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Medical Registration Act 1997 s 59T

s 59T Restoration of names to register

59T.—(1) This section applies in relation to a medical practitioner whose name has been removed from a register —(a) under section 38(2)(a) or 46(1)(g)(i) or (3)(a) or under section 37A(1)(i) or 49(1)(g)(i) as in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 7 of the Medical Registration (Amendment) Act 2020; (b) pursuant to an order made by a Disciplinary Tribunal under section 59D(2)(a) or 59E(1)(a) or (3)(a) or under section 53(2)(a) or 54(1)(a) or (3)(a) as in force immediately before that date; (c) on the recommendation of a Health Committee under section 59I(1)(d) or under section 58(1)(d) as in force immediately before that date; (d) pursuant to an order made by a Disciplinary Committee under section 45 or 46 as in force immediately before 1 December 2010; or (e) under section 22 of the repealed Medical Registration Act (Cap. 174, 1985 Ed.). (2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the Medical Council may, upon an application for restoration by the medical practitioner mentioned in subsection (1), if it thinks fit —(a) restore his name to the register; or (b) register him as a medical practitioner with conditional registration in Part II of the Register of Medical Practitioners, and section 21(4), (6), (7), (8) and (9) applies accordingly. (3) In the case mentioned in subsection (1)(b), the Medical Council must not restore the name of a medical practitioner to the register or register him as a medical practitioner with conditional registration under subsection (2) if —(a) the medical practitioner has not complied with all the terms of any order made against him by the Disciplinary Tribunal; (b) the application for restoration is made before the expiration of 3 years from the date of the removal; or (c) the application for restoration is made more than once in any period of 12 months by or on behalf of the medical practitioner. (4) In the case mentioned in subsection (1)(c), (d) or (e), the Medical Council must not restore the name of a medical practitioner to the register or register him as a medical practitioner with conditional registration under subsection (2) if —(a) the medical practitioner has not complied with all the terms of any order made against him by the Health Committee, Disciplinary Committee or Medical Council, as the case may be; or (b) the application for restoration is made more than once in any period of 12 months by or on behalf of the medical practitioner.[Act 34 of 2020 wef 01/07/2022]

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