Medical Registration.
[CAP. 161
Medical
Board to the register, censure, etc.
strike off
suspend,
5 of 1941, s.3.
12. (1) If any registered practitioner is convicted of
Power of
any offence or after due inquiry is judged by the Medical
Board to have been guilty of infamous conduct in any
professional respect, the Medical Board shall have power
to make any such order as to removing from or striking off
the register the name of the registered practitioner
convicted of such offence or judged guilty of such
conduct as aforesaid, as to suspending him from practice,
as to censure, as to the payment of costs by any party
attending the inquiry, and otherwise in relation to the
case as the Medical Board may think fit.
(2) It shall be lawful for the Medical Board to publish
the result of any inquiry held under this section either
with or without an account of proceedings at the said
inquiry.
(3) The Medical Board may also after due inquiry direct
the name of any person to be struck off the register who, in
their opinion,
(a) has obtained registration by fraud or
misrepresentation; or
(b) was not at the time of registration entitled to be
registered.
(4) Reasonable notice of any proposed inquiry under
this section shall be served on the person concerned.
(5) Notice of the decision of the Medical Board shall in
all cases under this section be served on the person
concerned.
(6) The striking off the register under this section or
the publication under subsection (2) shall not take place
until after the expiration of fourteen days from the date
of the service of the decision of the Medical Board on the
person concerned and in case of appeal shall await the
decision of the Governor in Council.
(7) The Medical Board may, if it thinks fit, at any time
direct that the name of a registered practitioner whose
name has been removed from or struck off the register be
replaced thereon.
(8) The notice of any decision and any order or
direction made by the Medical Board as aforesaid shall be
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5 of 1941, s. 3.
5 of 1941, s. 8.
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