s 59K Immediate interim orders
59K.—(1) Subject to subsection (5), an Interim Orders Committee may, at any time after any complaint or information is referred to it but before an interim order is made under section 59L(1), make an immediate interim order against a registered medical practitioner without first giving the registered medical practitioner an opportunity to be heard if — (a) the Interim Orders Committee is satisfied that — (i) a court of law in Singapore has found that the registered medical practitioner has engaged in any conduct alleged in the complaint or information; and (ii) the conduct poses an imminent danger to the health or safety of any patient of the registered medical practitioner; or (b) the Medical Council certifies that the Medical Council is of the opinion that any conduct alleged in the complaint or information poses an imminent danger to the health or safety of any patient of the registered medical practitioner. (2) The Registrar must immediately notify the registered medical practitioner of the order made under subsection (1), and such order takes effect from the date the order is made. (3) An immediate interim order ceases to have effect from —(a) the date the Interim Orders Committee revokes the immediate interim order; (b) the date an interim order is made under section 59L(1) to replace the immediate interim order; or (c) where the registered medical practitioner has not, within one month after the date of the immediate interim order, been given an opportunity to be heard by the Interim Orders Committee on the question whether an interim order under section 59L(1) should be made — the expiration of one month after the date of the immediate interim order, whichever occurs first. (4) In this section, “immediate interim order” means an order — (a) that a registered medical practitioner’s registration in the appropriate register be suspended from the date of the order; or (b) that a registered medical practitioner’s registration be conditional on his compliance, from the date of the order, with such conditions or restrictions specified in the order as the Interim Orders Committee thinks fit to impose. (5) This section does not apply in relation to any complaint or information referred to an Interim Orders Committee if the Interim Orders Committee has made an interim order under section 59L(1) in respect of the same complaint or information.[Act 34 of 2020 wef 01/07/2022]