Regulations, 2013

L.N. 414 of 2013

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Doctor of Medicine and Surgery – M.D. - Degree Course (Amendment)

Regulations, 2013

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 regulations made by the Senate of the University of

Malta by virtue of the powers conferred upon it by articles 75 (3) and 79 (b) of the

said Act

Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Doctor of Medicine and Surgery

- M.D. - Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2013 and shall be read and

construed as one with the Doctor of Medicine and Surgery – M.D. – Degree Course

Regulations 2013, published as Legal Notice 310 of 2013, hereinafter referred to as

the “principal regulations”.

Applicability

(1) Regulation 3 of these regulations shall be applicable from 20th

September, 2013 onwards.

(2) Regulation 4 of these regulations shall be applicable from 1st October,

2013 onwards.

Amendment to regulation 4 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (4) of regulation 4 of the principal regulations there shall

be substituted the following

“(4) For courses commencing in October 2015 or later applicants presenting

overseas qualifications are required to satisfy the following

(a) Maltese applicants who, in terms of regulation 7.1 of the Admission

Regulations, are exempted from possessing a pass in the Secondary Education

Certificate Maltese are required to present the Medical Maltese Proficiency

Certificate awarded by the University of Malta prior to the commencement of the

Course; and

(b) non-Maltese applicants are required to present the Medical Maltese

Proficiency Certificate awarded by the University of Malta, or a pass in the study-

unit in Medical Maltese as part of the Certificate in Medical Foundation Studies,

prior to the commencement of the Course,

provided that applicants presenting overseas qualifications and a pass in the Secondary

Education Certificate examination in Maltese shall be exempted from presenting the

Medical Maltese Proficiency Certificate.

The Medical Maltese Proficiency Certificate is required for admission to both Year 1

and Year 3 of the Course.”

Amendment to regulation 11 of the principal regulations

For regulation 11 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the

following

“11. (1) Students shall be required to pass in all components of the Final

Clinical Examination, assigned 30 ECTS credits, and shall be allowed a re-assessment

in the failed component/s only during the September supplementary session of the

same year.

(2) Students shall not be allowed to re-sit any examinations of the Final

Year (Year 5) unless they have satisfactorily followed such additional studies and/or

practical and/or clinical work as the Board may in each case determine.”

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