I cannot renew my PC online and received the following message: “Note: Your register must meet all renewal criteria below.” Why?

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In order to renew your PC, you are required to fulfil the Continuing Medical Education (CME) requirements and have no outstanding fines for not voting at the SMC’s elections (applicable to fully registered doctors only).

(i) CME requirements:

Application Type	CME Requirements
PC renewal for doctors holding a 2-year PC	50 CME points, of which at least 20% or 10 points shall be core points in each of their registered specialty and/or in Family Medicine; and 5 core points in Mandatory Medical Ethics CME
PC renewal for doctors holding a 1-year PC	25 CME points, of which at least 20% or 5 points shall be core points in each of their registered specialty and/or in Family Medicine; and 3 core points in Mandatory Medical Ethics CME

Find more information on CME requirements.

(ii) Voting requirements:

Please note that doctors will not be eligible to renew their PC if they have outstanding fine(s) incurred as a result of failure to vote at any SMC election. We wish to highlight that voting is compulsory for all fully registered medical practitioners under section 6 of the Medical Registration Act 1997.

I cannot renew my PC online and received the following message: “Note: Your register must meet all renewal criteria below.” Why?

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