Singapore legislation
Regulation 21
Regulation 21
Definitions for this Part and Fourth and Fifth Schedules
Subregulation 1
In this Part and the Fourth and Fifth Schedules —[Deleted by S 148/2018 wef 01/04/2018](2) In this Part, a practitioner obtains the requisite number of continuing medical education points if he successfully completes one or more of the activities, courses and programmes in the list published under regulation 23(1) in respect of which the total number of continuing medical education points obtainable equals or exceeds that requisite number.
Definition
“continuing medical education point” means a continuing medical education point which a practitioner obtains by successfully completing any activity, course or programme in the list of activities, courses and programmes published under regulation 23(1);
Definition
“core programme” means any activity, course or programme identified under regulation 23(2) as a core programme;
Definition
“Council’s website” means the Council’s Internet website at http://www.smc.gov.sg as may be updated from time to time;
Definition
“ethics core programme” means a core programme identified under regulation 23(2) as a core programme for all registered medical practitioners which relates to education or training in respect of medical ethics;
Definition
“general core programme” means a core programme identified under regulation 23(2) as a core programme for all registered medical practitioners;
Definition
“practice”, in relation to a practitioner, means the practice of medicine —
whether on a full-time or part-time basis, or as a locum; and
whether or not the practitioner demands or receives any payment or other remuneration (whether monetary or otherwise) —
for or in connection with any medical or surgical advice, service, attendance or treatment provided or any operation performed; or
for any medicine which the practitioner has prescribed and supplied;
Definition
“practitioner” means a medical practitioner;
Definition
“qualifying period”, in relation to a practitioner, means the period specified in the part of the fourth column of the Fourth Schedule applicable to him;
Definition
“reduced practice”, in relation to a practitioner, means the prescription of medication for —
the practitioner himself; or
the practitioner’s spouse, child, adopted child, stepchild, grandchild, sibling, parent, step‑parent or grandparent;
Definition
“requisite number of continuing medical education points”, in relation to a practitioner, means the number of continuing medical education points specified in the part of the second column of the Fourth Schedule applicable to him;
Definition
“specific core programme” means a core programme identified under regulation 23(2) as a core programme for registered medical practitioners of a specified description to which a practitioner belongs.