Law on the Art of Healing - Ministry of Health
Law on the Art of Healing - Ministry of Health
Law on the Art of Healing - Ministry of Health
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prohibited.<br />
<strong>Art</strong>icle: 32<br />
For <strong>the</strong> purposes <strong>of</strong> this law, any qualified practiti<strong>on</strong>er shall be prohibited from collaborating in<br />
any case with an unqualified third party or from acting as his figurehead with <strong>the</strong> aim <strong>of</strong><br />
shielding him from undergoing <strong>the</strong> penalities against <strong>the</strong> illegal practice <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essi<strong>on</strong>s as<br />
defined in articles 3, 8, 13 and 16.<br />
He/she shall also be prohibited from providing in any case any help or assistance for an<br />
unqualified third party with <strong>the</strong> aim <strong>of</strong> allowing him to practise <strong>on</strong>e <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> arts provided for in<br />
<strong>the</strong> same articles.<br />
<strong>Art</strong>icle: 33<br />
No <strong>on</strong>e can attribute to pers<strong>on</strong>s he/she employs even for nothing a pr<strong>of</strong>essi<strong>on</strong>al title relating<br />
to <strong>the</strong> services set out in articles 3 paragraph I and 11 <strong>of</strong> this law if those pers<strong>on</strong>s do not fulfill<br />
<strong>the</strong> required qualifying c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
Chapter 3. DISCIPLINARY JURISDICTIONS<br />
<strong>Art</strong>icle: 34<br />
It shall be established for each branch <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> art <strong>of</strong> healing disciplinary jurisdicti<strong>on</strong>s hereafter<br />
referred to as "Associati<strong>on</strong>s":<br />
a) The Associati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> Doctors and Dentists;<br />
b) The Associati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> Pharmacists;<br />
c) The Associati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> Nurses and Midwives<br />
<strong>Art</strong>icle: 35<br />
The associati<strong>on</strong>s will have <strong>the</strong> mandate to ensure that <strong>the</strong> principles <strong>of</strong> morality, probity and<br />
dedicati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> art <strong>of</strong> healing shall be maintained and that <strong>the</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essi<strong>on</strong>al<br />
code <strong>of</strong> ethics shall be respected by all its members.<br />
They will ensure <strong>the</strong> defence <strong>of</strong> h<strong>on</strong>our and <strong>the</strong> independence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> art <strong>of</strong><br />
healing. Their organizati<strong>on</strong> and competencies will be determined by <strong>the</strong> law.<br />
The associati<strong>on</strong>s shall enact internal regulati<strong>on</strong>s and define <strong>the</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essi<strong>on</strong>al code <strong>of</strong> ethics, as<br />
well as <strong>the</strong> disciplinary measures for each branch.<br />
The Minister resp<strong>on</strong>sible for <strong>Health</strong> publishes, those regulati<strong>on</strong>s and deol<strong>on</strong>tological codes and<br />
disciplinary measures in <strong>the</strong> Official Journal <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Republic <strong>of</strong> Rwanda.<br />
Title IV. PENALTY AND DISCIPLINARY PROVISIONS<br />
<strong>Art</strong>icle: 36<br />
Any pers<strong>on</strong> who will exercise <strong>the</strong> art <strong>of</strong> healing in n<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>formity with <strong>the</strong> moral and<br />
de<strong>on</strong>tological code will be liable to impris<strong>on</strong>ment <strong>of</strong> 6 to 12 m<strong>on</strong>ths and a fine <strong>of</strong> two hundred<br />
thousand to five hundred thousand rwandan francs or to <strong>on</strong>ly <strong>on</strong>e <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se two penalties; and,