Singapore legislation
Regulation 5B
of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners (Register and Practising Certificates) Regulations
Regulation 5B
Grant or renewal of practising certificate subject to continuing professional education requirements
Subregulation 1
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 applicant must obtain not less than the requisite number of continuing professional education points set out in the second column of the Second Schedule applicable to the applicant within the qualifying period set out in the fourth column of that Schedule;
the applicant must obtain not less than the percentage of the requisite number of continuing professional education points set out in the third column of the Second Schedule (if any) by the successful completion of one or more core programmes within the qualifying period set out in the fourth column of that Schedule.
Subregulation 2
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.
Subregulation 3
The Board may impose reasonable conditions in the exercise of its discretion under paragraph (2).