Singapore legislation

Clause 15

of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners (Amendment) Bill

Clause 15

Amendment of section 36

Section 36(2) of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (d), the following paragraphs:“(da)provide for the appointment of members to and composition of an Inquiry Committee;

(db)prescribe the procedures to be followed by, and regulate the conduct of, any inquiry by an Inquiry Committee, including, for the purposes of any hearing before the Inquiry Committee —

(i)

enabling the Inquiry Committee to order and give discovery and inspection of documents; and

(ii)

enabling any party to the inquiry to issue subpoenas to testify or subpoenas to produce documents;”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (e), the following paragraphs:“(ea)provide for the grant and renewal of practising certificates, including prescribing requirements relating to continuing professional education for, and any other aspect of, the practice of traditional Chinese medicine for such grant and renewal;

(eb)regulate the professional practice, etiquette, conduct and discipline of registered persons;”.