Medical Registration Act 1997 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Practising Certificates
37. Cancellation of practising certificates
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The Medical Council may cancel any practising certificate issued to a registered medical practitioner if the Medical Council is satisfied that —
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“Medical Council” means the Medical Council of Singapore established under section 3(1) of the repealed Medical Registration Act, and by virtue of section 3 of this Act means the Singapore Medical Council;
the practising certificate has been obtained by the registered medical practitioner by fraud, or the registered medical practitioner has, in connection with the application for the practising certificate, made a statement or provided any information or document that is false, misleading or inaccurate in a material particular; or
the registered medical practitioner fails, or has failed, to comply with any requirement prescribed in connection with the practising certificate (including any requirement that every registered medical practitioner must comply with in order to continue holding the practising certificate).
Where the Medical Council decides under subsection (1) to cancel a practising certificate, the Medical Council must serve on the registered medical practitioner a notice of the decision.
practising certificate
“practising certificate” means a practising certificate granted under section 36;
A decision by the Medical Council under subsection (1) takes effect on the date the notice under subsection (2) is served on the registered medical practitioner concerned, or on a later date specified in the notice.
registered medical practitioner
“registered medical practitioner” means a person registered under this Act and includes a person deemed to be so registered under section 72(1);
A registered medical practitioner who is aggrieved by the cancellation of his practising certificate under subsection (1) may, within 30 days after receiving the notice mentioned in subsection (2), appeal to the Minister whose decision is final.
An appeal against a decision to cancel a registered medical practitioner’s practising certificate does not affect the operation of the decision appealed against or prevent the taking of action to implement the decision, and unless otherwise directed by the Minister, the decision appealed against must be complied with until the determination of the appeal.
Where a registered medical practitioner has had his name removed from any register (other than the Register of Specialists or the Register of Family Physicians) under this Act or has had his registration suspended under this Act, any practising certificate issued to him is deemed cancelled.
The cancellation or deemed cancellation of a practising certificate under this section does not affect —
the enforcement by any person of any right or claim against the registered medical practitioner; or
the enforcement by the registered medical practitioner of any right or claim against any person.
A registered medical practitioner whose practising certificate is cancelled or deemed cancelled under this section must, as soon as practicable after receiving notice of the cancellation, removal from a register or suspension of registration (as the case may be), surrender his practising certificate to the Medical Council.
To avoid doubt, this section does not affect the operation of Part 7.