Singapore legislation
Regulation 37
of Allied Health Professions (Professional Conduct and Discipline) Regulations 2013
Regulation 37
Initial hearing
Subregulation 1
Before the date of an initial hearing (other than any such hearing that has been adjourned), the Council must make available to each member of the Interim Orders Committee concerned —
a copy of the notice mentioned in regulation 36(1);
all the documents that have been produced in connection with the case; and
any written observation submitted by or on behalf of the registered allied health professional pursuant to the notice.
Subregulation 2
The Council must make available to the registered allied health professional all the documents that have been made available to the Interim Orders Committee under paragraph (1)(b).
Subregulation 3
Subject to paragraph (4), the Interim Orders Committee may receive oral, documentary or other evidence of any fact or matter which appears to it to be relevant to its inquiry.
Subregulation 4
A person must not give oral evidence at the hearing unless the Interim Orders Committee considers that such evidence is necessary to enable it to perform its duty or discharge its functions.
Subregulation 5
The Interim Orders Committee may, at any stage in its proceedings, allow a party to produce any written evidence at the hearing, if —
the registered allied health professional consents; or
after consultation with the legal assessor, the Interim Orders Committee is satisfied that the reception of the evidence is desirable to enable the Interim Orders Committee to perform its duty or discharge its functions.
Subregulation 6
Where the Interim Orders Committee has allowed any party to produce any written evidence at the hearing, a copy of the evidence must be given to each of the following:
the registered allied health professional;
the Council’s solicitor;
the Interim Orders Committee.
Subregulation 7
At the hearing, the Interim Orders Committee may invite the Council’s solicitor to address it as to whether an order under section 61 of the Act should be made, and the registered allied health professional or his or her counsel is to be given the opportunity to speak last.
Subregulation 8
Subject to paragraph (7), the procedure at the hearing is as the Interim Orders Committee may determine.
Subregulation 9
At the hearing, the Council’s solicitor and the registered allied health professional or his or her counsel may, subject to paragraph (4), call witnesses and may put questions to any person called as a witness.
Subregulation 10
Members of the Interim Orders Committee may put questions to any person called as a witness.