Functions of the Council

The Council shall have the following functions

• Formulates its general policy;
• Regulates health institutions, medical, dental and pharmaceutical profession and adopt rules for the professional ethics;
• Formulates the necessary conditions for registration of practitioners and, in consultation with minister responsible for finance, determine registration fees for practitioners;
• In consultation with minister responsible for higher education and scientific research, contributes to the syllabus of medical, dental and pharmaceutical colleges;
• Formulates conditions for registration in the Specialist Register referred to under section 26 (a) of this Provisional Order;
• Confirms graduates of colleges of medicine, dentistry or pharmacy to practice after having successfully completed their internship.
• Formulates rules for high professional conduct and review such rules from time to time as may be necessary for keeping and developing professional standards of the practitioners;
• Ensures that every practitioner before practising the profession take the oath provided in the Schedule annexed to this Provisional Order;
• Grants every practitioner, after taking oath and payment of the prescribed fees, practising certificate;
• Investigates any complaint presented to it in accordance with the provisions of section 20 of this Provisional Order;
• Investigates any report brought to its knowledge about an act committed by any practitioner in violation of the professional ethics and take appropriate action against such practitioner; undertakes an appropriate action against any practitioner convicted before a competent court for an offence related to moral turpitude or professional misconduct;
• Requests any court to provide it with name of any practitioner convicted before such court;
• Issues and maintains registers provided under this Provisional Order and other registers to be determined by the Council in the regulations made under this Provisional Order;
• Considers any application submitted to it inaccordance with the provisions of section 25 (a) of this Provisional Order and take appropriate decision in accordance with the provisions of this Provisional Order;
• Handles any matter within its jurisdiction related to practitioners, health institutions and employees of the Council;
• Directs the Registrar to suspend temporary or permanently practising licence of any practitioner convicted by competent court or found to have committed an act contrary to the oath or to the professional ethics;
• Directs the Registrar to remove name of any practitioner who is a deceased from the register;
• Reviews and re-publishes the National Drugs Inventory whenever necessary;
• Establishes necessary and supportive organs and formulation of its organizational and job description structures, in accordance with the approved budget;
• Submits to the Council of Ministers, through the Competent Minister, the following: