Health Professions Act
ZambiaAct of Parliament2009
This Act has been repealed.It was replaced by Health Professions Act, 2024 (No. 17 of 2024). Read this one for the law as it stood, not as it is now.
The Health Professions Act is an Act of the Parliament of Zambia enacted in 2009. It contains 48 sections. Read its sections below, or ask Levy any question about the Health Professions Act and get an answer grounded in the Act with citations.
Sections of the Health Professions Act
- S. 3(1) A member of the Council shall, subject to the other
- S. 4Section 4
- S. 5(1) The Council shall appoint a Registrar, who shall be the Registrar
- S. 8(1) The Council shall, where an application meets the
- S. 9(1) A person who holds a qualification from a training
- S. 10(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person who is
- S. 11Section 11
- S. 12(1) A health practitioner who wishes to be registered as a Specialist
- S. 13A person registered under this Act, shall notify the Registrar
- S. 19(1) The Council shall cancel a practising certificate if the Cancellation
- S. 27(1) The Registrar shall keep and maintain a Register of Register
- S. 28(1) The Registrar shall, on the direction of the Council, Publication
- S. 31Offences regarding health practitioners
- S. 32(1) A training institution shall not provide, or hold out as Prohibition
- S. 33Section 33
- S. 34(1) The Council shall, at least every five years from the
- S. 35(1) The Minister may, by statutory instrument, on the
- S. 40A licensed health facility shall display a copy of the licence
- S. 41A holder of a licence may, at any time during the validity of
- S. 44Section 44
- S. 45Section 45
- S. 46(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, the Council Suspension
- S. 47(1) The Council shall appoint inspectors to ensure
- S. 48(1) An inspector may, by authorisation made under the
- S. 51Section 51
- S. 54(1) A health facility shall apply for accreditation of a health
- S. 55(1) The Council shall, where a health facility meets the Grant of
- S. 56(1) The Council shall not grant accreditation to a health Refusal to
- S. 57Section 57
- S. 63Section 63
- S. 64Section 64
- S. 65(1) Three members of the Disciplinary Committee shall
- S. 66(1) The Disciplinary Committee may, for the purposes of
- S. 71(1) A court of competent jurisdiction shall have jurisdiction
- S. 72In any criminal proceedings against a health practitioner
- S. 74General penalty
- S. 75If a body corporate or un-incorporate body is convicted of
- S. 76Section 76
- S. 77(1) The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Regulations
- S. 78Repeal of Act No. 22 of 1977
- S. IPRELIMINARY
- S. IITHE HEALTH PROFESSIONS COUNCIL OF ZAMBIA
- S. IIIREGISTRATION OF HEALTH PRACTITIONERS
- S. IVTRAINING
- S. VLICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES
- S. VIACCREDITATION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES
- S. VIISection VII
- S. VIIISection VIII