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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 94.06
MEDICAL COUNCIL STANDING ORDERS 
18th December, 1959
LEGAL NOTICE 84 of 1959, as amended by Legal Notice 3 of 1969.
PART I
TITLE AND INTERPRETATION
Title.
Orders.
Interpretation.
requires -
"Council" means the Medical Council constituted by the
Ordinance;
Cap. 94.
Ordinance.
PART II
RECORDS OF APPOINTMENT OR ELECTION OF MEMBERS
Records.
every member of the Council, the date of his appointment or
election, the authority or the profession, by which he has been
appointed or elected, the provision of law in accordance with which
he has been elected, or appointed, his term of office and the date of
his retirement, resignation or death.
Vacancies. 
Cap. 94.
S.L. 94.05
4.  On the resignation, the death or the expiry of the term of
office of the appointed members, the President shall cause a notice
thereof to be sent to the authority concerned. In the case of elected
members, the President shall cause an election to be held in
accordance with the provisions of article 22(3) of the Ordinance
and of the Elections for the Medical Council Regulations.
PART III 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNCIL
Meetings.
paragraph 4 (1) of the Second Schedule. In addition, meetings of
the Council may be summoned at any other time by direction of the
President and shall also be summoned on a written request signed
by not less than three of the members and addressed to the
President, who shall cause such meeting to be convened within
seven days of the receipt of such request.
Notice of 
meetings.
6. All meetings of the Council shall be convened by the
Registrar, by notice addressed to each member, and sent by hand or
through the post.
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Time and place of 
meetings.
7. The notice shall state the hour and place of the meeting and
its purpose, whether for general business or for any named special
business.
Agenda. 8. The Registrar shall send a copy of the agenda to each
member not less than five days before the day of the meeting,
except in any case of special urgency, to be decided by the
President, when two days’ notice shall suffice. Additional members
shall likewise be notified when matters relating to their respective
profession are due to be discussed.
Notice of motions. 9. Any notice of motion to be inserted in the agenda for a
meeting must be received by the Registrar at least eight clear days
beforehand.
Absence of 
President.
10. In the absence of the President from any meeting of the
Council, a chairman for that meeting shall be elected by the
members present.
Decisions. 11. The decision of the Council shall be by a majority of votes.
The President, and when the President is absent from a meeting the
chairman elected for that meeting, shall have an original vote and,
in the case of an equal division of votes, also a second or casting
vote.
Quorum. 12.  No business shall be transacted by the Council unless a
quorum of five is present.
Order of business. 13. The order of business at each regular meeting shall be as
follows:
( a ) (i) reading, amendment, confirmation and signature
by the President or, as the case may be, by the
chairman elected by the meeting, of the minutes
of the last meeting;
(ii) business arising out of the minutes;
( b ) correspondence;
( c ) adjourned business;
( d ) reports of committees; 
( e ) motions on the notice-paper.
Variation of order 
of business.
14. The regular order of business may be varied or suspended
at any meeting by a vote of two-thirds of the members present.
Suspension of 
order of business.
15.  Except by permission of all the members present, no
member shall introduce for discussion at a meeting a subject which
has not been duly inserted in the agenda for that meeting.
Motions, etc. 16.  Before any motion or amendment is discussed, it shall be
proposed and seconded, and shall be reduced to writing. All formal
amendments shall be framed so that they may be read as
independent motions.
Withdrawal of 
amendment 
motion. 
17.  No amendment motion shall be withdrawn after having
been read unless by permission of the Council.
Debate on motion. 18. The seconder of a motion or of an amendment may reserve
his speech to any period of the debate; but only the proposer has the
right of final reply.
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Amendment 
motion.
19. If an amendment be proposed, it shall be disposed of
before any other amendment is moved. 
Disposal of 
amendment 
motions.
20. The amendment shall first be put to the vote; and, if it be
negatived, a second amendment may be moved, and shall be
disposed of in the same way as the first amendment; and so on,
until no further amendment is proposed.
Original motion.
shall then be put to the vote. 
Amendment 
motion becomes 
substantive.
22. If any amendment be carried, it shall then be regarded as a
substantive motion and treated, as to further amendments and the
right of speaking on it in reply, and in all other respects, as an
original motion.
Proposals on 
motion under 
debate.
23. When a motion is under debate, no further proposal shall
be received, except one of the following:
(i) an amendment, namely, "That the motion be
amended as follows ..........................";
(ii) the postponement of the question, namely, "That
the consideration of the motion be postponed";
(iii) the adjournment of the debate, namely, "That the
debate on the motion be now adjourned";
(iv) the adjournment of the Council, namely, "That
the Council do now adjourn";
(v) the closure of the debate, namely, "That the
Council do now proceed to vote on the motion";
(vi) the previous question as to the motion, namely,
"That the Council, instead of proceeding to deal
with the motion, do pass to the next item on the
agenda".
Proposals on 
amendment motion 
under debate.
24. When an amendment is under debate, no further proposal
shall be received except one of the following:
(i) the adjournment of the debate on the
amendment, namely, "That the debate on the
amendment be now adjourned";
(ii) the adjournment of the Council, namely, "That
the Council do now adjourn";
(iii) the closure of the debate on the amendment,
namely, "That the Council do now proceed to
vote on the amendment";
(iv) the previous question as to the amendment,
namely, "That the Council, instead of
proceeding to deal with the amendment, do
resume the debate on the motion originally
proposed".
Proposal to adjourn 
debate.
25. The proposal for the postponement of the question may
specify a date for the further consideration of the question, or be
made  sine die .
Subsequent 
business and 
adjourned motion.
26. If the proposal for the adjournment of the debate be
carried, the Council shall pass to the next item on the agenda, and
the debate shall be resumed at the next ordinary meeting of the
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Council. The proposer of the adjournment shall, on the resumption
of the debate, be entitled to speak first.
Transaction of 
unopposed 
business.
27. On the proposal for the adjournment of the Council being
made and seconded, it shall be competent for the President before
putting the question, to take the opinion of the Council as to
whether they will, before rising, proceed to the transaction of
unopposed business.
Closure of 
meeting.
28. The proposal for the closure shall be made and seconded
without debate, and shall, unless the President shall rule otherwise,
be put forthwith. Should the proposal be carried, the motion or
amendment under debate shall be at once voted on by the Council.
Proposal for 
previous question.
29. The proposal for the previous question shall be made and
seconded without debate, and shall be put forthwith. Should the
proposal be carried, the motion or amendment to which it applies
shall be dropped from the agenda.
Voting. 30. A question shall be decided by a show of hands unless a
ballot be asked for by a member. The vote is to be recorded in the
minutes.
Rescinding of 
Council’s 
decisions.
31. A motion to rescind any decision of the Council cannot be
proposed before the lapse of six months from the date of the
decision in question unless the Council unanimously decide
otherwise.
Minutes. 32. All the proceedings of the Council shall be entered in
minute form and periodically bound; and the names of the members
present at each meeting shall be entered in the minutes.
Record of motions. 33. The minutes of each meeting shall contain such motions
and amendments as have been proposed and adopted or negatived,
with the names of the proposer and seconder, but without any
comment or observation of members.
Confirmation of 
minutes.
34. The President or the chairman elected by the meeting, as
the case may be, shall confirm by his signature the minutes arising
out of the business of a meeting.
Accuracy of 
minutes. 
35. No motion or discussion shall take place upon the minutes
except upon their accuracy, and any question of their accuracy shall
be raised by motion. If no such question is raised, or if it is raised
as soon as it has been disposed of, the President or the chairman
elected by the meeting, as the case may be, shall declare that the
minutes are confirmed. 
Committees.
Amended by:
L.N. 3 of 1969.
36. (1) The Council may appoint as it deems necessary special
committees and standing committees to submit recommendations to
the Council regarding the matters referred to them by the Council.
Such committees shall submit their recommendations in writing to
the President of the Council stating the reasons for their
recommendations.
(2) Any such special committee or standing committee may
include amongst members persons with expert knowledge in
special matters not being members of the Council: provided,
however, that the chairman of any such committee shall always be
a member of the Council.
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Proceedings to be 
regarded as 
confidential.
37. All proceedings of the Council and of its committees shall
be regarded as confidential. The Council, however, may issue
statements and directives as it considers appropriate from time to
time.
PART IV
REGISTERS AND REGISTRATION
Keeping of 
separate registers.
Substituted by:
L.N. 3 of 1969.
38. Separate registers shall be kept for the registration of -
( a ) medical practitioners;
( b ) veterinary surgeons; and
( c ) dental surgeons:
Cap. 31.
Provided that the medical register shall contain a
supplementary part in which shall be entered the name of any
medical practitioner, other than a foreign physician or surgeon, to
whom a temporary licence has been granted by the Minister
responsible for Health under the provisions of article 6(3) of the
Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance.
Form of registers.
in the First Schedule and shall state in respect of each person the
particulars referred to in that Schedule.
Division of 
registers into lists.
40. Each register shall consist of the following three parts - 
( a ) principal list;
( b ) Commonwealth list; and
( c ) foreign list:
Provided that the foreign list in the medical register and in
the register of dental surgeons shall be subdivided into the
following two parts -
( a ) the main part containing the permanent registration of
British subjects in possession of diplomas granted by
foreign universities; and
( b ) the supplementary part containing the temporary
registration of foreign physicians, surgeons or dental
surgeons granted a temporary licence by the Minister
responsible for the Department of Health.
Form of 
application.
41. (1) An application for registration in any of the registers
shall be made to the Registrar in accordance with the form shown
in the Second Schedule and, unless the Council otherwise direct,
shall be accompanied by the licence granted to the applicant by the
Minister responsible for Health.
 (2) Such licence shall be returned to the applicant by the
Registrar as soon as the Council has determined upon the
application.
Council to decide 
on registration.
42. (1) The Registrar shall lay before the Council all
applications for registration. 
(2) The Registrar, on being directed to do so by the Council,
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shall enter the particulars of a person accepted for registration in
the relevant part of the register.
Certificate of 
registration.
43. When any person entitled to be registered in any of the
registers has his name and particulars entered in the register, he
shall be given a certificate of registration in accordance with the
form shown in the Third Schedule.
Entries in registers 
to be permanent 
with certain 
exceptions.
Amended by:
L.N. 3 of 1969.
44. With the exception of the entries made in the
supplementary part of the foreign lists of the medical register and
of the register of dental surgeons, the entries made in the medical
register, the veterinary surgeons’ register, and the register of dental
surgeons shall, subject to the provisions of standing orders 45, 47
and 52 of these Standing Orders, be permanent. Every registered
practitioner shall, however, be bound to notify the Registrar
without delay of any change affecting the entry in his respect in any
of the registers.
Alterations in 
registers.
45. Subject to the provisions of standing order 46, when a
registered practitioner applies to the Registrar to have an alteration
made in his registered name or in his registered address, or to have
any registrable qualification which he possesses entered in the
register in substitution for or in addition to a qualification already
registered, the Council shall, on being satisfied that all the
requirements of these Standing Orders have been complied with,
cause to be entered in the register the alteration or addition so
notified.
Requirements for 
alteration of 
registered name.
46.  A registered practitioner, who applies to have an alteration
made in his registered name, shall produce in support of his
application, such certificates or other documentary evidence as the
Council may consider requisite.
Retention of name 
already registered.
47. On the insertion in the register of an alteration in the name
of a registered practitioner, the Registrar shall retain in the register
his name as already registered:
Provided that if the practitioner requests that his former
name be omitted from the register, his request may be complied
with after that name and the new name have appeared together in
one issue of the register.
Certificate of 
alteration of 
registered name.
48. A certificate showing the change of name in the register, in
accordance with the form shown in the Fourth Schedule, shall be
issued on the entry in the appropriate register of an alteration in the
name of the practitioner.
Temporary 
registrations.
Amended by:
L.N. 3 of 1969.
Cap. 31.
49. (1) A temporary registration shall be made in respect of a
medical practitioner, or foreign physician or surgeon or a foreign
dental surgeon, to whom a licence as provided in article 5(3) or in
article 66(3) of the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance has
been granted by the Minister responsible for Health.
(2)  An application for temporary registration shall be made in
accordance with the form shown in the Fifth Schedule, and, unless
the Council otherwise direct, shall be accompanied by the licence
granted to the applicant by the Minister responsible for Health. 
(3) Such licence shall be returned to the applicant by the
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Registrar as soon as the Council has determined upon the
application.
(4) The certificate of temporary registration shall be in the
form shown in the Sixth Schedule.
(5) A temporary registration shall be valid for the period fixed
in the licence granted by the Minister responsible for Health as
aforesaid.
Publication of 
registers.
50. Each of the registers kept by the Council shall be published
every year and shall show the names in alphabetical order of
surnames, with the addresses, qualifications and other particulars,
of all persons appearing therein as existing on the 1st January of
that year.
Annual letters by 
Registrar.
51. Subject to any directions which may be given by the
Council, letters shall be sent by the Registrar, at least once in each
year, to all persons whose names appear in the registers, for the
purpose of keeping the registers correct.
Removal of name 
at the instance of 
practitioners.
52. (1) If a registered practitioner applies to the Council for
the removal of his name from any of the registers, the application
shall be in the form of a declaration signed by him specifying the
ground or grounds on which the application is made and stating that
the applicant is not aware of any proceedings or of any reason for
the institution of any proceedings which might result in rendering
him liable -
Cap. 31.
( a ) to have his name erased from that register by direction
of the Council under article 105, article 110 or article
112 of the Medical and Kindred Professions
Ordinance; or
( b ) to have withdrawn from him any qualification which
he holds.
(2) The application shall be considered by the Council, who
may, if it thinks fit, adjourn consideration to a future date, and may
require the applicant to furnish further information or explanation
either in writing, or orally and in person before the Council.
(3) After considering the application, the Council may, if they
think fit, by resolution put by the President from the chair, direct
the Registrar to remove, and the Registrar shall thereupon remove,
the name of the applicant from the register.
(4) If removal is directed, the decision of the Council shall
forthwith be notified by the Registrar to the applicant by letter
addressed to his registered or last known address.
Restoration of 
names removed at 
instance of 
practitioner.
Cap. 31.
53. Unless the Council shall otherwise direct, the Registrar
shall not restore to the register any name which has been removed
under standing order 52, unless the person whose name has been so
removed makes an application in writing for the restoration of his
name to the register, saving the provisions of article 111 of the
Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance.
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bearing the image of St. Luke enclosed in the inscription
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"CONCILIUM MELITENSE MEDICORUM - ANNO DOMINI
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(2) The seal shall be kept in the custody of the Registrar. 
Authorisation and 
object of affixing 
the seal.
55. (1) The Registrar, or another officer of the Council
authorised in writing by the President of the Council, shall be
authorised to affix the seal to all certificates of registration and to
all formal commissions issued by the Council.
(2) Save as aforesaid, the seal shall be affixed only by order or
under the authority of the Council.
(3) Any order for affixing the seal shall state the object of its
use and shall be entered in the minutes of the Council.
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FIRST SCHEDULE
(Standing Order 39)
FORM OF REGISTERS
MEDICAL COUNCIL - MALTA
The .............................. Register
Original 
Number of 
Registration
Name Address Date of registration
Title to 
Registration 
and 
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Qualification
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SECOND SCHEDULE
(Standing Order 41)
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION
MEDICAL COUNCIL - MALTA
Application for Registration
I apply to be registered under article ............ of the Medical and
Kindred Professions Ordinance.
My full name is ..........................................................................
(Give full name in capital letters, surname underlined)
I was born at ................................ on .........................................
(day, month, year)
My home or permanent address* for entry in the Register is
.......................................................................................................
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The address* to which my Certificate of Registration should be
sent is ..........................................................................................
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Description of qualifications (s) ..................................................
Date on which conferred .............................................................
University or Body by which granted ..........................................
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I submit in support of my application the licence granted to me
by the Minister responsible for the Department of Health to practise
.......................................................................................................
Signature of applicant .................................................................
Date of application .....................................................................
*Give these addresses in full.
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THIRD SCHEDULE
(Standing Order 43)
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION
MEDICAL COUNCIL - MALTA
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION IN THE .......... REGISTER
(........................... LIST)
NUMBER ............................. Date .............................
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the following is a true copy of the entry made in
the ...............................................
List of the .................... Register in respect of the name specified below :
Seal
REGISTRAR
Medical Council - Malta
 
REGISTRATION 
NUMBER
NAME ADDRESS
DATE OF 
REGISTRATIO
N
QUALIFICATIONS
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FOURTH SCHEDULE
(Standing Order 48)
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF ALTERATION OF 
REGISTERED NAME
MEDICAL COUNCIL - MALTA
CERTIFICATE OF ALTERATION OF NAME IN THE 
........................ REGISTER
NUMBER ............................. Date .............................
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the following name has been altered as
indicated in the ............................................... Register
List of the .................... Register in respect of the name specified below :
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REGISTRAR
Medical Council - Malta
NAME 
PREVIOUSL
Y IN 
REGISTER
NAME AS 
NOW 
REGISTERED
ADDRESS
DATE OF 
REGISTRATIO
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QUALIFICATIONS
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FIFTH SCHEDULE
Standing Order 49 (2)
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR TEMPORARY 
REGISTRATION
MEDICAL COUNCIL- MALTA
Application for Temporary Registration
I apply for temporary registration as a .........................................
in Malta under article ....................................... of the Medical and
Kindred Professions Ordinance.
My full name is ..........................................................................
My permanent address is ............................................................
I was born at ............................... on ..........................................
(day, month, year)
My present nationality is ............................................................ 
Description of qualification(s) ....................................................
Date on which conferred ............................................................. 
University or Body by which conferred .......................................
for temporary registration in Malta.
I submit in support of my application the temporary licence
granted to me by
the Minister responsible for the Department of Health to
practise...........................................................................................
Signature of applicant .................................................................
Date of application .....................................................................
*Delete whichever is not applicable.
I have
*never applied before
*already applied on ..................................
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Substituted by:
L.N. 3 of 1969.
SIXTH SCHEDULE
(Standing Order 49(4))
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TEMPORARY 
REGISTRATION
MEDICAL COUNCIL - MALTA
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION (TEMPORARY) IN THE
.............................. REGISTER
(PRINCIPAL LIST/FOREIGN LIST*)
NUMBER ............................. Date .............................
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the following is a true copy of the entry in the
supplementary part of the principal list/ foreign list* of the ........................
Register in respect of the name specified below:
Seal
REGISTRAR
Medical Council - Malta
* Delete whichever is not applicable
REGISTRATION 
NUMBER NAME ADDRESS
DATE OF 
REGISTRATION
PERIOD 
OF VALIDITY 
OF 
REGISTRATION
QUALIFICATIONS
