APPEALS COMMITTEE (PSYCHOTHERAPY PROFESSION) REGULATIONS

APPEALS COMMITTEE

(PSYCHOTHERAPY PROFESSION)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 587.01

APPEALS COMMITTEE (PSYCHOTHERAPY

PROFESSION) REGULATIONS

1st October, 2020

LEGAL NOTICE 381 of 2020.

The title of these regulations is the Appeals Committee

(Psychotherapy Profession) Regulations.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise

requires

"Act" means the Psychotherapy Profession Act;

"Appeals Committee", means the Committee established

in accordance with regulation 3;

"Board" means the Board of the Psychotherapy

Profession in Malta established in accordance with article 4 of

the Act;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for the

psychotherapy profession.

(1)

There shall be established an Appeals Committee

to be known as the Appeals Committee for the Psychotherapy

Profession in Malta, which shall be composed as follows

(a)

two (2) members appointed by the Minister of

whom

(i)

one (1) member shall be a warranted and

practicing lawyer, who shall act as the Chairperson of the

Appeals Committee;

(ii)

another (1) member shall be a warranted

psychotherapist; and

(b) one (1) member who shall be a warranted

psychotheraptist in the modality denoted in the

appellant’s application, appointed on an ad hoc basis by

the Chairperson of the Appeals Committee.

(2)

The two (2) members of the Appeals Committee

appointed by the Minister, shall be so appointed for a term of three (3)

years and may be re-appointed or re-elected for a further term of three

(3) years.

(3)

The Minister shall appoint a person to act as Secretary to

the Appeals Committee, who shall have the duty of receiving appeals,

APPEALS COMMITTEE

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keep minutes and assume such other duties as the President of the

Appeals Committee may delegate.

(1)

The Appeals Committee shall hear and decide

upon any appeal application filed by a person who feels aggrieved by a

decision of the Board

(a)

whereby the issuance of the warrant certificate to

practice the profession of a psychotherapist is refused; or

(b)

in relation to the equivalence and recognition of

qualifications in the psychotherapy profession.

(2)

An appeal against the decision of the Board, shall be filed

within a peremptory period of thirty (30) days from the date of such

decision, by means of a request for appeal filed with the Secretary of

the Appeals Committee.

(3)

The Appeals Committee shall regulate its own procedure.

(4)

The Appeals Committee shall have the right to request

from the Board, information in respect of any decision which is being

considered by it and may request the said Board to submit to it any, or

all documentation relating to the case being considered. It shall be the

duty of the said Board to provide the requested information and, or any

documents without delay.

(5)

The Appeals Committee shall have the power to confirm,

cancel or revoke with conditions or otherwise, and to substitute any

decision of the said Board upon any appeal in accordance to these

regulations.

In the exercise of its functions in accordance with these

regulations, the Appeals Committee may appoint experts to relate on

any matter before it.

The appellant shall pay the Appeals Committee the fee of

one hundred and twenty euro (€120) in respect of each appeal from a

decision of the Board.