ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Act
30. Disciplinary measures
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
30. Disciplinary measures
(1)Where on the recommendations of the Committee the Board is satisfied that a laboratory technician or technologist is in breach of any of the terms or conditions prescribed by the Board under section 27, the Board may—(a)issue the laboratory technician or technologist with a letter of admonishment; or(b)suspend the registration certificate of the laboratory technician or technologist for a specified period not exceeding twelve months; or(c)withdraw or cancel the practising certificate, or suspend the practising certificate of the laboratory technician or technologist for a period not exceeding three months; or(d)impose a fine which the Board deems appropriate in the circumstances; or(e)remove the name of the laboratory technician or technologist from the register.(2)The Board may be reimbursed by the medical laboratory technician or technologist costs and witness expenses incurred in connection with the disciplinary hearing and such costs shall be civil debt recoverable summarily by the Board.(3)Where after the hearing in disciplinary proceedings under this Act, the Committee recommends to the Board that a registered laboratory technician or technologist is unfit to practice his profession as a result of ill-health, the Board may, if satisfied with the Committee’s recommendations, withdraw the technologist’s or technician’s certificate of registration or practising certificate until such a time as the Board is satisfied that the laboratory technician or technologist is fully recovered to resume his duties.(4)A laboratory technician or technologist who has been suspended from practice or whose licence to practice has been withdrawn or cancelled shall from the date of such suspension, withdrawal or cancellation, surrender to the Registrar his registration and practising certificates and annual licence.(5)Any person being a registered medical laboratory technician or technologist who refuses or fails to surrender his badges, licences or certificates, to the Registrar on request shall be guilty of professional misconduct and liable to be fined by the Board a fine of not less than twenty thousand shillings.(6)Any medical laboratory technician or technologist who is aggrieved by the decision of the Board in the exercise of its powers under this section may within sixty days from the date of the decision of the Board appeal to the High Court and in any such appeal, the High Court may annul or vary the decision as it thinks fit.