Section 8
Disqualifications for membership of Medical Council
of Medical Registration Act 1997
A person must not be a member of the Medical Council —
if the person is not a citizen or a permanent resident of Singapore;
if the person is not a registered medical practitioner with at least 10 years’ experience in the practice of medicine;
if the person is an undischarged bankrupt;
if the person has been convicted in Singapore or elsewhere of any offence involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude or implying a defect in character which makes the person unfit for the person’s profession;
if the person has been found guilty in Singapore or elsewhere of any improper act or conduct which brings disrepute to the person’s profession;
if the person has been found guilty in Singapore or elsewhere of professional misconduct; or
if the person’s fitness to practise as a medical practitioner is judged by the Health Committee to be impaired by reason of the person’s physical or mental condition.