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Regislrar of thc entry of the name of s ~ r hperson on the rcgister shall be evidence rhar such pcrson is registered under rhe " provisionsof this Acr.
The Delhi Medical Council Act, 1996Health199624 sections1 chapters
Chapter I PRELlMlNAHY
Statutory text
Disciplinary action inciuding rcrnoval o f namcs from Ihc Register (I) The Council shall have a disciplinary-Commiltce comprising,of :
(i)a Chairman;a bc nominaled by thc Council ;
- (ii) a Member of Lcgislativc Asscmbly of thc National Capital Territary o f Oclhi. nominated by the Speakcr ;
- (iii) aLegalExpcntobenominatedbyrheCouncil; I ,(iv) aneminentpublicmannominatedby~ h cGovcmmcni; ;I
- (v) an eminent medical specialb io the relevantspeciality lo which [hecomplaintpenains. lo be nominatedby rhc Council ;and
- (vi) a membernominatedby MedicalAssociation of Drlhiwith minimumlenyearistanding.
- (2) Ifa rcgistercd practitioner I~asbeen, aner due inquiry held by the Council or by the Excutive Committee in the prescribed manner. round guilty orany misconductby ~ h cCouncil or the ExecutiveCmmiitce. the Council may -
- (a) issue a lclter orwarning to such practilioner; or
- (b) direct the name of such praclitioner(j) ro be removed from thc rcgistcr forsuch period as rnay be spccificd in Lhc aforesaid direction; or
- (ii) lo bc rernovcd from the rcgister permanently. Explanatifin -For the purpose of [his sectiona regislered practitioncr shall be dcemedto be guilty of midconduct itL
- (a) he is convicted by a criminal court foran offence which involves monl turpirude and which is c the meaning of the Code or Criminal Procedure, 1974 (Ccnrnl Act 2 of 1974), or
- (b) in Lhe opinion of rhe Collncil his conduct is infwnous in =lation to the medical profession particul Code of Ethicsprescribed by the Council or by the Medical Council of India constituted under h e Council Act, 1956(Central Act 102of 1956) in lhis beha![
- (3) The Council may. on suITcicn1 causc beingshown, dirccl on any ~ubscquentdate that the name removed under the sub-secrion (I)shall be re-entered io the regisrer on such conditions. and ~ W m c ~ ~ prescribed fee. as the Council may deem tit.
- (4) TheC O U ~may,C ~0fi&own motion,oran(heapplica~ionofany perzon, afterducandproper inquiry anda? anopponunilytothepersonconcemedofbeingheard, canccl or aller ahyentry inthe register, if inthe *PIn' Council, such mfrywas fraudulenrlyor incnrr*r~lvma+ ( 5 ) !I]iiolliiingauy inquiry undcr lhis section, the Council or the Execu~iveCcomrnyj,~:e,as.!he case may be. the samepowersasare vested inCivilCourfsunderthe Code of Ciirit ~iocedune1908when tryingofthc following matters. namely:-
- (a) enforcing the anendanceof any pcrson. and examining him on oath;
- (b) compelling Ihe production ordocu~ncnrs; p ~ n!Vlr --DELIII GAZETTE :EXTRAOROINARY 21 j (i] the expression "Legally qualified mcdical praclitioner" or "duly qualified nicdical pradilioncr" or any word in~porlingn person rccognised by law as a medicalpmclitioner ur mcrnber of he medical professiunshall in all Acts o fthc Legislalive Arsernbly of Delhi and all the Central Acts (in their application lo Dclhi)inso far as such ACErelate to any rnaner with respect to which the Legrslative Assrmbly has powers to nlake laws. under Clause (3) ofarticle 239AA of ~ h Cons~iluliori,c include a practitioner whose name is cn1erc.d i n the register under his Act. [ii) evcq regislered practidonershol! be exempt. ilhe SO desires, from servingon an inquest. General Provision applicable to medical practitioncn
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