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Ang Yong Guan v Singapore Medical Council and another matter [2024] SGHC 126
A medical practitioner's departure from codified standards (such as MOH guidelines) is not automatically professional misconduct, but the practitioner bears the evidential burden to justify such departures on clear medical grounds, which requires an objective assessment of reason
Singapore Medical Council v Dr Wong Him Choon
Professional misconduct under s 53(1)(d) of the MRA requires an intentional and deliberate departure from accepted professional standards or serious negligence portraying an abuse of professional privileges.