s 34–s 35 · 2 sections
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Establishment of Specialists Accreditation Board
Open ↗34.—(1) There is to be a board called the Specialists Accreditation Board (called in this Part the Board) consisting of at least 8 registered medical practitioners to be appointed by the Minister.
(2) The chairman of the Board is to be appointed by the Minister from among its members.
(3) The chairman and members of the Board are appointed for a term not exceeding 3 years but may be re‑appointed and may at any time be removed from office by the Minister.
(4) If any member of the Board dies, resigns or is removed from office, the Minister may fill the vacancy by the appointment of a registered medical practitioner and every person so appointed holds office for the remainder of the term for which the person’s predecessor was appointed.
(5) The powers of the Board are not affected by any vacancy in its membership.
(6) At any meeting of the Board, 3 members form a quorum.
(7) At any meeting of the Board, the chairman presides and in his absence the members present must elect one of their members to preside at the meeting.
(8) If on any question to be determined by the Board there is an equality of votes, the chairman or the member presiding at the meeting has a casting vote.
(9) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board may determine its own procedure.
(10) The Board may appoint one or more committees consisting of such members as it thinks fit to assist the Board in carrying out its functions under this Act.
Functions of Specialists Accreditation Board
Open ↗35.—(1) The functions of the Board are —(a)
to determine the qualifications, experience and other conditions for registration as specialists under this Act;
(b)
to define specialties in medicine for the purposes of maintaining and keeping the Register of Specialists;
(c)
to determine the training programmes to be recognised for persons who intend to qualify for registration as specialists under this Act;
(d)
to grant to persons who have the qualifications or experience and who meet the conditions for registration as specialists under this Act certificates to that effect;
(e)
to recommend to the Medical Council programmes for the continuing medical education of persons who are registered as specialists under this Act; and
(f)
to advise the Medical Council on matters affecting or connected with the registration of specialists under this Act.
(1A) The Board may further subdivide the specialties in medicine into further classes of sub‑specialties and this section applies, with the necessary modifications, to such sub‑specialties.
(1B) A reference in this Act to a specialty is to be construed as including a reference to a sub‑specialty.
(2) Any person who desires to have a certificate from the Board to certify that the person has the qualifications or experience and who meets the conditions for registration as specialists under this Act may apply to the Board.
(3) Any person who is aggrieved by the refusal of the Board to grant the certificate may, within one month of the notice of the refusal, appeal to the Minister whose decision is final.
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