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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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