MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS AND DENTISTS

CHAPTER 36:01
MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS AND DENTISTS

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

    SECTION

PART I
PRELIMINARY

    1.    Short title

    2.    Interpretation

PART II
THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF MALAWI

    3.    Establishment of the Medical Council

    4.    Composition of the Council

    5.    Vacation, etc., of members from office

    6.    Filling of vacancies on the Council

    7.    Co-opted persons

    8.    Chairman and Vice-Chairman

PART III
MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL

    9.    Meetings of the Council

PART IV
FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE COUNCIL

    10.    Functions of the Council

    11.    Powers of the Council

    12.    Committees of the Council

PART V
MANAGEMENT

    13.    Appointment of Registrar and other staff

PART VI
FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

    14.    Funds, accounts, audit

    15.    Levy

    16.    Remuneration and expenses of members of the Council

PART VII
REGISTERS

    17.    Registers

    18.    Specialist registers

    19.    Duties of Registrar

    20.    Certificates

    21.    Offences in connexion with registers and certificates

    22.    Publication of registers

    23.    Registers to be evidence

PART VIII
REGISTRATION

    24.    Persons registered under the repealed Act

    25.    Residence of registered persons

    26.    Persons eligible to be registered as medical practitioners or dentists

    27.    Person registered may have additional qualifications inserted in register

    28.    Certificate not valid unless signatory registered

    29.    Procedure for registration

    30.    Register of interns

    31.    Register of vocational trainees

    32.    Provisional registration

    33.    Register of persons temporarily employed

    34.    Erasures from register

    35.    Method of erasure

    36.    Consequence of erasure

    37.    Appeals against refusal to register or erasure from register

PART IX
PRIVATE PRACTICE

    38.    Licence for private practice

    39.    Issue, etc. of licences to be published in Gazette

    40.    No fees recoverable unless practitioner licensed for private practice

PART X
EDUCATION AND TRAINING

    41.    Education and Training Committee

    42.    Reports on training qualifications and practice of persons who are registrable

    43.    Approval of institutions, carricula and qualifications

    44.    Diplomas and certificates instituted by the Council

    45.    Rules for training and examinations

PART XI
DISCIPLINARY PROVISIONS

    46.    Disciplinary Committee

    47.    Function of Disciplinary Committee

    48.    Taking of evidence by Disciplinary Committee

    49.    Exercise of disciplinary powers on conviction for offence

    50.    Council to refer cases to Disciplinary Committee

    51.    Exercise of disciplinary powers

    52.    Appeal to High Court

    53.    Publication of results of disciplinary proceedings

    54.    Council or Disciplinary Committee not to be liable

    55.    Improper or disgraceful conduct

PART XII
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES BY UNREGISTERED PERSONS

    56.    Remuneration not recoverable by unregistered persons

    57.    Certain certificates invalid if signed by unregistered person

PART XIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

    58.    Proof required for issue of licences

    59.    Unregistered persons practising as medical practitioners

    60.    Unregistered persons practising as dentists

    61.    African systems of therapeutic allowed

    62.    Exemptions from registration

    63.    Registered persons becoming unfit to practise

    64.    Restoration to register

    65.    Burden of proof on unregistered persons

    66.    Personation of registered person or misrepresentation

    67.    Registered person using unregistered title or qualification

    68.    Notification of change of address or death

    68A.    Closure of premises and seizure of equipment, etc.

PART XIV
REGULATIONS AND SAVINGS

    69.    Regulations

    70.    Repeal and savings

17 of 1987

22 of 1989

30 of 1991

19 of 1995

G.N. 18/1988

    An Act to provide for the establishment of the Medical Council of Malawi, the registration and disciplining of medical practitioners and dentists, the licensing of private practice of medical practitioners and dentists, the regulation of training within Malawi of medical personnel and generally for the control and regulation of the medical profession and practice in Malawi and for matters incidental to or connected therewith

PART I
PRELIMINARY

1.    Short title

    This Act may be cited as the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act.

2.    Interpretation

    In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

30 of 1991

    ‘‘Council’’ means the Medical Council of Malawi established by section 3;

    ‘‘dentist’’ means a person registered as such under section 17;

    ‘‘medical practitioner’’ means a person registered as such under section 17;

    ‘‘member’’ in relation to the Council means a member thereof appointed, elected, or ordained under section 4 (1) or (4) or section 6;

    ‘‘Registrar’’ means the Registrar to the Council appointed under section 13;

PART II
THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF MALAWI

3.    Establishment of the Medical Council

    There is hereby established a council to be known as the Medical Council of Malawi, which shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal and shall, under that name, be capable of suing and being sued and…