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CH.224 – 2] MEDICAL PART V MISCELLANEOUS 24. Saving for persons lawfully practising other professions. 25. Power of Government to employ persons in the public service. 26. Privileges of certain medical practitioners. 27. Regulations. 28. Practice of medicine by persons other than medical practitioners. 29. Consequential. SCHEDULE STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS [Original Service 2001]
MEDICAL [CH.224– 3 CHAPTER 224 MEDICAL An Act to make new provision for the practice of medicine and surgery; and for related purposes. [Assent 8th March, 1974] [Commencement 3rd February, 1975] PART I PRELIMINARY 1. This Act may be cited as the Medical Act. 2. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires — “licence” means a licence issued by the Council under section 11; and grammatical variations shall be construed accordingly; and “fully licensed medical practitioner” means a person who is the holder of a licence issued under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of that section; “Government” means the Government of The Bahamas; “Minister” means the Minister responsible for Medical and Health Services; “Register” means the Medical Register provided for in section 8; “to register” means to enter the name of someone in the Register. (2) Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Act to a section are references to a section of this Act and references in a section to a subsection are references to a subsection of that section. (3) A person shall be deemed to practise medicine within the meaning of this Act who, for a pecuniary or other valuable consideration, diagnoses, treats, heals, cures or relieves or attempts or holds himself out as being able to diagnose, treat, heal, cure or relieve persons suffering from pain, injury, deformity or disease, whether of mind or 1 of 1974 13 of 1988 Short title. Interpretation. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– [Original Service 2001] STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS
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