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Circumstances in which persons may practise medicine
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92. The Act of 2007 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 38A:
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“38B. (1) A person does not contravene section 37(1) if the person practises medicine only in the course of rendering first aid to another person.
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(2) Subsection (3) applies to a person who is qualified to practise medicine under the law of a place outside the State and—
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(a) who is in the State for a humanitarian purpose,
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(b) who is a specialist in a medical specialty recognised under section 89(1) and in the State to provide medical treatment for the purpose of teaching or training in relation to that specialty, or
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(c) who is in the State for the purpose of accompanying a sports team participating in a sporting event in the State.
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(3) A person to whom this subsection applies does not contravene section 37(1) if the person practises medicine—
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(a) relevant to a purpose referred to in subsection (2)(a), (b) or (c), and
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(b) in accordance with a permit issued by the Council to that person and specifying the purpose referred to in subsection (2)(a), (b) or (c) concerned,
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for not more than the period specified in that permit (being a period not exceeding 30 days).”.
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