SMC has an obligation to ensure that doctors provide safe medical and professional care to the public. As a result, SMC requires doctors to declare whether they have any health condition which may impair their fitness to practise and provide safe care when they apply for medical registration, upgrade their registration status and when they apply to renew their practising certificates. 

Doctors are also expected to voluntarily report to the SMC at other times, if they discover they have health conditions that impair their fitness to practise and provide safe care. This is a requirement under the SMC’s Ethical Code and Ethical Guidelines. 

To be clear, the health condition may be a physical or mental health condition, which affects your ability to make proper clinical decisions concerning your patient’s care, affects your ability to provide safe care and/or act professionally to your patients, their care-givers and your colleagues.