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Clause 11

of Medical Registration (Amendment) Bill

Clause 11

Amendment of section 21

Section 21 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “other degree” in subsection (1)(a) and substituting the words “other qualification”;

(b)

by deleting the word “Schedule” wherever it appears in subsections (1)(a) and (3) and substituting in each case the words “Second Schedule”;

(c)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of subsection (1)(c);

(d)

by deleting the comma at the end of paragraph (d) of subsection (1) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(e)satisfies such other requirements as the Medical Council may, with the approval of the Minister, prescribe,”;

(e)

by inserting, immediately after the word “direct” in subsection (1), the words “and subject to such conditions or restrictions as the Medical Council may think fit to impose”;

(f)

by inserting, immediately after the words “Register of Medical Practitioners” in subsection (2), the words “and be subject to such conditions or restrictions as the Medical Council may think fit to impose”;

(g)

by deleting subsections (4) and (5) and substituting the following subsection:“(4) Every direction by virtue of which a person is registered under this section shall specify the conditions or restrictions of his registration and may further specify one or more of the following:

(a)

that the person shall work for a specified period under the supervision of a fully registered medical practitioner approved by the Medical Council;

(b)

that the person’s performance shall be subject to review by such fully registered medical practitioners or healthcare professionals as the Medical Council may determine;

(c)

the particular employment or descriptions of employment for the purposes of which he is so registered.”;

(h)

by inserting, immediately after the word “conditions” in subsection (6)(a), the words “or restrictions”;

(i)

by deleting the words “the report of the medical practitioner supervising him” in subsection (6)(b) and substituting the words “any report of one or more fully registered medical practitioners supervising him and any reviews of the medical practitioners or healthcare professionals referred to in subsection (4)(b)”;

(j)

by deleting subsection (7) and substituting the following subsection:“(7) A person who is or has been registered with conditional registration may —

(a)

after the expiration of the period of supervision under subsection (4)(a); and

(b)

upon the revocation or lapse of all the conditions or restrictions specified under subsection (4),apply to the Medical Council to be registered as a fully registered medical practitioner.”; and

(k)

by deleting the words “or on his registration being cancelled under subsection (6)” in subsection (9).

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