THE KARNATAKA MEDICAL REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2017
KARNATAKA ACT NO. 19 OF 2017
(First Published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the 06th day of April, 2017)
(Received the assent of Governor on the 03rd day of April, 2017)
An Act further to amend the Karnataka Medical Registration Act, 1961.
Whereas, it is expedient further to amend the Karnataka Medical Registration Act, 1961 (Karnataka Act 34 of 1961) for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the sixty-eighth year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Medical Registration (Amendment) Act, 2017.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 3.- In the Karnataka Medical Registration Act, 1961 (Karnataka Act 34 of 1961) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 3 in sub- section (2),-
(i) for the word "fifteen", the word "seventeen" shall be substituted;
(ii) for clause (a), the following shall substituted, namely:-
"(a) two members from each of the four Revenue Divisions of the State to be elected from amongst themselves by the Medical Practitioners who are registered under this Act;”
(iii) in clause (b), after the words "four members", the words "one from each of the Revenue Division" shall be inserted, and
(iii) in clause (c), after the words "four members" the words "one from each of the Revenue Division" shall be inserted.
3. Substitution of section 19.- For section 19 of the principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely:-
"19. Renewal of Registration.- (1) Every Medical practitioner shall once in five years renew his registration by paying prescribed fees to the medical Council. For renewal of registration such applicant shall submit his application in such manner along with the evidence to the effect that he has participated or attended to a minimum of thirty credit hours of continued Medical Education Programme (one credit hour = four hours of continued Medical Education Programme) not less than six credit hours per year over a period preceding five years in any recognized Medical Conference or Seminar or Workshop or Continued Medical Education approved in this behalf by the Karnataka Medical Council.
(2) The Medical Practitioner who fails to renew his registration under sub-section (1) shall cease to be a registered practitioner under sub-section (1) of section 13, the Registrar shall remove the name of such practitioner from the Register maintained under section 12:
Provided that participation in such continued Medical Educational Programme shall not be necessary in respect of such class of Medical Practitioners as may be prescribed.
Provided further that the name so removed may be re-entered in the register on payment of the renewal fee in such manner and subject to undergoing continued Medical Education Programme specified in sub-section(1).
Explanation.- For the purpose of the section "CME" means a Continued Medical Education Programme or recognized medical conference or seminar or workshop as may be approved or conducted by the medical Council in the State headquarters or regional headquarters or district headquarters or teaching hospitals or medical colleges or any institution run by the Karnataka Medical Council.”
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