(1) The relevant Council shall keep and maintain a register.
(2) The register kept and maintained by the Medical and Dental Council shall be called the Register of Medical and Dental Practitioners.
(3) The register kept and maintained by the Allied Health Council shall be called the Register of Allied Health Practitioners.
(4) Upon registration of a person in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the relevant Council shall enter the name of the person in the register kept in accordance with subsections (2) and (3).
(5) A person whose name is not entered in the Register of Medical and Dental Practitioners shall not be entitled to practice as a medical practitioner or dental practitioner in Saint Lucia.
(6) A person whose name is not entered in the Register of Allied Health Practitioners shall not be entitled to practice as an allied health practitioner in Saint Lucia.
(7) The relevant Council shall record the following information in the register in relation to each person to whom it has granted registration—
(a) the name, personal address and business address, of a health practitioner, if any;
(b) the qualifications which are held by the health practitioner;
(c) the date of registration of the health practitioner;
(d) any conditions to which the registration of a health practitioner is subject to, in accordance with the provisions of this Act;
(e) in the case of a medical practitioner or dental practitioner, the area of specialty, if any, under which a practicing certificate is issued;
(f) the allied health profession under which the allied health practitioner is authorized to practice;
(g) the period of suspension of a practicing certificate or a licence if applicable;
(h) the removal of the name of a health practitioner from the Medical and Dental Practitioners or the Register of Allied Health Practitioners;
(i) the restoration of the name of a health practitioner to the Register of Medical and Dental Practitioners or the Register of Allied Health Practitioners;
(j) any change in the name, personal address or business address of a health practitioner; and
(k) any other information that the Council considers necessary.
(8) A register kept and maintained under this section may be kept in electronic form.
(9) A register kept and maintained under this section shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by the public at the office of the relevant Council and a search may be effected and extracts of the register may be obtained by the public upon payment of the prescribed fee.
(10) The relevant Council shall from time to time, make alterations in the register kept and maintained under this section in relation to the addresses and qualifications of health practitioners as are necessary.
(11) Notwithstanding subsection (8), the private address of a health practitioner shall not appear in a register kept under this section that is made available for public inspection.