Singapore legislation
Regulation 15
Regulation 15
Application for registration as medical practitioner
Subregulation 1
Any person applying for registration in the following registers shall apply to the Medical Council in such form as the Medical Council may require:
the Register of Medical Practitioners;
the Register of Temporarily Registered Medical Practitioners;
the Register of Provisionally Registered Medical Practitioners.
Subregulation 2
The application shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee and the following, unless dispensed with by the Medical Council:
a certified copy of the degree entitling the applicant to be registered;
a certified copy of the identity card or passport of the applicant;
if the applicant has been registered in any foreign country, a certificate of registration as a medical practitioner in that country;
a certificate of experience under section 25 of the Act covering the period required under regulation 18, a certificate approved by the Medical Council as being equivalent to a certificate of experience referred to in section 21(2)(b) or 26(a) of the Act, or documentary proof of satisfactory service referred to in section 26(b) of the Act, whichever is applicable;
if the applicant has been registered as a medical practitioner in a foreign country and if required by the Medical Council, a certificate from the registration body of that country stating, as at the date of issue of the certificate —
that the applicant is a registered medical practitioner of that country;
that no disciplinary proceedings have been taken or are pending against the applicant in that country;
the specific details of any conditions or undertakings that apply to the applicant’s registration in that country;
the specific details of any suspension or cancellation of the applicant’s registration in that country; and
any other information recorded on the register pertaining to the applicant’s registration in that country; and
any other information, statement or document required by the Medical Council.
Subregulation 3
Any document produced under paragraph (2) which is not in English shall be accompanied by a certified translation thereof.