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Singapore Medical Council

Temporarily registered

Cancellation of temporary registration and request for No-Pay Leave.

Last updated 7 April 2025

Cancellation of temporary registration

The SMC may cancel the doctor’s temporary registration if the doctor:

  • has breached the conditions of his medical registration; or

  • has ceased practice at the approved place of supervision; or

  • was absent from his supervised practice without the prior approval of SMC.

The doctor’s practising certificate will be deemed cancelled in the event that his registration has been cancelled by the SMC.

Request for No-Pay Leave (NPL)

With effect from 1 May 2015, a temporarily registered doctor would no longer be required to submit an application for NPL for the Medical Council’s approval, before he goes on NPL.

However, the training/research institution must ensure that the doctor remains under the employment of the institution during the period of NPL and must inform the Medical Council if the doctor is no longer under the employment of the institution. The doctor’s temporary registration would not be automatically renewed beyond the approved duration to compensate for the period of NPL.