Regulations, 2018

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L.N. 34 of 2018

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

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

Regulations, 2018

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, 2018 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

These regulations shall be applicable for courses commencing in

October 2019 or later.

Amendment to regulation 4 of the principal regulations

For sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (2) of regulation 4 of the principal

regulations there shall be substituted the following

“(c) (i) Maltese applicants who, in terms of paragraph (5) of regulation

12 of the Admissions Regulations, 2016 are exempted from possessing a pass in the

Secondary Education Certificate examination in Maltese are required to present the

Medical Maltese Proficiency Certificate awarded by the University of Malta prior to

the commencement of the Course;

(ii) 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 Foundation Studies (Medical,

Dental and Health Sciences) course, prior to the commencement of the Course,

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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; and

(iii) the Secondary Education Certificate pass in Maltese, or the Medical

Maltese Proficiency Certificate (if applicants are eligible for exemption from the

SEC in Maltese), is required for admission to both Year 1 and Year 3 of the Course.”

For sub-paragraphs (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (4) of regulation 4 of the

principal regulations there shall be substituted the following

“(ii) Maltese applicants who, in terms of paragraph (5) of regulation

12 of the Admissions Regulations, 2016 are exempted from possessing a pass in

Secondary Education Certificate in Maltese are required to present the Medical

Maltese Proficiency Certificate awarded by the University of Malta prior to the

commencement of the Course;

(iii) 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 Foundation Studies (Medical,

Dental and Health Sciences) course, 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; and

(iv) the SEC pass in Maltese, or the Medical Maltese Proficiency

Certificate (if applicants are eligible for exemption from the SEC in Maltese), is

required for admission to both Year 1 and Year 3 of the Course.”

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