Singapore legislation
Regulation 39A
Regulation 39A
Issue of medical certificates
Subregulation 1
A licensee must ensure that every medical certificate that is issued in respect of a patient of the licensee —
is issued by a personnel of the licensee who —
is a medical practitioner or dentist; and
had provided medical or dental care (as the case may be) to the patient; and
states the name and registration number of the medical practitioner or dentist who issued the medical certificate.
Subregulation 2
In this regulation, “registration number” —
in relation to a dentist, means the registration number assigned to the dentist by the Singapore Dental Council upon registration under the Dental Registration Act 1999; or
in relation to a medical practitioner, means the registration number assigned to the medical practitioner by the Singapore Medical Council upon registration under the Medical Registration Act 1997.