Singapore legislation

Regulation 53

of Medical Registration Regulations 2010

Regulation 53

Disclosure of documents

Amended byS 539/2022 wef 01/07/2022

Subregulation 1

The Health Committee may, upon the application of any party, order the other party (A) to produce a document in A’s possession or control that is relevant to any matter before the Health Committee.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 539/2022 wef 01/07/2022

Without affecting section 51(3) of the Act, paragraph (1) does not apply to, or in relation to, the following documents:

(a)

any report from an Inquiry Committee or a Complaints Committee to the Medical Council prepared in relation to an investigation or inquiry commenced under Part 7 of the Act or any document containing the internal deliberations of the Inquiry Committee or Complaints Committee in the preparation of the report;

(b)

any correspondence between an Inquiry Committee or a Complaints Committee and an investigator exchanged in relation to an investigation directed under section 43(3)(b)(ii) or (c) or 45(7)(b) of the Act;

(c)

a document supplied by a public authority to the Medical Council or any Inquiry Committee or Complaints Committee, in respect of which disclosure would be, in the opinion of the public authority, contrary to the public interest.