Medical Act - The Bahamas Laws On-Line
Medical Act - The Bahamas Laws On-Line
Medical Act - The Bahamas Laws On-Line
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MEDICAL [CH.224– 17<br />
(a) the expression “legally qualified medical practitioner”<br />
or “duly qualified medical practitioner”<br />
or “registered medical practitioner” or any<br />
expression importing a person recognised by law<br />
as a medical practitioner or a member of the<br />
medical profession shall be construed to mean a<br />
fully licensed medical practitioner or a medical<br />
practitioner registered under section 13, as the<br />
case may be; and<br />
(b) every such expression, and the expression “fully<br />
licensed medical practitioner”, shall, unless a<br />
contrary intention appears, include a person<br />
holding a licence under paragraph (b) of subsection<br />
(1) of section 11, where the only restriction<br />
or condition in his licence is a restriction or<br />
condition restricting him in the practice of<br />
medicine or surgery:<br />
Provided that nothing in this paragraph shall<br />
authorise any person to do any act or thing in contravention<br />
of any such restriction or condition.<br />
SCHEDULE (Section 3)<br />
1. (1) <strong>The</strong> Council shall consist of seven members, of whom —<br />
(a) one shall be the Chief <strong>Medical</strong> Officer ex officio;<br />
(b) two (of whom at least one shall be a fully licensed medical<br />
practitioner) shall be appointed by the Minister acting in his<br />
discretion;<br />
(c) two shall be appointed by the Minister acting in accordance<br />
with the advice of the Association; and<br />
(d) two shall be appointed by the Minister acting with the<br />
concurrence of the Association.<br />
(2) A medical practitioner shall not be appointed under head<br />
(b) or (c) or (d) of subparagraph (1) of this paragraph unless he has<br />
had at least three years actual, continuous experience of the practice<br />
of medicine within <strong>The</strong> <strong>Bahamas</strong>.<br />
(3) In the exercise of his powers of appointment under this<br />
paragraph the Minister shall ensure that, after the initial constitution<br />
of the Council, the members of the Council shall not consist<br />
entirely of persons appointed to membership of the Council at the<br />
same time.<br />
(4) In this paragraph and in paragraph 5 of this Schedule the<br />
expression “Association” means <strong>Medical</strong> Association designated in<br />
writing by the Minister for the purposes of those paragraphs.<br />
Constitution of<br />
the council.<br />
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[Original Service 2001]<br />
STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS
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