under the auspices of the Institute of Health Care

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L.N. 122 of 2009

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP.327)

Bye-Laws of 2009 to amend the Bye-Laws of 2005 in terms of the

General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2004

for the Degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) – B.Sc. (Hons) -

under the auspices of the Institute of Health Care

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 74 (5) and

75 (6) of the Education Act (Cap. 327), the Chancellor of the University of

Malta has promulgated the following bye-laws made by the Board of the

Institute of Health Care in virtue of the powers conferred upon it by section 81

(1) of the said Act and which have been approved by the Senate of the

University of Malta as required by section 81 (2) of the said Act

Citation

These bye-laws may be cited as the Bye-Laws of 2009 to amend the Bye-

Laws of 2005 in terms of the General Regulations for University Undergraduate

Awards, 2004 for the Degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) – B.Sc. (Hons), and

shall be read and construed as one with the Bye-Laws of 2006 in terms of the General

Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2004 for the Degree of Bachelor of

Science (Honours) – B.Sc.(Hons) - under the auspices of the Institute of Health Care,

published as Legal Notice 186 of 2005, hereinafter referred to as “the principal bye-

laws”.

Applicability

These bye-laws shall be applicable for courses commencing in October

2009 or later.

Amendment of bye-law 3 of the principal bye-laws

For paragraph (d) of bye-law 3 of the principal bye-laws there shall be

substituted the following

“(d) Applied Biomedical Science: passes at Advanced Level at Grade C or

better in Biology and Chemistry; and a pass at Intermediate Level in Physics;”

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Amendment of bye-law 4 of the principal bye-laws

For bye-law 4 of the principal bye-laws there shall be substituted the

following

“4.

Applicants choosing the Applied Biomedical Science area of study who

possess a grade D instead of a grade C in one of the required subjects at Advanced

Level indicated in paragraph (d) of bye-law 3 shall be admitted under those conditions

as the Admissions Committee of the Institute of Health Care may impose to compensate

for the missing element. If, by the end of the first year of the Course, such students do

not successfully complete all the requirements to progress regularly to the second year

of the Course, they shall be required to withdraw from the Course, and shall neither be

entitled to repeat the year nor to progress conditionally as normally permitted under the

Principal Regulations.”

Amendment of bye-law 8 of the principal bye-laws

For bye-law 8 of the principal bye-laws there shall be substituted the

following

“Areas of Study

The Degree may be awarded in terms of these bye-laws in any one of the

following areas of study

Applied Biomedical Science, Communication Therapy, Dietetics,

Environmental Health, Midwifery, Nursing, Nutrition, Occupational Therapy,

Physiotherapy, Podiatry, and Radiography or in any other area related to Health Care,

following approval of Senate.”