Singapore legislation
Regulation 24B
Regulation 24B
Requirements for holding practising certificate
Subregulation 1
This regulation applies only in relation to a practising certificate in respect of which an application for the grant or renewal is submitted to the Medical Council on or after 1 July 2022.
Subregulation 2
For the purposes of section 37(1)(b) of the Act, the following are the prescribed requirements for a registered medical practitioner to continue holding a practising certificate:
where requested by the Medical Council, the registered medical practitioner must, within 21 days or such longer period allowed by the Medical Council after the date of the request, provide the Medical Council with a medical report on the registered medical practitioner’s physical or mental fitness and whether the registered medical practitioner is fit to practise medicine;
where the registered medical practitioner is registered under section 21(1), 23(1) or 24(2) of the Act, the registered medical practitioner continues —
to be employed in the hospital, institution or medical practice approved by the Medical Council under section 21(1)(b) of the Act;
to be engaged exclusively in teaching, research or postgraduate study in medicine under such approved training scheme or in such medical capacity as the Medical Council may specify under section 23(1) of the Act; or
to be engaged in employment as a house officer or in other similar capacity approved by the Medical Council in the hospital or institution approved by the Medical Council under section 25(1) of the Act,as the case may be.