ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act
12. Specialist licences
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
12. Specialist licences
(1)The Council shall issue in accordance with this section and rules made under this Act, general, specialist and any other practising licences as the Council shall determine from time to time authorizing medical practitioners and dentists named therein to practice medicine or dentistry.(2)An application for a practising licence under subsection (1) shall be made to the Council in the prescribed form and accompanied by the prescribed fee.(3)All medical practitioners and dentists shall be required to satisfy the Council's requirement for continuing professional development before the renewal of annual practising licences.(4)A practising licence shall bear the date of day on which it is issued and shall have effect from that day:Provided that a practising licence issued during the first month of any practising year shall have effect, for all purposes, from the beginning of that month.(5)The practising year for a practising licence shall be from the first of January to the thirty-first of December:Provided that the Council, in consultation with the Cabinet Secretary, may, by order in the Gazette, alter the practising year and the order may make such transitional provisions regarding incidental matters as may be expedient.(6)A practising license shall expire at the end of the practising year in which it was issued:Provided that, where the name of a medical or dental practitioner is removed or struck off the register, the practising license, if any, shall expire forthwith.