Allied Health Professions of Brunei Darussalam Act · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Registration of Allied Health Professionals
22. Power of Council to remove names from registers
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act. the Council may, upon such evidence as it may require, order the removal from the appropriate register of the name of a registered allied health professional under any of the following circumstances -
Council
"Council" means the Allied Health Professions Council of Brunei Darussalam established by section 4(1);
if he has been registered with restricted, conditional or temporary registration, and has failed to comply with any condition to which his registration is subject;
if he has been registered with conditional or temporary registration, and the Council is of the opinion, having regard to any review by a person referred to in section 14(6)(c) or section 15(5)(c), as the case may be, that he is unable to perform the duties of an allied health professional with conditional or temporary registration, as the case may be, satisfactorily;
if he has been registered with conditional registration and the
Council is of the opinion, having regard to a report of an allied health professional supervising him pursuant to a condition referred to in section 14(6)(a), that he is unable to perform the duties of an allied health professional with conditional registration satisfactorily;
if he has obtained his registration fraudulently or by an incorrect statement;
if his qualification for registration under this Act has been cancelled by the authority or institution of higher learning through which it was acquired or by which it was awarded;
Gf) if he has had his registration (or its equivalent) in any other country suspended or cancelled by the authority which registered him.
The Council shall, before exercising its powers under subsection (I), notify the registered allied health professional concerned of its intention to take such action and shall give the registered allied health professional an opportunity to submit reasons why his name should not be removed.
registered allied health professional
"registered allied health professional" means an allied health professional with full, restricted, conditional or temporary registration;
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Any person who is aggrieved by any order of the Council under subsection (1) may, within 30 days of being notified of the order, appeal to the Minister whose decision shall be final.
Terms defined in s 2
allied health professional
Defined · s 2"allied health professional" means a person who has a professional qualification in any of the allied health professions listed in the Schedule;
allied health professional with conditional registration
Defined · s 2"allied health professional with conditional registration" means a person registered as such under section 12(3)(b), 14(1) or (3), 33(l)(b)(iii), 45(l)(g)(iii), 49(2)(c) or 53(l)(b);
Council
Defined · s 2"Council" means the Allied Health Professions Council of Brunei Darussalam established by section 4(1);
institution of higher learning
Defined · s 2"institution of higher learning" includes a polytechnic or university;
registered allied health professional
Defined · s 2"registered allied health professional" means an allied health professional with full, restricted, conditional or temporary registration;
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