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Grant or renewal of practising certificate subject to obtaining continuing medical education points

Medical Registration Regulations 2010

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—(1) For the purposes of section 36(6) and (7) of the Act, the Medical Council may refuse to grant a practising certificate to a registered medical practitioner, or may refuse to renew his practising certificate, if he fails to satisfy the Medical Council that he has obtained the requisite number of continuing medical education points.(2) In relation to the requisite number of continuing medical education points for the renewal of a registered medical practitioner’s practising certificate, not less than the percentage of those points specified in the part of the third column of the Fourth Schedule applicable to the registered medical practitioner must be obtained by his successful completion of one or more of the core programmes specified in that part.(3) A registered medical practitioner who is, or will be, in reduced practice is not entitled to rely on item 8 or 9 of the Fourth Schedule for the renewal of his practising certificate unless —(a)the registered medical practitioner files with the Medical Council, in such form and manner as may be specified on the Medical Council’s website, a declaration that he —(i)is currently in reduced practice; or(ii)will be in reduced practice commencing on a specified date; and(b)the Medical Council grants its approval for the registered medical practitioner to rely on item 8 or 9 (as the case may be) of the Fourth Schedule.(4) A registered medical practitioner mentioned in paragraph (3) may resume practice only if, in the period of 24 months immediately preceding the date on which the registered medical practitioner wishes to resume practice that he has indicated to the Medical Council, he obtains at least 50 continuing medical education points of which —(a)for renewal of a practising certificate before 1 January 2026 — at least 10 continuing medical education points are from one or more general or specific core programmes; and(b)for renewal of a practising certificate on or after 1 January 2026 —(i)at least 10 continuing medical education points are from one or more general or specific core programmes; and(ii)at least 5 continuing medical education points are from ethics core programmes.(5) In computing the total number of continuing medical education points obtained by a registered medical practitioner applying for the grant of a practising certificate, only points obtained by him within the qualifying period shall be considered.(6) In computing the total number of continuing medical education points obtained by a registered medical practitioner applying for the renewal of his practising certificate, only points obtained by him during the qualifying period shall be considered.(7) [Deleted by S 677/2012 wef 01/01/2013](8) The Medical Council may, in such special circumstances as it may determine, grant a practising certificate to a registered medical practitioner or renew his practising certificate even though he has failed to satisfy the Medical Council of any matter referred to in paragraph (1) or (2).

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