(1) Subject to subsection (2), it is a condition that a person shall not practice medicine or dentistry in Saint Lucia unless—
(a) that person secures and maintains adequate professional indemnity insurance; or
(b) or, where that person is employed solely by an institution or other person, the institution or the other person maintains adequate professional indemnity insurance on his or her behalf,
as determined by the Council with an insurance body recognized by the Council for that purpose.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to a person solely employed by the Crown.
(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding $50,000.