ACT No. XVIII of 2022 AN ACT to amend the Health Care Professions Act, Cap. 464.

I assent.

(L.S.)

GEORGE VELLA

President

9th December, 2022

ACT No. XVIII of 2022

AN ACT to amend the Health Care Professions Act, Cap. 464.

The short title of this Act is the Health Care Professions Short title.

(Amendment) Act, 2022, and this Act shall be read and construed as

one with the Health Care Professions Act, hereinafter referred to as Cap. 464.

"the principal Act".

Immediately after sub-article (5) of article 12 of the principal Amendment of

article 12 of the

Act, there shall be added the following new sub-articles

principal Act.

"(6) For the purposes of this Act, the professional

activities of dental surgeon are those defined under the preceding

sub-article and pursued under the professional qualifications

listed in Part IIa of the Second Schedule.

(7) The profession of dental practitioner shall be based

on dental training referred to in sub-article (1) and shall

constitute a specific profession which is distinct from other

general or specialized medical professions. The pursuit of the

activities of a dental practitioner requires the possession of

evidence of formal qualifications referred to in Part I1a of the

Second Schedule. Holders of such evidence of formal

qualifications shall be treated in the same way as those to whom

article 42A or the Sixth Schedule apply.".

Paragraph (d) of sub-article (6) of article 42 of the principal

Act shall be substituted by the following

"(d) In the case of regulated professions which do not

benefit from an automatic recognition of qualifications, the

relevant Council may verify the professional qualifications of the

service provider prior to the first provision of services. Such

prior verification may be possible only where the purpose of the

said verification is to avoid serious damage to the health or

safety of the service recipient due to a lack of professional

qualification of the service provider and where this does not go

beyond what is necessary for that purpose.".

In paragraph (a) of sub-article (3) of article 42A of the

principal Act the words "sub-article (1)" shall be substituted by the

words "sub-article (2)".

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 66 of the 5th

December, 2022.

ANĠLU FARRUGIA

Speaker

RAYMOND SCICLUNA

Clerk of the House of Representatives

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