Singapore legislation
Clause 21
Clause 21
Conditional registration
(1)
Subject to the provisions of this Act, any person who —
holds a degree from a university specified in the Schedule or any other degree which is, in the opinion of the Medical Council, not lower in standing than a degree specified in the Schedule;
has been selected for employment in Singapore as a medical practitioner in hospitals or other institutions or medical practice approved by the Medical Council; and
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,shall, if the Medical Council thinks fit so to direct, be registered as a medical practitioner with conditional registration in Part 11 of the Register of Medical Practitioners.
(2)
The Medical Council may require a person with a degree, other than a degree specified in the 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 Schedule.
(3)
In this Part, “conditional registration” means registration under this section subject to such conditions as the Medical Council may think fit.
(4)
The conditions of a person’s registration imposed under this section shall be specified in the direction by virtue of which he is registered.
(5)
Without prejudice to the power of the Medical Council to impose conditions, the direction may specify —
that the person shall work for a specified period under the supervision of a fully registered medical practitioner approved by the Medical Council; and
the particular employment or the descriptions of employment for the purposes of which he is registered under this section.
(6)
The Medical Council may cancel the conditional registration of a medical practitioner if —
the medical practitioner fails to comply with or has contravened any of the conditions specified in the direction by virtue of which he is registered; or
the Medical Council is of the opinion, having regard to the report of the medical practitioner supervising him, 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, after the expiration of the period of supervision specified under subsection (5)(a), apply to the Medical Council to be registered as a fully registered medical practitioner and if the Medical Council thinks fit so to direct, having regard to the knowledge and skill shown and the experience acquired by the applicant, he shall be registered under section 20 as a fully registered medical practitioner.
(8)
On a medical practitioner with conditional registration becoming registered otherwise than conditionally or on his registration being cancelled pursuant to subsection (6), his name shall be removed from Part 11 of the Register of Medical Practitioners.