ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Medical Practitioners and Dentists (Inquiry and Disciplinary Proceedings) (Procedure) Rules
20. Pre-hearing directions
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
20. Pre-hearing directions
(1)The Committee may on its own motion or on application by a party to the proceedings give directions, including directions for the furnishing of further particulars or supplementary statements, as may be necessary to enable the parties prepare for the hearing or assist the Committee determine the issues related to the hearing before it.(2)The Committee may take into account the need to protect any matter that relates to the intimate, personal or financial circumstance of any party, consists of information communicated or obtained in confidence, or concerns national security and may order that all or part of the evidence of a person be heard in private or prohibit or restrict the publication of that evidence.(3)An application for directions shall be made to the Committee, in writing, and shall, unless accompanied by the written consent of all parties, be served on all other parties to the proceedings by the party seeking directions.(4)The Committee shall consider an objection to the application for directions, if any party objects the application, and give the parties an opportunity to appear and the objection heard where the Committee considers it necessary.