Sunday, September 11, 2011

WSH (MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS) REG 2011 - Part III (Registration to Act as Designated Workplace Doctors)

Application for registration as designated workplace doctor
12.—(1) A person who —
(a) is a medical practitioner registered under the provisions of the Medical Registration Act; and
(b) has successfully completed and passed a course of training in occupational health acceptable to the Commissioner,
may apply to the Commissioner to be registered to act as a designated workplace doctor.
(3) Upon receiving an application, the Commissioner may —
(a) if he is satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person to be registered as a designated workplace doctor, register the applicant either unconditionally, or subject to such conditions as the Commissioner thinks fit, as a designated workplace doctor; or
(b) if he is not so satisfied, refuse to register the applicant as a designated workplace doctor.
Certificate of registration
13.—(1) Upon a medical practitioner being registered as a designated workplace doctor, the Commissioner shall —
(a) issue him with a certificate of registration; and
(b) record his name and relevant particulars in the register of designated workplace doctors.
(2) A certificate of registration is not transferable.
(3) Where a certificate of registration is lost, destroyed or defaced, the holder of the certificate may apply to the Commissioner for a replacement certificate.
Register of designated workplace doctor
14. The Commissioner shall keep a register of all persons registered to act as a designated workplace doctor and shall ensure that the register is updated at all times.

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