Malaysia legislation

Section 37

of MEDICAL (AMENDMENT) ACT 2012

Section 37

Subsection 36(2) of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

by substituting for paragraph (l) the following paragraph:

“(l) the procedure for the appointment of the committees or boards of the Council;”;

(b)

by substituting for paragraph (m) the following paragraph:

“(m) the procedure at meetings, inquiries and other proceedings of the Council, Board or

Committee;”;

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(c)

by substituting for paragraph (n) the following paragraph:

“(n) the procedure to be followed in relation to Preliminary

Investigation Committees and Disciplinary Boards under this Act;”;

(d)

in paragraph (o), by substituting for the words “systems of therapeutics according to Malay, Chinese, Indian or other native methods” the words “Traditional and

Complementary Medicine”; and

(e)

by substituting for the full stop at the end of paragraph (p)

a semicolon and by inserting after that paragraph the following paragraphs:

“(q) the conditions or restrictions to be imposed on certificates of provisional registration, certificates of full registration, certificates of full registration of registered medical practitioners trained in specialized areas, temporary practising certificates and annual practising certificates;

(r)

the keeping of the Register, records, reports and documents and the form and contents thereof;

(s)

the form of certificates of provisional registration, certificates of registration, temporary practising certificates and renewals of practising certificates;

(t)

the form and manner of conducting examination for the purpose of admission to the Register;

(u)

the form and manner in recognising the training institution and the qualification awarded by the recognised training institution;

(v)

the houseman training, the condition under which the practical training of apprentices or students shall be conducted and any other matter relating to the training and qualification of medical practitioners;

(w)

the form and manner of approving the medical practitioners trained in specialized areas;

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(x)

the procedure for the establishment of a Disciplinary

Panel from which members of Preliminary

Investigation Committees and Disciplinary Boards are to be drawn;

(y)

the receipt of complaints or information touching on any disciplinary matter that may be investigated into by the Preliminary Investigation Committees to determine whether or not there shall be an inquiry;

(z)

the procedure for the inquiry by the Disciplinary

Board;

(aa) the formation of a Fitness to Practise Committee for complaints or information pertaining to registered medical practitioners who are professionally incompetent or are impaired by physical or mental disability;

(bb) the formation of an Evaluation Committee for the purpose of evaluation and registration of medical practitioners;

(cc)

the formation of an Ethics Committee to advise the Council on issues related to ethics;

(dd)

any other committee for the purposes of this Act;

and

(ee) any other matter for carrying into the effect the objects and purposes of this Act.”.

Amendment of section 40

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