16 No.23
Traditional and Alternative Medicine
2002
PART V
RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE HEALTH PRACTITIONERS
Registered
traditional
and
alternative
health
practitionermay
practice
31. A person registered under this Act as traditional or alternative
health practitioner shall be entitled to engage in traditional and alternative health practice.
Right to
claim and
sue for
services
rendered
32. Every person registered under this Act as traditional or alternative health practitioner shall be entitled to demand, sue for and recover
in any court reasonable charges for professional aid, advice or visits and
the value of any medicine rendered or supplied by him.
Entitlementof
persons
enrolled to
practice
33. Any person enrolled under this Act as a traditional or alternative
health practitioner's aide shall be entitled to engage in traditional or
alternative health practice only under the supervision of a registered traditional or alternative health practitioner.
Transfers
34.-(1) Where circumstances demand, a traditional or alternative
health practitioner shall make transfers to hospitals which are below the
district level.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), the Minister
shall in the regulations prescribe the mechanisms fo transfer of patients
from one traditional medicine facility by a traditional or alternative health
practitioner to another facility.
Outyof
traditional
and
alternative
health
practitionerto
patients
35.--(1) It shall be the duty of every traditional or alternative health
practitioner registered under this Act to attend and treat their patients
with clear knowledge, skills andlight attitude.
(2) Every registered traditional or alternative health practitioner shall
ensure that:
(a) he is compatible with the traditional and alternative health profession;
(b) his conduct does not amount to professional misconduct;