4. Insertion of new sections 39A, 39B, 39C and 39D in the principal enactment

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

The following new sections are hereby inserted immediately after section 39 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as sections 39A, 39B, 39C and 39D of that enactment:–

39A. (1) A medical practitioner registered under section 29, who possesses a qualification required for Specialist Medical Officer Grade, as specified in the Medical Service Minutes, shall be eligible to be registered as a medical specialist under section 39B.

(2)

A dentist registered under section 43, who possesses a qualification required for

Specialist Medical Officer Grade, as specified in the Medical Service Minutes, shall be eligible to be registered as a dental specialist under section 39B.

(3)

A medical practitioner registerd under section 29 or a dentist registered under section 43, who has successfully completed specialist training in a country other than Sri Lanka and obtained a specialist medical or dental qualification which satisfies the eligibility criteria of the Post Graduate Institute of

Medicine to practice the respective specialty, shall be eligible to be registered as a medical or dental specialist, as the case may be, under section 39B.

(4)

Any person who has obtained a graduate and post graduate qualification in medicine or dentistry from any university or medical or dental school of any country other than

Sri Lanka, recognized by the Medical Council and satisfies the eligibility criteria of the Post

Graduate Institute of Medicine to practice the respective specialty shall be eligible to be registered as a medical or dental specialist, as the case may be, under section 39B.

“Qualifications required for registration as a medical or dental specialist.

39B.

or dental specialist

Any medical practitioner, dentist or a person who possesses any one of the specialist medical or dental qualifications referred to in section 39A shall, upon application made to the

Medical Council in the prescribed form, along with the prescribed fee for registration, be registered as a medical or dental specialist in the respective field of medicine or dentistry, if-

(a)

he is of good character; and

(b)

(i) he produces a certificate of registration under section 29, in the case of a medical practitioner who possesses a qualification referred to in subsection (1) of section 39A; or

(ii)

he produces a certificate of registration under section 43, in the case of a dentist who possesses a qualification referred to in subsection (2) of section 39A; or

(iii)

he produces a certificate of registration under section 29 or section 43, in the case of a medical practitioner or a dentist who possesses a qualification referred to in subsection (3) of section 39A; or

(iv)

he has obtained the provisional registration required for the Board certification, in the case of a person who possesses a qualification referred to in subsection (4) of section 39A; and

(c)

he produces a Board Certification or a

Certificate of Accreditation in respect of Board Certification, as the case may

Registration as a medical be, issued by the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, upon satisfying the eligibility criteria of the Post Graduate

Institue of Medicine.

39C. No person, not being a medical or dental specialist registered under section 39B, shall take or use any name, title or addition implying or tending to the belief that he is a medical or dental specialist who possesses a qualification referred to in section 39A or, by any act or omission intentionally cause or permit any person to believe that he is a medical or dental specialist registered under section 39B, and to act upon such belief.

39D. Every medical or dental specialist registered under section 39B shall be entitled to practise the respective specialty in Sri Lanka and to demand and recover reasonable professional charges including the cost of medicines and surgical appliances supplied, or other services rendered during the course of such practice.”.

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