Various Laws relating to the Health Care Professions

L.N. 249 of 2025

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS ACT

(CAP. 464)

MEDICINES ACT

(CAP. 458)

HEALTH ACT

(CAP. 528)

Various Laws relating to the Health Care Professions

(Amendment and Repeal) Regulations, 2025

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 51 of the

Health Care Professions Act, article 106 of the Medicines Act and

article 30 of the Health Act, the Minister responsible for Health has

made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Various Laws relating to

the Health Care Professions (Amendment and Repeal) Regulations,

2025. Part I

Amendments to the Practice of Concurrent Professions

Regulations

(1) This Part amends the Practice of Concurrent

Professions Regulations and these regulations shall be read and

construed as one with the Practice of Concurrent Professions

Regulations, hereinafter in this Part referred to as "the principal

regulations".

(2) In regulation 6 of the principal regulations immediately

after the words "Health Care Professions Act" there shall be added the

words "and the Disciplinary Proceedings Regulations".

Part II

Amendments to the Ethics of the Medical Profession Regulations

(1) This Part amends the Ethics of the Medical

Profession Regulations and these regulations shall be read and

construed as one with the Ethics of the Medical Profession

Regulations, hereinafter in this Part referred to as "the principal

regulations".

(2)

Regulation 3 of the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the following new regulation

" Disciplinary

3. The Council may investigate those

action by the

convictions for criminal offences committed by any

Council in the case

practitioners within the medical profession other than

of convictions for

criminal offences.

those specifically mentioned in the Act and if it deems

it necessary, the said Council shall initiate disciplinary

proceedings before the Disciplinary Committee in

accordance with the Disciplinary Proceedings

Regulations.".

(3) Paragraph (b) of item 12 of Schedule A of the principal

regulations shall be substituted by the following new paragraph

"(b) The Council may investigate any conviction under

this provision and if it deems necessary, the said Council shall

initiate disciplinary proceedings before the Disciplinary

Committee in accordance with the Disciplinary Proceedings S.L. 464.20.

Regulations.".

Part III

Repeal of various subsidiary legislation

The subsidiary legislation listed hereunder are hereby Repeal and

repealed without prejudice to anything done or omitted to be done saving.

thereunder, however any investigation or disciplinary proceedings

concerning alleged professional misconduct or alleged breach of ethics

arising from alleged acts or omissions committed prior to the date of the

coming into force of the Disciplinary Proceedings Regulations, shall S.L. 464.20.

continue to be regulated by the relative subsidiary legislation listed

hereunder regulating disciplinary proceedings as in force immediately

prior to the date of coming into force of the Disciplinary Proceedings

Regulations which shall be deemed to have remained in force for the

purposes of the said investigations or disciplinary proceedings

Medical Council Regulations;

Elections for the Advisory and Executive Board S.L. 94.08.

Regulations;

Advisory and Executive Board Standing Orders;

Pharmacy Board Standing Orders;

Board for the Professions Supplementary to Medicine S.L. 94.18.

Standing Orders;

Advisory and Executive Board (Erasure of Names S.L. 458.07.

Procedure) Rules;

Medical Council (Erasure of Names Procedure)

Pharmacy Council (Erasure of Names Procedure)

Procedure for the Erasure of Names of Professionals

Complimentary to Medicine Rules;

Procedure of the Council for Nurses and Midwives

for the Erasure of Names from the Register Rules;

Pharmacy

Council

Disciplinary

Procedures

Regulations;

Medical Council (Penalties) Regulations.

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