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Part I PRELIMINARY

Part II MEDICAL COUNCIL

Part III PRIVILEGES OF MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS

Part IV REGISTRATION OF MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS

Part V SPECIALISTS ACCREDITATION BOARD

Part VA FAMILY PHYSICIANS ACCREDITATION BOARD

Part VI PRACTISING CERTIFICATES

Part VII DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS, HEALTH COMMITTEE INQUIRIES AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS

Division 1 — Voluntary removal, suspension, etc.

Division 2 — Complaints and commencement of inquiry

Division 3 — Performance and fitness assessments

Division 4 — Powers after investigation

Division 5 — Disciplinary Tribunals

Division 6 — Health Committee

Division 7 — Interim Orders Committees

Division 8 — Appointment of legal counsel

Part VIII GENERAL

Part IX SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

FIRST SCHEDULE SINGAPORE degree

SECOND SCHEDULE List of registrable basic medical qualifications

Legislative History

Comparative Table

 
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On 22/05/2013, you requested for the version in force on 22/05/2013 incorporating all amendments published on or before 22/05/2013. The closest version currently available is that of 15/09/2012.
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Registration of family physicians
22A.
—(1)  Subject to the provisions of this Act, any person —
(a)
who holds such postgraduate degrees or qualifications; or
(b)
who has gained such special knowledge of and skill and experience,
in family medicine, may apply to the Medical Council to be registered as a family physician in the Register of Family Physicians.
(2)  A person may be registered under subsection (1) as a family physician subject to such conditions or restrictions as the Medical Council may impose.
(3)  The Medical Council shall not register any person under subsection (1) as a family physician unless the person has obtained a certificate from the Family Physicians Accreditation Board under section 35B.
(4)  The Medical Council may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:
(a)
providing for the registration of family physicians;
(b)
regulating the recording in, removal from, and restoration to the Register of Family Physicians of the names, particulars and qualifications of persons so registered;
(c)
providing for appeals by medical practitioners against any decision of the Medical Council refusing to register them in the Register of Family Physicians or to restore their names to that Register or against any decision of the Medical Council to remove their names from that Register;
(d)
prescribing the fees payable in respect of —
(i)
any application for registration as a family physician;
(ii)
any such registration as a family physician;
(iii)
any restoration of names to the Register of Family Physicians; and
(iv)
any appeal.