MEDICAL PROFESSION (PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND ETHICS) REGULATIONS, 1975 (LI 1023).

MEDICAL PROFESSION (PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND ETHICS) REGULATIONS, 1975 (LI 1023). IN exercise of the powers conferred on the Medical and Dental Council by subsection (2) (b) of section 4 and subsection (1) of section 52 of the Medical and Dental Decree, 1972 (N.R.C.D. 91) these Regulations are made this 30th day of June, 1975.

Legislation

Table of Content

1. Practitioner

2. Covering and Associating with Unqualified Person

3. Advertising

4. Professional Secrecy

5. Improper Association with Patient

6. Conviction for a Crime.

7. Influence of Alcohol and Drugs.

8. Fee Splitting.

9. Improper Business Relationship.

10. Premises and Door Plate.

11. Nursing Homes

12. Issuing of Documents.

13. Drugs

14. Infamous Conduct.

1. Practitioner

2. Covering and Associating with Unqualified Person

3. Advertising

4. Professional Secrecy

5. Improper Association with Patient

6. Conviction for a Crime.

7. Influence of Alcohol and Drugs.

8. Fee Splitting.

9. Improper Business Relationship.

10. Premises and Door Plate.

11. Nursing Homes

12. Issuing of Documents.

13. Drugs

14. Infamous Conduct.

Section 1

1. Practitioner

In these Regulations “practitioner” includes any person with qualifications recognised by the Medical and Dental Council established in Ghana under the Medical and Dental Decree, 1972 (N.R.C.D. 91) professing to practice medicine or dentistry (as the case may be) or holding himself out as ready and willing to treat patients.

Section 2

2. Covering and Associating with Unqualified Person

(1) A practitioner shall not enable an unqualified person to attend, treat or perform operations on patients in respect of matters requiring professional discretion or skill. (2) A practitioner shall not enter into medical partnership with any person who is not a registered practitioner. (3) A practitioner may, however, employ the services of paramedical personnel and medical auxiliaries who are qualified, but these shall be under the immediate supervision of the registered practitioner.