I am a visiting foreign registered surgeon who is engaged to assist practising surgeons at a local hospital for a short-term period. How do I apply for medical registration and practising certificate?

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Any visiting foreign registered doctor who wishes to practise medicine in Singapore must first apply for medical registration with SMC. He/she must fulfil SMC’s registration requirements before submitting the application for SMC’s consideration. Upon SMC’s approval, the foreign registered doctor must arrange for a certificate of good standing to be issued directly to SMC from the overseas medical regulators in the country/countries where he/she has practised or has been practising 3 years prior to the SMC’s application.

To complete the registration with SMC, the foreign registered doctor must apply for a practising certificate (PC) and fulfil all other conditions for the purpose of registration as stipulated in SMC’s approval letter before he/she can commence his/her practice in Singapore.

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I am a visiting foreign registered surgeon who is engaged to assist practising surgeons at a local hospital for a short-term period. How do I apply for medical registration and practising certificate?

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