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VII: Condition Affecting Fitness to Practise Medicine
81 Restrictions may be imposed on practice on account of condition affecting fitness to practise
81. Restrictions may be imposed on practice on account of condition
affecting fitness to practise---(1) Where---
(a) A notice has been given to a medical practitioner under section 80
of this Act; and
(b) Either---
(i) The practitioner has not, by the time specified in the
notice, submitted himself or herself for examination by the
medical practitioner named in the notice; or
(ii) The Registrar has received a written report in respect of
the practitioner from the medical practitioner named in the
notice; and
(c) The Council has given the practitioner a reasonable opportunity to
make written submissions and be heard on the matter, either
personally or by his or her representative,---
the Council shall consider the report (if any) and all the relevant
circumstances of the case.
(2) Where the Council has considered the case of a medical
practitioner under this section, and the Council is satisfied that---
(a) The practitioner is not fit to practise medicine because of some
mental or physical condition; or
(b) The practitioner has not submitted himself or herself for
examination in accordance with a notice under section 80 of this
Act,---
the Council may order that the practitioner's registration be suspended,
or that conditions be placed on the practitioner's registration or
practising certificate.
(3) Every order made under subsection (2) of this section shall---
(a) Be in writing; and
(b) Contain a statement of the reasons on which it is based; and
(c) Be signed by the president or deputy president of the Council.
(4) The Registrar shall ensure that, within 5 working days of the
making of an order under subsection (2) of this section,---
(a) A copy of the order is given to the medical practitioner
concerned; and
(b) All administrative steps are taken to give effect to the order.
(5) An order made under subsection (2) of this section shall take
effect from the day on which a copy of the order is given under
subsection (4) of this section to the practitioner concerned, or such
date as may be specified in the order, whichever is the later.
Cf. 1968, No. 46, s. 34 (6), (9); 1988, No. 150, ss. 37 (4), 38 (1),
(2)
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