Tanzania
Health Laboratory Technologists Registration Act
Chapter 48
- Published in Tanzania Government Gazette
- Commenced on 1 December 1997
- [This is the version of this document at 31 July 2002.]
- [Note: This legislation has been thoroughly revised and consolidated under the supervision of the Attorney General's Office, in compliance with the Laws Revision Act No. 7 of 1994, the Revised Laws and Annual Revision Act (Chapter 356 (R.L.)), and the Interpretation of Laws and General Clauses Act No. 30 of 1972. This version is up-to-date as at 31st July 2002.]
Part I – Preliminary provisions (ss. 1-2)
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Health Laboratory Technologists Registration Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise—"certificate" means a certificate of registration issued by the Council under section 9;"committee" means a committee constituted in accordance with section 14 of this Act;"Council" means the Health Laboratory Technologists Council established under section 3 of this Act;"health laboratory technologist" means a person who is for the time being qualified to practise the health laboratory profession and who holds a certificate issued in accordance with this Act;"institution" means any recognised training centre for health laboratory technologists leading to the award of a diploma to carry out laboratory investigations in clinical chemistry, haematology and blood transfusion, histopathology, and cytology, microbiology and immunology, parasitology and medical entomology; and any other laboratory medical speciality recognised by the council;"member" means a person appointed to be a Member of the Council;"quality assessment" means the challenge of the efficiency of the quality control procedures by specimens of known content but undisclosed to the participating laboratory;"quality control" means the procedures which are carried out in the laboratory in order to guarantee the quality of results;"register" means the register of technologists kept by the council under this Act;"Registrar" means the Registrar of the Council appointed under section 5 and includes any person duly acting as, or on behalf of, the Registrar;"supervisory authority" means any person appointed by the Council to be a supervisory authority over any registered health laboratory technologist whenever practising.Part II – Establishment and functions of the Health Laboratory Technologists Council (ss. 3-8)
3. Establishment of Council
4. Functions and powers of Council
5. Registrar
6. Inquiry
7. Remuneration of the members of the Council
Members of the Council and any committee established by or under this Act, shall be paid such allowances as the Council may determine and in determining the allowance, the council may make provision for the reimbursement of any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the business of the council or committee.8. Register
Part III – Registration, issuance and cancellation of certificates (ss. 9-18)
9. Conditions for registration
10. Temporary registration
11. Provisional registration
12. Form of certificate
Every certificate issued under sections 10, 11 or 12 shall be in such form as is prescribed in the First Schedule to this Act.13. Appeal on suspension or removal of name from register
Any person, who considers himself aggrieved by the decision of the council suspending or terminating him from practice as a health laboratory technologist or removing his name from the register may, within three calendar months from the notification to him of such decision appeal to a committee appointed by the Minister.14. Committee
15. Surrender of certificate
16. Registration not to confer rights of qualified medical practitioner or dentist
Registration under this Act shall not confer upon any person any right to be licensed or registered under the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act1 or to assume any names, title or designation implying that he is by law authorised to practise medicine or surgery.17. Licensed health laboratory technologists
18. Application for retention of name in the register
Part IV – Administration and source of funds of the Council (ss. 19-21)
19. Seal, authorisations, directions
20. Source of funds of Council
The Council shall collect and keep fees and other moneys for the purpose of the Council's activities.21. Fees
Part V – General provisions (ss. 22-25)
22. Regulations
The Minister may, after consultation with the Council, make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for all or any of the following purposes—23. Penalty for unregistered practice
24. False registration
Any person who—25. Notification by Council
Any notification required to be given by the Council to any person, shall be sufficiently given if be sent by registered post to that person at his last known address or his address as contained in the register and the time of receipt shall be deemed, unless the contrary is shown, to be the time at which such notification would have arrived in the ordinary course of post to such address.History of this document
31 July 2002 this version
Consolidation
01 December 1997
Commenced
Documents citing this one 6
Judgment 5
Legislation 1
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