Allows a medical graduate who wishes to obtain a certificate of experience to be employed as a Postgraduate Year 1 (PGY1) trainee in one or more approved hospitals in Singapore for a period of 12 months.

Eligibility requirements:

Provisional registration may be granted to a doctor who:

• holds an MBBS/MD degree awarded by a medical school in the First Schedule [PDF,59KB] of the Medical Registration Act; or
• holds a basic¹ medical degree from a university/ medical school listed in the Second Schedule [PDF, 484KB] of the Medical Registration Act.

¹Medical degree obtained via a 'twinning programme' would be considered only if the clinical training years and final examinations are done and completed at the medical school or university listed in the Second Schedule and in the country where the medical school or university in the Second Schedule is situated.

Note:

1. Application for provisional registration must be submitted through a local employer whose hospitals are accredited for the training of PGY1 trainees in Singapore.
2. Provisionally registered doctors holding MBBS/MD degree awarded by a medical school in the First Schedule [PDF,59KB] of the Medical Registration Act may apply for full registration after they have fulfilled the prevailing conditions for full registration.
3. Provisionally registered doctors holding a degree from a university/medical school listed in the Second Schedule [PDF, 484KB] of the Medical Registration Act may apply for conditional registration after they have fulfilled the prevailing conditions for conditional registration.
4. Medical graduate applying for provisional registration must start PGY1 training within two years of graduation from medical school.

Cancellation of Provisional Registration or Suspend the Conditions Attached to the Registration:

The SMC may consider cancelling the doctor’s provisional registration or suspend the conditions attached to the doctor’s registration if the doctor:

• has breached the conditions of his medical registration; or
• has ceased practice at the approved place of supervision; or
• does not have consistently satisfactory performance in his/her PGY1 assessments or has not performed to the standards that SMC requires; or
• has ceased practice without prior approval from SMC including taking No-Pay leave without SMC’s approval.

The doctor’s practising certificate will be deemed cancelled in the event that his/her registration has been cancelled or the conditions attached to his/her registration has been suspended by the SMC

No-Pay Leave application:

The provisionally registered doctor is considered to have failed to comply with the conditions specified in the grant of his/her medical registration, and his/her provisional registration will be cancelled or the conditions attached to his/her registration will be suspended if he/she goes on No-Pay leave (NPL) without SMC’s approval.

The employing institution must submit an online application for the doctor should he/she wish to go on NPL. All reasons for the application will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

The online application should be submitted to Council at least 4 weeks before the doctor embarks on / continues with his/her NPL. The outcome will be made known to the employer 2 weeks after the receipt of the application.

The doctor may be required to apply to vary the provisional registration condition for a longer duration to make up the shortfall in the PGY1 training period (in the event that he/she is granted NPL).

The doctor’s medical registration will be cancelled or the conditions attached to his/her registration will be suspended if the request is not approved by Council and he/she still proceeds with his/her NPL. He/she has to apply to the SMC for approval if he/she wishes to return to practise.