Registration of TCM practitioners in Singapore is governed by the Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Act 2000.

There are two categories of TCM practitioners registered by the TCM Practitioners Board: 

• TCM physicians who can also practise acupuncture 
• Acupuncturists (currently only opened to qualified Singapore registered doctors and dentists)

The types of registration that may be granted to a qualified TCM practitioner are:

1. Full Registration
   Full registration allows a TCM practitioner to practise his prescribed area(s) of TCM on his own in Singapore. 
2. Conditional Registration
   Conditional registration allows a TCM practitioner to work in an approved TCM healthcare establishment, under the supervision of a TCM practitioner on full registration. TCM practitioner under conditional registration has to adhere to the conditions of registration as required by the Board.  

Application for registration may be made to the Board if the person meets all the criteria for registration under the TCM Practitioners Act and Regulations.  A person may only be granted registration as a TCM practitioner if he is, in the opinion of the Board, a fit and proper person to be granted full or conditional registration as a TCM practitioner.

Please refer to Registration Requirements for details.


Please refer to Application for Registration for details on application submission.

You may refer to PRS User Manual [PDF, 3.74MB] for online submission procedures.