Medical Registration (Certifying Authority) Regulations 2014

No. S 762

Medical Registration Act

(CHAPTER 174)

Medical Registration
(Certifying Authority)
Regulations 2014

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 70(1) of the Medical Registration Act, the Singapore Medical Council, with the approval of the Minister for Health, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Medical Registration (Certifying Authority) Regulations 2014 and shall, with the exception of regulation 3(2) and (3), come into operation on 1 December 2014.

(2)  Regulation 3(2) shall be deemed to have come into operation on 5 December 2011.

(3)  Regulation 3(3) shall be deemed to have come into operation on 4 September 2014.

Definitions

2.  In these Regulations —

“Chair of the National Assessment Committee for Post‑Graduate Year 1” means the chairperson of the National Assessment Committee for Post‑Graduate Year 1;

“National Assessment Committee for Post‑Graduate Year 1” means the National Assessment Committee for Post‑Graduate Year 1 appointed by the Minister for Health.

Certifying authority for purposes of section 25(3)( c )

3.—(1)  The Chair of the National Assessment Committee for Post‑Graduate Year 1 shall be a certifying authority in respect of any person who has been employed in the manner referred to in section 25(1) of the Act.

(2)  Clinical Prof Raj Mohan Nambiar shall be a certifying authority, from 5 December 2011 to 30 November 2014 (both dates inclusive), in respect of any person who has been employed in the manner referred to in section 25(1) of the Act and who holds a Doctor of Medicine of the Duke‑NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore.

(3)  Clinical Prof Raj Mohan Nambiar shall be a certifying authority, from 4 September 2014 to 30 November 2014 (both dates inclusive), in respect of any person who has been employed in the manner referred to in section 25(1) of the Act and who holds any degree under the First or Second Schedule to the Act, other than a Doctor of Medicine of the Duke‑NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore.

Made on 21 November 2014.

TAN SER KIAT

President,
Singapore Medical Council,
Singapore.

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