Malaysia legislation
Section 23A
Seksyen 23A
(2)
The Evaluation Committee for Specialist Medical Qualifications shall have the functions to make recommendations to the Council as follows:
(a)
an application for the registration of a fully registered medical practitioner under section 14C or 14D of the Act; and
(b)
for the purposes of subsection 14B(2) of the Act, if the fully registered medical practitioner does not fulfill the requirements in paragraph 14B(1)(b) or (c) of the Act, a fully registered medical practitioner may be considered for registration as a Specialist under section 14C of the Act based on the comparable specialized qualification or the comparable specialized training of the fully registered medical practitioner.”.
Amendment of regulation 24 6.
Regulation 24 of the principal Regulations is amended—
(a)
in subregulation (2)—
(i)
in the national language text—
(A)
by renumbering paragraphs (a), (b) and (a) as paragraphs
(a)
, (b) and (c) respectively; and
(B)
in the renumbered paragraph (c), by substituting for the words “seksyen 14C” the words “seksyen 14C dan 14D”;
and
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(ii)
in the English language text, in paragraph (c), by substituting for the words “section 14C” the words “sections 14C and 14D”; and
(b)
in the national language text, by renumbering the existing subregulation (4) as subregulation (3).
Amendment of regulation 27 7.
Regulation 27 of the principal Regulations is amended—
(a)
in subregulation (2), by inserting after the words “such person” the words
“under section 14C of the Act”;
(b)
by inserting after subregulation (2) the following subregulations:
“(3)
For the purpose of registration as Specialist, a fully registered medical practitioner shall produce documents as required by the Council to the Evaluation Committee for Specialist Medical
Qualifications as follows:
(a)
the original certificate of qualification in accordance with the qualification as specified in the fourth column of the Fourth Schedule to the Act, or any official document in relation to the qualification within a duration of recognition as determined by the
Council for the purposes of paragraph 14B(1)(b) of the Act;
(b)
any proof that may be acceptable to the Council under paragraph 14B(1)(c) of the Act that—
(i)
he has completed a specialized training approved by the Council in accordance with paragraph 14B(3)(a) of the Act; or
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(ii)
he has completed any other specialized training acceptable to the
Council in accordance with paragraph 14B(3)(b) of the Act.
(c)
any report or certificate as proof of the supervised work experience under subparagraph 14B(1)(d)(i) of the Act when—
(i)
in public service, he has been evaluated and certified by the Evaluation Committee for
Specialist Medical Qualifications after being validated by the Director General that he has successfully undergone supervised work experience for a duration of at least six months; or
(ii)
other than public service, he has been evaluated and certified by the Evaluation
Committee for
Specialist
Medical
Qualifications that he has successfully undergone supervised work experience for a duration of at least six months; or
(d)
any report or certificate as proof of his work experience for the purposes of subparagraph 14B(1)(d)(ii) of the Act that—
(i)
he has had broad work experience in his specialty for a sufficient duration; and
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(ii)
he has proven that such work experience in his specialty is recognized at international level;
or
(iii)
he has produced any proof of work experience in his specialty; and
(e)
any report, certificate or other proof in proving that he is competent and is of good character for the purposes of paragraph 14B(1)(e) of the Act.
(4)
For the purpose of making recommendations under subsection 14B(2) of the Act, the special value to this country may be determined based on—
(a)
the specialty of the fully registered medical practitioner which is needed in this country;
(b)
the specialty of the fully registered medical practitioner which is recognized at the international level; or
(c)
the specialty of the fully registered medical practitioner which is needed to be expanded in this country.
(c)
by renumbering the existing subregulation (3) as subregulation (5).
New regulation 27A