Singapore legislation
Regulation 34
Regulation 34
Complaint against registered nurse, etc.
Subregulation 1
Where a complaint, or information, referred to in section 37(1)(c) of the Act has been referred by the Registrar to a Complaints Committee, the Chairman of the Committee may send to the registered nurse, enrolled nurse, registered midwife or Advanced Practice Nurse in respect of whom the complaint or information is made or given (referred to in this Division as the respondent) a copy of the complaint or information together with a notice in writing —
inviting him to agree within 14 days to an examination by at least 2 medical practitioners to be appointed by the Committee and to the medical practitioners furnishing to the Committee reports on his fitness to practise; or
if the information received by the Committee includes reports on the respondent by medical practitioners who have recently examined him, and it appears to the Committee that the reports afford sufficient medical evidence that the respondent’s fitness to practise may be impaired by reason of a physical or mental condition, so informing him.
Subregulation 2
The Complaints Committee shall, in the notice referred to in paragraph (1) —
inform the respondent that he may nominate not more than 2 medical practitioners to examine him and report to the Committee on his fitness to practise at his own expense; and
invite the respondent to submit any observation or other evidence which he may wish to offer as to his own fitness to practise.
Subregulation 3
If the respondent —
refuses to be examined;
having agreed to a medical examination, fails to submit to the medical examination when it has been arranged by the Complaints Committee;
in the case of a medical examination by a medical practitioner nominated under paragraph (2)(a), fails to submit himself to the medical examination within 30 days of the despatch of the notice referred to in paragraph (1) or such further period as the Complaints Committee may allow; or
does not reply to the Complaints Committee within 14 days of the despatch of the notice referred to in paragraph (1) or such further period as the Committee may allow,the Complaints Committee may forthwith proceed with its inquiry and make such recommendation as it considers appropriate.