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21.
—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, any person who —
(a)
holds a degree from a university specified in the Second Schedule or any other qualification which is, in the opinion of the Medical Council, not lower in standing than a degree specified in the Second Schedule;
(b)
has been selected for employment in Singapore as a medical practitioner in hospitals or other institutions or medical practice approved by the Medical Council;
(c)
satisfies the Medical Council that he has the knowledge and skill and has acquired the experience which is necessary for practice as a medical practitioner;
(d)
complies with section 26; and
(e)
satisfies such other requirements as the Medical Council may, with the approval of the Minister, prescribe,
shall, if the Medical Council thinks fit so to direct and subject to such conditions or restrictions as the Medical Council may think fit to impose, be registered as a medical practitioner with conditional registration in Part II of the Register of Medical Practitioners.
[46/2002]
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, any person who holds —
(a)
a Singapore degree; and
(b)
a certificate approved by the Medical Council as being equivalent to a certificate of experience and granted by a hospital or an institution outside Singapore that is recognised by the Medical Council for the purpose of this paragraph,
shall be entitled to be registered as a medical practitioner with conditional registration in Part II of the Register of Medical Practitioners and be subject to such conditions or restrictions as the Medical Council may think fit to impose.
[46/2002]
(3) The Medical Council may require a person with a degree, other than a degree specified in the Second Schedule, to undergo and pass an examination conducted or arranged by the Medical Council or by such other person or persons as the Medical Council may appoint to satisfy itself that the degree is not lower in standing than a degree specified in the Second Schedule.
(4) Every direction by virtue of which a person is registered under this section shall specify the conditions or restrictions of his registration and may further specify one or more of the following:
(a)
that the person shall work for a specified period under the supervision of a fully registered medical practitioner approved by the Medical Council;
(b)
that the person’s performance shall be subject to review by such fully registered medical practitioners or healthcare professionals as the Medical Council may determine;
(c)
the particular employment or descriptions of employment for the purposes of which he is so registered.
(5) [Deleted by Act 1/2010 wef 01/12/2010]
(6) The Medical Council may cancel the conditional registration of a medical practitioner if —
(a)
the medical practitioner fails to comply with any of the conditions or restrictions specified in the direction by virtue of which he is registered; or
(b)
the Medical Council is of the opinion, having regard to any report of one or more fully registered medical practitioners supervising him and any reviews of the medical practitioners or healthcare professionals referred to in subsection (4)(b), if any, that he is unable to perform the duties of a medical practitioner satisfactorily.
(7) A person who is or has been registered with conditional registration may —
(a)
after the expiration of the period of supervision under subsection (4)(a); and
(b)
upon the revocation or lapse of all the conditions or restrictions specified under subsection (4),
apply to the Medical Council to be registered as a fully registered medical practitioner.
(8) If the Medical Council thinks fit so to direct, having regard to the knowledge and skill shown and the experience acquired by the applicant referred to in subsection (7), he shall be registered under section 20 as a fully registered medical practitioner.
(9) On a medical practitioner with conditional registration becoming registered otherwise than conditionally, his name shall be removed from Part II of the Register of Medical Practitioners.