Cap. 464 Art. 7Conditions to practise as a medical practitioner.

(1) No person shall practise as a medical practitioner unless he holds a licence for that purpose issued by the President of

Malta.

(2) No person shall qualify for a licence to practice as a medical practitioner unless -

(a) he is a citizen of Malta or of a Member State or is otherwise legally entitled or authorised to work in Malta;

(b) he is of good conduct; and

(c) his name is entered in the Medical Register, in accordance with article 11.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-article (1), a person who has qualified for the degree of Doctor of medicine and surgery of the University of Malta, or a person who is so required to do in virtue of the provisions of article 11(1)(c), may practise as a house physician and, or surgeon in a government hospital or other hospital recognized for such purpose by the Medical Council, and in the performance of the duties assigned to him in that capacity such person shall, for all purposes of law, be deemed to be a medical practitioner.

(4) In regard to any person exercising the medical profession as provided in sub-article (3), the functions of the Medical Council under article 32 shall include the power to inflict any penalty applicable to medical practitioners and to order that such person shall not practise the medical profession even as a house physician and, or surgeon in a government hospital or other hospital recognized by the Medical Council for the purpose, and that his name shall not be entered in the Medical Register; and where any such order has been made, it shall, for the purposes of this Act, have effect as if the name of such person had been erased from the said Register.