Health Care Professions Act

L.N. 23 of 2018

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS ACT

(CAP. 464)

Health Care Professions Act

(Amendment of Fourth and Fifth Schedules) Regulations, 2018

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 51 of the

Health Care Professions Act, the Minister responsible for Health has

made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Health Care Professions Citation.

Act (Amendment of Fourth and Fifth Schedules) Regulations, 2018, and

these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Fourth

and Fifth Schedules to the Health Care Professions Act, hereinafter Cap. 464.

referred to as "the Fourth Schedule" and "the Fifth Schedule".

Part II of the Fourth Schedule shall be substituted by the Amends the

Fourth

following

Schedule.

" - Medical Practitioners

Association of Anaesthesiologists of Malta

Association of Emergency Physicians of Malta

Association of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeons of Malta

Association of Physicians of Malta

Association of Surgeons of Malta

Geriatric Medicine Society of Malta

Malta Association of Ophthalmologists

Malta Association of Public Health Medicine

Malta College of Family Doctors

Malta College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Malta College of Pathologists

Maltese Association of Dermatologists and Venereologists

Malta Association of Otorhinolaryngologists-Head and Neck

Surgeons and Allied Specialities

Malta Association of Radiologists and Nuclear Medicine

Physicians

Maltese Association of Psychiatrists

Maltese Cardiac Society

Maltese Paediatric Association

Medical Association of Malta

- Dental Surgeons

Dental Association of Malta

Malta Association of Post Graduate Dentistry

Malta College of Dental Surgeons

- Pharmacists

Malta Association of Hospital Pharmacists

Malta Chamber of Pharmacists

Malta College of Pharmacy Practice

- Nurses and Midwives

Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses

- Professions Complementary to Medicine

Association of Podiatrists of Malta

Association of Speech-Language Pathologists

Malta Association of Dental Hygienists

Malta Association of Physiotherapists

Malta Dental Technologists Association

Maltese Association of Occupational Therapists

Society of Medical Radiographers".

The Fifth Schedule shall be amended as follows

Amends the

Fifth Schedule.

(a) the list therein entitled ‘A. MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS’

shall be substituted by the following

"1.

Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine

2. Audiology / Phoniatry

3. Baromedicine

Cardio-thoracic Surgery

5. Cardiology

Chemical Pathology

Clinical / Medical Genetics

Clinical Neurophysiology

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Dermato-Venereology

11. Dermatology

Emergency Medicine

Endocrinology and Diabetes

Family Medicine

Forensic Medicine

16. Gastroenterology

Kirurġija Kardjo-toraċika

General / Internal Medicine

General Surgery

Geneto-Urinary Medicine

20. Geriatrics

21. Haemotology

Kirurġija Vaskolari

Kirurġija tal-Għadam tal-Wiċċ

Histopathology including Cytopathology

23. Immunology

Mediċina Forensika

Infectious Disease

Microbiology / Bacteriology

26. Neonatology

27. Nephrology

28. Neurology

29. Neurosurgery

Mediċina Palljattiva

Mediċina Nukleari

Mediċina Respiratorja

Mediċina tal-Emerġenza

Nuclear Medicine

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Occupational Medicine

Oncology and radiotherapy

34. Ophthalmology

Mikrobijoloġija/Batterjoloġija

35. Nefroloġija

36. Neonatoloġija

Oral and maxillo-facial surgery

Orthopaedic Surgery

Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Paediatric Surgery

Paediatrics

i.

Community Paediatrics

ii.

Paediatric Cardiology

iii. Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes

iv. Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology

and

Nutrition

v.

Paediatric Infectious Disease

vi.

Paediatric Nephrology

vii.

Paediatric Neurology

viii.

Paediatric Oncology

ix.

Paediatric Respiratory Medicine

Palliative Medicine

Plastic Surgery

42. Psychiatry

Ostetriċja u Ginekoloġija

Public Health Medicine

44. Radiology

Patoloġija Kimika

Rehabilitation Medicine

Respiratory Medicine

47. Rheumatology

Sports and Exercise Medicine

49. Urology

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Vascular Surgery

Virology"; and

(b) the list therein entitled ‘B. DENTAL SURGEONS’ shall be

substituted by the following

"1.

Oral Surgery

2. Orthodontics".

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