No 23

Traditional and Alternative Medicine

2002

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(c) his conduct is commensurate to traditional and alternative health
ethics and professional etiquettes;
(d) he adheres to the secrecy and confidentiality aspects of his
patients;
(e) he transfers difficult cases to hospitals or other practitioners;
(t) he has a good system of keeping records to all cases attended by
him;

(g) he observes cleanness of himself, appliances used and premises
under which the service is rendered.
36.-{ 1) No person registered under this Act as a traditional or alternative health practitioner shall allow, associate or otherwise cause a person who is not registered as such to practice as traditional or alternative
health practitioner.

Prohibi·
tion to
practice

with
unregis·

tered
persons

(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to an aide.
PART

VI

REGULATION OF TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE PRACTICE

37.-( 1) The Registrar shall, on behalf of the Council, receive
complaints against any traditional or alternative health practitioner or
aide and present such complaints to the Council.

Receipt of
complaints
by
Registrar

(2) Every complaint shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration made by a patient, a relative of a patient or any person acting on
behalf of a complainant or by a person interested in the act or omission
giving rise to a complaint.
(3) Notwtthstanding the provisions of subsection (2), the Council
may on its own motion initiate any preliminary inquiry on a traditional

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r

alternative health practitioner or aide if it is satisfied that information
received by the Council warrants the holding of preliminary inquiry.

(4) Except for complaints made under subsection (3), no inquiry
shall proceed until a statutory declaration has been obtained.
38.-( 1) Where the Registrar has received a complaint he shall
supply to a traditional or alternative health practitioner or aide against
whom a complaint is made with copies of the complaint and all particulars.

Prelimi·
nary
Inquiry

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