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Medical Practitioners Act 1995

VII: Condition Affecting Fitness to Practise Medicine
80   Power to order medical examination



   80. Power to order medical examination---(1) Where it appears to the
 Council (whether or not as a result of a notice forwarded under section
 78 of this Act) that any medical practitioner is not fit to practise
 medicine because of some mental or physical condition, the Council may,
 by notice given to the medical practitioner, require him or her to
 submit himself or herself for examination by another medical
 practitioner at the expense of the Council.

   (2) Every notice given under this section shall---
   (a) Specify---
           (i) The name and address of the medical practitioner who is to
         conduct the examination; and
           (ii) The date before which the examination is to be conducted,
         being a date that is not less than 5 working days after the date
         on which the notice is given to the practitioner to be examined;
         and
   (b) Be signed by the president or the Registrar.

   (3) A medical practitioner who is required by a notice given under
 this section to submit himself or herself for examination by a medical
 practitioner may have another medical practitioner chosen by him or her
 attend the examination as an observer.

   (4) Where a medical practitioner has examined another medical
 practitioner under this section, he or she shall, as soon as reasonably
 practicable after the examination, make a written report to the
 Registrar on the mental and physical condition of the practitioner so
 far as it affects the capacity of the practitioner to practise medicine
 satisfactorily.

   (5) The Registrar shall, as soon as practicable after receiving a
 report under subsection (4) of this section, send a copy to the medical
 practitioner to whom the report relates.
     Cf. 1988, No. 150, s. 37 (1)-(3)
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