant to be registered;
(b)
a certified copy of the identity card or passport of the applicant;
(c)
if the applicant has been registered in any foreign country, a certificate of registration as a medical practitioner in that country;
(d)
a certificate of experience under section 25 of the Act covering the period required under regulation 18, a certificate approved by the Medical Council as being equivalent to a certificate of experience referred to in section 21(2)(b) or 26(a) of the Act, or documentary proof of satisfactory service referred to in section 26(b) of the Act, whichever is applicable;
(e)
if the applicant has been registered as a medical practitioner in a foreign country and if required by the Medical Council, a certificate from the registration body of that country stating, as at the date of issue of the certificate —
(i)
that the applicant is a registered medical practitioner of that country;
(ii)
that no disciplinary proceedings have been taken or are pending against the applicant in that country;
(iii)
the specific details of any conditions or undertakings that apply to the applicant’s registration in that country;
(iv)
the specific details of any suspension or cancellation of the applicant’s registration in that country; and
(v)
any other information recorded on the register pertaining to the applicant’s registration in that country; and
(f)
any other information, statement or document required by the Medical Council.
(3) Any document produced under paragraph (2) which is not in English shall be accompanied by a certified translation thereof.
16.
—(1) A medical practitioner who wishes to be registered as a fully registered medical practitioner under section 20(1) or (2) of the Act shall, prior to being registered as a fully registered medical practitioner, take the physician’s pledge on such day and time as may be specified by the Medical Council.
(2) The physician’s pledge referred to in paragraph (1) shall be as set out in the Second Schedule.
17. For the purposes of section 20(1)(c) of the Act, any person holding a Doctor of Medicine of the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore who wishes to be registered as a fully registered medical practitioner shall undergo, and pass, Steps I, II and III of the United States Medical Licensing Examination, or such other examination as the Medical Council may consider to be its equivalent.
18.
—(1) The period of employment prescribed under section 25(1) of the Act for the granting of a certificate of experience shall be 12 months and shall consist of the following:
(a)
at least 3 months in general medicine;
(b)
at least 3 months in general surgery or orthopaedic surgery; and
(c)
the remaining period in such discipline or combination of disciplines as the Medical Council may approve.
(2) The form prescribed under section 25(2) of the Act for a certificate of experience shall be as set out in Form A in the Third Schedule.
19. The Credentials Committee shall advise the Medical Council —
(a)
whether an applicant for registration under section 20, 21, 23 or 24 of the Act should —
(i)
be refused registration;
(ii)
be required to undergo and pass an examination under section 21(3) of the Act; or
(iii)
be registered; and
(b)
on the conditions or restrictions, if any, that should be imposed on any such registration.
20.
—(1) A registered medical practitioner who wishes to be registered as a specialist shall apply to the Medical Council in such form as the Medical Council may require.
(2) The application shall be accompanied by a certificate obtained from the Specialists Accreditation Board under section 35 of the Act and the prescribed fee.
(3) Subject to paragraph (5) and section 22(1A) and (2) of the Act, the Medical Council may register an applicant as a specialist in a defined specialty.
(4) In imposing or refusing to impose any conditions or restrictions under section 22(1A) of the Act, the Medical Council shall have regard to the advice of the Specialists Accreditation Board, under section 35(1)(f) of the Act, on any matters affecting, or connected with the registration of, a particular specialist or specialists generally.
(5) The Medical Council may refuse to register an applicant as a specialist in a defined specialty if, in the opinion of the Medical Council, the applicant —
(a)
does not have the qualifications and experience, or does not meet the conditions, as determined by the Specialists Accreditation Board under section 35 of the Act, for registration as a specialist in that defined specialty;
(b)
is not of good reputation and character;
(c)
is unfit to practise medicine either generally or in the defined specialty —
(i)
because his ability to practise has been impaired by reason of his physical or mental condition; or
(ii)
for any other reason;
(d)
is not a registered medical practitioner under the Act;
(e)
has had his name removed from a register of medical practitioners in any country whose degrees or licences in medicine are recognised as a qualification entitling the holder thereof to be registered under this Act; or
(f)
has failed to comply with any condition or restriction of any previous registration that may have been imposed on him by the Medical Council.
(6) Where the Medical Council refuses to register an applicant, the Medical Council shall by notice in writing inform the applicant of such refusal.
(7) The applicant may, within one month after the date of the notice given under paragraph (6), appeal to the Minister whose decision shall be final.
(8) In this regulation, unless the context otherwise requires, “defined specialty” means any branch of medicine which the Specialists Accreditation Board has defined under section 35(1)(b) of the Act as a specialty or sub-specialty in medicine for the purposes of registration in the Register of Specialists.
20A.
—(1) A registered medical practitioner who wishes to be registered as a family physician shall apply to the Medical Council in such form as the Medical Council may require.
(2) The application shall be accompanied by a certificate obtained from the Family Physicians Accreditation Board under section 35B of the Act and the prescribed fee.
(3) Subject to paragraph (5) and section 22A(2) and (3) of the Act, the Medical Council may register an applicant as a family physician.
(4) In imposing or refusing to impose any conditions or restrictions under section 22A(2) of the Act, the Medical Council shall have regard to the advice of the Family Physicians Accreditation Board, under section 35B(1)(f) of the Act, on any matters affecting, or connected with the registration of, a particular family physician or family physicians generally.
(5) The Medical Council may refuse to register an applicant as a family physician if, in the opinion of the Medical Council, the applicant —
(a)
does not have the qualifications and experience, or does not meet the conditions, as determined by the Family Physicians Accreditation Board under section 35B of the Act, for registration as a family physician;
(b)
is not of good reputation and character;
(c)
is unfit to practise medicine either generally or as a family physician —
(i)
because his ability to practise has been impaired by reason of his physical or mental condition; or
(ii)
for any other reason;
(d)
is not a registered medical practitioner under the Act;
(e)
has had his name removed from a register of medical practitioners in any country whose degrees or licences in medicine are recognised as a qualification entitling the holder thereof to be registered under the Act; or
(f)
has failed to comply with any condition or restriction of any previous registration that may have been imposed on him by the Medical Council.
(6) Where the Medical Council refuses to register an applicant, the Medical Council shall by notice in writing inform the applicant of such refusal.
(7) The applicant may, within one month after the date of the notice given under paragraph (6), appeal to the Minister whose decision shall be final.