Section 15
Section 19 of the principal Act is amended—
of Medical (Amendment) Act 2012
(a)
in subsection (1)—
(i)
by deleting the words “provisional or full”;
(ii)
in paragraph (a), by deleting the words “for a term of two years or upwards”;
(iii)
by substituting for paragraph (b) the following paragraph:
“(b) after due inquiry by the Disciplinary Board, been found by it to have been guilty of serious professional misconduct; or”;
and
(iv)
by substituting for paragraph (c) the following paragraph:
“(c) after due inquiry by a Fitness to Practise
Committee, which shall consist of not less than three medical practitioners appointed
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by the Council, been found to be unfit to perform his professional duties by reason of his mental or physical condition or any other medical condition,”.
Amendment of section 20