Singapore legislation
Regulation 20
Regulation 20
Application for registration as specialist
Subregulation 1
A registered medical practitioner who wishes to be registered as a specialist shall apply to the Medical Council in such form as the Medical Council may require.
Subregulation 2
The application shall be accompanied by a certificate obtained from the Specialists Accreditation Board under section 35 of the Act and the prescribed fee.
Subregulation 3
Subject to paragraph (5) and section 22(1A) and (2) of the Act, the Medical Council may register an applicant as a specialist in a defined specialty.
Subregulation 4
In imposing or refusing to impose any conditions or restrictions under section 22(1A) of the Act, the Medical Council shall have regard to the advice of the Specialists Accreditation Board, under section 35(1)(f) of the Act, on any matters affecting, or connected with the registration of, a particular specialist or specialists generally.
Subregulation 5
The Medical Council may refuse to register an applicant as a specialist in a defined specialty if, in the opinion of the Medical Council, the applicant —
does not have the qualifications and experience, or does not meet the conditions, as determined by the Specialists Accreditation Board under section 35 of the Act, for registration as a specialist in that defined specialty;
is not of good reputation and character;
is unfit to practise medicine either generally or in the defined specialty —
because his ability to practise has been impaired by reason of his physical or mental condition; or
for any other reason;
is not a registered medical practitioner under the Act;
has had his name removed from a register of medical practitioners in any country whose degrees or licences in medicine are recognised as a qualification entitling the holder thereof to be registered under this Act; or
has failed to comply with any condition or restriction of any previous registration that may have been imposed on him by the Medical Council.
Subregulation 6
Where the Medical Council refuses to register an applicant, the Medical Council shall by notice in writing inform the applicant of such refusal.
Subregulation 7
The applicant may, within one month after the date of the notice given under paragraph (6), appeal to the Minister whose decision shall be final.
Subregulation 8
In this regulation, unless the context otherwise requires, “defined specialty” means any branch of medicine which the Specialists Accreditation Board has defined under section 35(1)(b) of the Act as a specialty or sub-specialty in medicine for the purposes of registration in the Register of Specialists.