under the auspices of the Institute of Health Care

B

L.N. 1 of 2010

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP.327)

Bye-Laws of 2010 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 articles 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 article

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

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

Citation

These bye-laws may be cited as the Bye-Laws of 2010 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 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, published as Legal Notice 186 of 2005, hereinafter referred to as “the

principal bye-laws”.

Applicability

Bye-laws 4, 5 and 6 shall be applicable for courses commencing in

October 2011 or later.

Bye-laws 7 and 8 shall be applicable for courses commencing in October

2009 or later.

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

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

substituted the following

“(j) Podiatry: a pass at Advanced Level at Grade C or better in Biology;

and a pass at Intermediate Level in either Chemistry or Physics;”

B

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

Bye-law 4 shall be renumbered as paragraph (1) of bye-law 4 of the

principal bye-laws.

The following paragraph (2) shall be added after paragraph (1) of bye-

law 4 of the principal bye-laws

“(2) Applicants choosing the Podiatry area of study who possess a grade D

instead of a grade C in the Advanced Level indicated in paragraph (j) 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 to bye-law 7 of the principal bye-laws

For bye-law 7 of the principal bye-laws there shall be substituted the

following

“7. (1) The Course for the following areas shall extend over a period of four

years of full-time study

Applied Biomedical Science, Communication Therapy, Dietetics,

Environmental Health, Midwifery, Nutrition, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy,

Podiatry, and Radiography.

(2) The Course for the Nursing areas shall extend over a period of three

years of full-time study.”

Amendment to bye-law 15 of the principal bye-laws

For bye-law 15 of the principal bye-laws there shall be substituted the

following

“15. The overall evaluation of each student’s performance shall be based on

the results obtained in each year of the Course weighted according to the following

criteria

(a) For courses of four years’ duration

First Year Average Mark

15%

Second Year Average Mark

25%

Third Year Average Mark

25%

B

Fourth Year Average Mark

35%

(b) For courses of three years’ duration

First Year Average Mark

30%

Second Year Average Mark

30%

Third Year Average Mark

40%”.

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