Section 50
Orders of Disciplinary Panel
of Allied Health Professions of Brunei Darussalam Act
(1)
Where a registered allied health professional in respect of whom an order under section 49(2)(c) or (4, is made, is found by a Disciplinary
Panel (whether, in the case of an order under section 49(2)(c) or (d), it is the
Disciplinary Panel that made the order or another Disciplinary Panel appointed in its place) to have failed to comply with any of the conditions of his registration, the Disciplinary Panel may.if it thinks fit, by order -
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(a)
direct the Registrar to remove his name from the appropriate register; or
(b)
suspend his registration in the appropriate register for such period not exceeding 12 months as may be specified in the order.
(2)
Where a Disciplinary Panel has made an order for suspension under subsection (I)@) or section 49(2)(b), the Disciplinary Panel may make an order under section 49(2)(c) or (d), to take effect from the expiry of the current period of suspension.
(3)
Where a Disciplinary Panel has made an order for suspension under subsection (I)@) or section 49(2)(b) against a registered allied health professional and he has failed to comply with that order, the Disciplinary
Panel or another Disciplinary Panel appointed in its place may, if it thinks fit -
(a)
by order direct the Registrar to remove his name from the appropriate register; or
(b)
make an order under section 49(2)(c) or (d) to take effect from the expiry of the current period of suspension.
(4)
Where a Disciplinary Panel has made an order under section 49(2)(c) or (d), the Disciplinary Panel or another Disciplinary Panel appointed in its place may revoke the order or amend any of the conditions imposed by the order.
(5)
Subsection (1) applies to a registered allied health professional whose registration is subject to conditions imposed by an order made under subsection (2) or (3) as it applies to a registered allied health professional whose registration is subject to conditions imposed by an order made under section 49(2)(c) or (d), and subsection (4) applies accordingly.
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(6)
Where a Disciplinary Panel has made an order under section 49 or this section, or has varied the conditions imposed by an order under this section, the Registrar shall immediately serve on the registered allied health professional and on the complainant a notice of the order or the variation.
(7)
A registered allied health professional who is aggrieved by any order of a Complaints Committee under subsection (6) may, within 30 days after the service on him of the notice of the order, appeal to the Minister whose decision shall be final.
(8)
Subject to subsection (9), an order made by a Disciplinary Panel for the removal of the name of a registered allied health professional from the appropriate register or for the suspension of his registration under subsection (1) or (3) or section 49(2) shall not take effect until the expiration of 30 days after the order is made.
(9)
On making an order for the removal of the name of a registered allied health professional from the appropriate register or for the suspension of his registration under subsection (I) or (3) or section 49(2), a Disciplinary
Panel may, if satisfied that to do so is necessary for the protection of members of the public or would be in the best interests of the registered allied health professional order the Registrar to remove his name from the appropriate register or that his registration in the appropriate register be suspended immediately.
(10)
Where an order under subsection (9) is made, the Registrar shall immediately serve a notice of the order on the person to whom it applies and if that person -
(a)
was present or represented at the proceedings of the
Disciplinary Panel, the order shall take effect from the time the order is made; or
(b)
was neither present nor represented at the proceedings of the
Disciplinary Panel, the order shall take effect from the date of service of the notice on him.
(11)
An order of a Disciplinary Panel, other than an order for the removal of a name or for the suspension of a registration under subsection (1) or (3) or section 49(2)(a) or (b), shall take effect from the date the order is made.
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(1 2) While any order of suspension of registration remains in force, the person concerned shall not be regarded as being registered, notwithstanding that his name still appears in a register. but immediately on the expiry of the order, his rights and privileges as a registered allied health professional shall be revived as from the date of the expiry, provided that the registered allied health professional has complied with all the terms of the order.
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