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36.   Requirement to be registered and to have a practicing certificate

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36.   Requirement to be registered and to have a practicing certificate

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    (1)   A person shall not practice medicine or dentistry or hold himself or herself out to be a medical practitioner or dental practitioner in Saint Lucia unless that person is registered in the relevant category of registration under this Act and complies with this Act, the Regulations and the conditions of registration.

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    (2)   A person shall not practice medicine or hold himself or herself out to be a medical practitioner or dental practitioner in Saint Lucia unless that person holds a valid practicing certificate for that purpose issued under section 47 and complies with this Act, the Regulations and his or her practicing certificate.

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    (3)   A person who contravenes—

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      (a)     subsection (1) only; or

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      (b)     subsection (1) and (2) at the same time,

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    commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.

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    (4)   A person who contravenes subsection (2) but does not contravene subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000.

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    (5)   For the purposes of this section a person holds himself or herself out to be a medical practitioner or a dental practitioner by using or taking the title of, or pretending to be, a medical practitioner, medical doctor, surgeon, physician, dentist or dental practitioner or orthodontist and implying that he or she is qualified to practice medicine or dentistry.

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