Section 22

Where the Council approves the application for a practising certificate, the Registrar shall issue to the registered practitioner a practising certificate.

A practising certificate shall be valid for two years.

The practising certificate shall specify the address of the principal place of practice and all other places of practice of the registered practitioner and any change in any address shall be notified by the registered practitioner within thirty days of such change to the

Registrar and the Registrar shall endorse such change.

Where the Council refuses the application under subsection (1), the Registrar shall notify the applicant.

Any person may, upon payment of the prescribed fee, verify the status of a practising certificate of any registered practitioner from the Register and the verification shall be prima facie evidence of the particulars contained in the practising certificate.

Any registered practitioner who practises without a practising certificate commits an offence and shall, upon conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.

20 Laws of Malaysia ACT 774

Renewal of practising certificate