Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners (Register and Practising Certificates) Regulations

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

In these Regulations, an applicant obtains the requisite number of continuing professional education points if the applicant successfully completes one or more of the activities, courses and programmes in the list published under regulation 5A(1) in respect of which the total number of continuing professional education points obtainable equals or exceeds that requisite number.

A registered person who obtains a qualification in addition to the qualification by virtue of which he has been registered may apply to the Registrar to have that additional qualification entered in the Register.

An application referred to in paragraph (1) shall be accompanied by the fee specified in the First Schedule.

The Board is to determine the additional qualification or qualifications that may be entered in the Register.

An application for a practising certificate under section 17 of the Act shall be in such form as the Board may provide, and shall be accompanied by the fee specified in the First Schedule.

A practising certificate shall be granted for a period not exceeding 2 years from the date of issue of the practising certificate.

An application for renewal of a practising certificate shall be in such form as the Board may provide, and shall be accompanied by the fee specified in the First Schedule.

Where an application for the renewal of a practising certificate is submitted later than 30 days before the expiration of the practising certificate, the application shall be accompanied by the appropriate late payment fee specified in the First Schedule in addition to the fee referred to in paragraph (1).

The Board must publish on the Board’s website a list of activities, courses and programmes relating to the practice of traditional Chinese medicine for the purposes of these Regulations and the number of continuing professional education points which a registered person obtains by successfully completing each of the activities, courses and programmes.

The Board must identify in the list mentioned in paragraph (1) those activities, courses and programmes which are core programmes.

For the purposes of section 17(6) of the Act and subject to regulation 5C, the Board may refuse to grant or renew a practising certificate if the applicant fails to satisfy any of the following requirements:

The Board may, in any special circumstances that it determines, grant or renew a practising certificate even though the applicant is unable to satisfy the Board that the applicant has fulfilled the requisite continuing professional education requirements.

The Board may impose reasonable conditions in the exercise of its discretion under paragraph (2).

For the purposes of section 17(6) of the Act, the Board may refuse to grant or renew a practising certificate if the applicant fails to comply with paragraph (2).

For the purposes of paragraph (1), the applicant must —

Without limiting paragraph (2)(a), the Board may require an applicant to provide any document or information in relation to any of the following matters:

Where a practising certificate has been lost, destroyed, defaced or obliterated so that any particulars in such certificate is illegible, the holder thereof shall forthwith notify the Registrar.

Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), the Registrar shall, on payment of the fee specified in the First Schedule, if he is satisfied that a practising certificate has been lost, destroyed, defaced or obliterated, issue a duplicate of such certificate to the holder of the original thereof.

A duplicate of a practising certificate shall have the same effect as the original.

In the case of a practising certificate which has been defaced or obliterated, no duplicate of such certificate shall be issued unless the original certificate is returned to the Registrar.

In the case of a practising certificate which has been lost or destroyed, no duplicate of such certificate shall be issued unless the holder thereof makes a statutory declaration of the loss or destruction and furnishes it to the Registrar.

Where any original practising certificate is found after any duplicate thereof is issued under this regulation, the holder of the certificate shall immediately return the duplicate to the Registrar for cancellation.

Any person who fails to comply with paragraph (6) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.

An application for restoration of a registration under section 23 of the Act shall be in such form as the Board may provide, and shall be accompanied by the fee specified in the First Schedule.

The application shall —

Except with the leave of the Board, neither the applicant nor any other person may appear before the Board to make any representation in respect of the application.