Section 28
Interim orders
of Allied Health Professions Act 2016
Where, based on the findings of the Investigating
Committee and the Disciplinary Authority, the Council is satisfied that it is necessary for the protection of the members of the public or is otherwise in the public interest, the Council may order the following:
(a)
that the registration of such registered practitioner be suspended for such period not exceeding twelve months as may be specified in the order which shall be known as an interim suspension order; or
(b)
that the registration of such registered practitioner be continued on his compliance of such conditions as the
Council thinks fit to impose, during such period not exceeding twelve months, as may be specified in the order which shall be known as an order for interim restricted registration.
(2)
The Council may extend or further extend an order made under subsection (1) and each extension shall be for a period not exceeding six months.
(3)
The Registrar shall notify the registered practitioner of the order made under subsections (1) and (2).
(4)
The Council may, upon application by the registered practitioner concerned—
(a)
in the case of an interim suspension order, revoke the order;
(b)
in the case of an order for interim restricted registration, revoke the order or vary any condition imposed by the order; or
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(c)
in either case in paragraph (a) or (b), substitute for the period specified in the order or in the order extending it with any other period which could have been specified in the order or in the order extending it, when such order was made.
(5)
An interim suspension order or an order for interim restricted registration shall be in force until the end of the period specified in the order or, if extended under subsection (2), in the order extending it or, the date on which proceedings are concluded, whichever is the earlier.
(6)
While a person’s registration is suspended by virtue of an interim suspension order, he shall not be regarded as being registered notwithstanding that his name still appears in the Register.
(7)
Immediately upon the expiry or revocation of the interim suspension order or an order for interim restricted registration, the person’s rights and privileges as a registered practitioner shall be revived from the date of such expiry or revocation, provided that he has complied with all the terms of the order.
(8)
Any registered practitioner who contravenes the interim suspension order or the order for interim restricted registration imposed on him commits an offence.
(9)
Any registered practitioner who is aggrieved by any order made under this section may appeal to the Minister, and the decision of the Minister shall be final.