Singapore legislation

Regulation 15

of Medical Registration Regulations 2010

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:

(a)

the Register of Medical Practitioners;

(b)

the Register of Temporarily Registered Medical Practitioners;

(c)

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)

a certified copy of the degree entitling the applicant to be registered;

(b)

a certified copy of the identity card or passport of the applicant;

(c)

if the applicant has been registered in any foreign country, a certificate of registration as a medical practitioner in that country;

(d)

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;

(e)

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 —

(i)

that the applicant is a registered medical practitioner of that country;

(ii)

that no disciplinary proceedings have been taken or are pending against the applicant in that country;

(iii)

the specific details of any conditions or undertakings that apply to the applicant’s registration in that country;

(iv)

the specific details of any suspension or cancellation of the applicant’s registration in that country; and

(v)

any other information recorded on the register pertaining to the applicant’s registration in that country; and

(f)

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.