s 59D Findings of Disciplinary Tribunal
59D.—(1) Where a registered medical practitioner is found by a Disciplinary Tribunal —(a) to have been convicted in Singapore or elsewhere of any offence implying a defect in character which makes him unfit to practise medicine; (b) to have been guilty of such improper act or conduct which, in the opinion of the Disciplinary Tribunal, brings disrepute to his profession; (c) to have been guilty of professional misconduct; or (d) to have failed to provide professional services of the quality that is reasonable to expect of him, the Disciplinary Tribunal may make one or more orders under subsection (2). (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Disciplinary Tribunal may —(a) by order remove the name of the registered medical practitioner from the appropriate register; (b) by order suspend the registration of the registered medical practitioner in the appropriate register for a period not exceeding 3 years; (c) where the registered medical practitioner is a fully registered medical practitioner in Part I of the Register of Medical Practitioners — by order remove his name from Part I of that Register and register him instead as a medical practitioner with conditional registration in Part II of that Register, and section 21(4), (6), (7), (8) and (9) applies accordingly; (d) where the registered medical practitioner is registered in any register other than Part I of the Register of Medical Practitioners — by order impose additional appropriate conditions or restrictions on his registration or vary the conditions or restrictions already imposed under section 21, 23 or 24, as the case may be; (e) by order impose on the registered medical practitioner a penalty not exceeding $100,000; (f) order that the registered medical practitioner be censured in writing; (g) by order require the registered medical practitioner to give such undertaking as the Disciplinary Tribunal thinks fit to abstain in future from the conduct complained of; or (h) make such other order as the Disciplinary Tribunal thinks fit, including any action that a Complaints Committee may take under section 46(1). (3) In any proceedings instituted under this Part against a registered medical practitioner consequent upon his conviction for a criminal offence, a Disciplinary Tribunal and the General Division of the High Court on appeal from any order of the Disciplinary Tribunal are to accept his conviction as final and conclusive. (4) Where a registered medical practitioner is not found by a Disciplinary Tribunal to have been convicted or guilty of any of the matters mentioned in subsection (1), the Disciplinary Tribunal must dismiss the matter mentioned in section 58(1). (5) A Disciplinary Tribunal may under subsection (2) order the registered medical practitioner concerned to pay to the Medical Council such sums as it thinks fit in respect of costs and expenses of and incidental to any proceedings before the Disciplinary Tribunal and, where applicable, an Interim Orders Committee. (6) The General Division of the High Court has jurisdiction to tax any costs mentioned in subsection (5) and any order for costs made by the General Division of the High Court is enforceable as if it were ordered in connection with a civil action in the General Division of the High Court. (7) The Disciplinary Tribunal in ordering that costs be paid by the registered medical practitioner under this section may certify that costs for more than one advocate and solicitor be paid if it is satisfied that the issues involved in the proceedings are of sufficient complexity, and the certification by the Disciplinary Tribunal has the same effect as if it were a certification by a Judge in a civil action in the General Division of the High Court. (8) The costs and expenses mentioned in subsection (5) include —(a) the costs and expenses of any advocate and solicitor appointed by the Medical Council for proceedings before the Disciplinary Tribunal and, where applicable, the Interim Orders Committee, and any expert appointed by the Medical Council under section 59B(3); (b) such reasonable expenses as the Medical Council may pay to witnesses; and (c) such reasonable expenses as are necessary for the conduct of proceedings before the Disciplinary Tribunal and the Interim Orders Committee.[Act 34 of 2020 wef 01/07/2022]