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II: Restrictions on Practice of Medicine
10 Misleading descriptions
10. Misleading descriptions---(1) No person shall hold that person, or
any other person, out (whether directly or indirectly) as practising
medicine, or being entitled, qualified, able, or willing to practise
medicine, under the title of a medical practitioner (as defined in
section 2 of this Act) if that person or, as the case may be, that other
person is prohibited by section 9 of this Act from practising medicine
under that title.
(2) No person shall use or permit to be used any words, letters, or
symbols that the person intends to cause, or are reasonably likely to
cause, anyone else to believe that the first-mentioned person or any
other person---
(a) Holds any type of registration, or a certificate, under this Act;
or
(b) Possesses a qualification in medicine or any branch of
medicine,---
unless the first-mentioned person or, as the case requires, that other
person holds that registration, certificate, or qualification.
Cf. 1968, No. 46, s.69 (3)
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