Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Act 2000 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Board
4. Functions of Board
Feedback & supportThe functions of the Board are —
Board
“Board” means the Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Board established under section 3;
to approve or reject applications for registration; (b)to accredit —
registration
“registration” means registration under section 14 for the carrying out of any prescribed practice of traditional Chinese medicine;
courses in the practice of traditional Chinese medicine in Singapore for the purposes of registration; and
practice of traditional Chinese medicine
“practice of traditional Chinese medicine” means any of the following acts or activities:(a)acupuncture;(b)the diagnosis, treatment, prevention or alleviation of any disease or any symptom of a disease or the prescription of any herbal medicine;(c)the regulation of the functional states of the human body;(d)the preparation or supply of any herbal medicine on or in accordance with a prescription given by the person preparing or supplying the herbal medicine or by another registered person;(e)the preparation or supply of any of the substances specified in the Schedule;(f)the processing of any herbal medicine;(g)the retailing of any herbal medicine,on the basis of traditional Chinese medicine;
the institutions of higher learning in Singapore offering any of these courses;
to make recommendations to the appropriate authorities for the continuing training and education of registered persons;
to determine and regulate the conduct and ethics of registered persons; and
generally to do all such acts, matters and things as are necessary or authorised to be carried out under this Act.