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| Medical (Amendment) |
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| AN ACT TO AMEND THE MEDICAL ORDINANCE | | |
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| BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows :- | |
| [10th July , 1996 ] |
Short title.
| 1. This Act may be cited as the Medical(Amendment) Act, No. 15 of 1996. | Amendment of section 20 of Chapter 105.
| 2. Section 20 of the Medical Ordinance (hereinafter referred to as the "principal enactment") is hereby amended by the insertion immediately after subsection (5A) of that section, of the following subsection :- | " (5B) The registrar shall enter in a separate part of the register maintained under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) the name of every person who has been registered as a medical practitioner under sub-paragraph (iv) of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 29. ". | | Amendment of section 29 of the principal enactment.
| 3. Section 29 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the addition at the end of subsection (1) of that section of the following sub-paragraph :- | " (iv) not being qualified to be registered under the preceding sub-paragraphs :- | (aa) is a citizen of Sri Lanka ; | | (bb) holds a degree of Bachelor of Medicine or an equivalent qualification of any university or medical school of any country outside Sri Lanka - | (i) which is recognized by the Medical Council for the purposes of this section having regard to the standards of medical education of such university or medical school ; or | | (ii) which on the date on which such person was admitted to such university or medical school was a degree or qualification which entitled its holder to be registered as a medical practitioner under this Ordinance ; | | | (cc) had joined the department of Health Services prior to May 17, 1991 and has had an aggregate period of at least five years efficient and satisfactory service as a Government medical officer to the satisfaction of the Director-General of Health Services ; and | | (dd) holds a certificate granted by the Medical Council under section 32 ". | | | Sinhala text to prevail incase of inconsistency.
| 4. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil text to this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail. | |
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