Singapore legislation

Section 5

of Medical Registration Act

Section 5

Functions of Medical Council

Amended by1/2010

The functions of the Medical Council are —

(a)

to keep and maintain registers of registered medical practitioners;

(b)

to approve or reject applications for registration under this Act or to approve any such application subject to such restrictions as it may think fit;

(c)

to issue practising certificates to registered medical practitioners;

(d)

to make recommendations to the appropriate authorities on the courses of instructions and examinations leading to the Singapore degree;

(e)

to make recommendations to the appropriate authorities for the training and education of registered medical practitioners;

(f)

to determine and regulate the conduct and ethics of registered medical practitioners;

(fa)to determine and regulate standards of practice and the competence of registered medical practitioners within the medical profession;

(fb)to provide administrative services to other bodies (whether corporate or unincorporate) responsible for the regulation of healthcare professionals; and

(g)

generally to do all such acts and matters and things as are necessary to be carried out under this Act.

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