Regulations, 2019

L.N. 201 of 2019

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

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

Regulations, 2019

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, 2019 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 from October 2019 onwards.

Amendment to regulation 10 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (3) of regulation 10 of the principal regulations there

shall be substituted the following

“(3) Students who after the supplementary session fail in study-units to

which 10 or less ECTS credits are assigned, after academic counselling by the Dean

and/or the Head of Department concerned, may be given the option by the Board, to

either

(a) subject to paragraph (5) of this regulation, refer the failed study-unit/s to

the following year to be done over and above the study-units indicated for that year;

or

(b) subject to paragraph (6) of regulation 5 and paragraph (5)(a) of this

regulation, refer the failed study-unit/s to an additional year of studY, if the student is

in Year 5 of the Course; or

(c) subject to paragraphs (4) and (5) of regulation 5 of these regulations,

repeat the year.”

For sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (5) of regulation 10 of the principal

regulations there shall be substituted the following

“(b) Second Year students who are not eligible to proceed to Year 3 of the

Course shall be required to successfully complete the failed study-unit/s during an

additional year of study, or to repeat the year, in both cases if eligible in terms of

paragraphs (4), (5) and (6) of regulation 5 of these regulations.”

For paragraph (6) of regulation 10 of the principal regulations there

shall be substituted the following

“(6) If a student is prevented for a reason considered valid by Senate from

being assessed in referred study-units, the student shall be required to complete the

previous year’s requirements in an additional year of study, if eligible in terms of

paragraph (6) of regulation 5 of these regulations. Under no circumstances shall a

student be allowed to progress to the following year if the requirements of the year

previous to the current one have not been satisfied.”

For paragraph (8) of regulation 10 of the principal regulations there

shall be substituted the following

“(8) Students who after the supplementary session fail in study-units to

which more than 10 ECTS credits are assigned shall not be allowed to proceed to

the following year of the Course, but shall be required to repeat the year if eligible in

terms of paragraphs (4) and (5) of regulation 5 of these regulations.”

For paragraph (10) of regulation 10 of the principal regulations there

shall be substituted the following

“(10) Students who after the supplementary session of the repeat year or of

the additional year fail in one or more study-units shall be unable to progress with the

M.D. Course. If eligible, such students may request an award in terms of regulation

14 of these regulations.”

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