Medical Registration Act 1997 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Registration of Medical Practitioners
20. Full registration
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holds a Singapore degree;
holds a certificate of experience or any other certificate specified by the Medical Council; and
satisfies such other requirements as the Medical Council may, with the approval of the Minister, prescribe,is entitled to be registered as a fully registered medical practitioner in Part I of the Register of Medical Practitioners.
For the purposes of subsection (1)(c), the Medical Council may prescribe different requirements for the different degrees, diplomas or licences in medicine and surgery specified in the First Schedule.
Medical Council
“Medical Council” means the Medical Council of Singapore established under section 3(1) of the repealed Medical Registration Act, and by virtue of section 3 of this Act means the Singapore Medical Council;
Despite subsection (1), a person, not being a Singapore degree holder, who —
Singapore degree
“Singapore degree” means a degree, diploma or licence in medicine and surgery specified in the First Schedule.
holds such qualifications as may be recognised by the Medical Council;
complies with section 26;
satisfies such other requirements as the Medical Council may, with the approval of the Minister, prescribe; and
satisfies the Medical Council that the person has special knowledge and skill and sufficient experience in any particular branch of medicine,is, if the Medical Council thinks fit so to direct, to be registered as a fully registered medical practitioner.
Despite subsections (1) and (2), the Medical Council may, if it is of the view that it is not in the public interest for a person mentioned in either of those subsections to be registered as a fully registered medical practitioner, direct that the person be registered as a medical practitioner with conditional registration in Part II of the Register of Medical Practitioners, and section 21(4) and (6) to (9) applies accordingly.
fully registered medical practitioner
“fully registered medical practitioner” means a person registered in Part I of the Register of Medical Practitioners in accordance with section 20(1) or (2), as the case may be;