Medical Practitioners Act 2007

105

Investigation.

105.— (1) F202[The chief executive officer shall, at the request of the Minister, or may, of his or her] own initiative or upon a complaint made by a member of the public, investigate any case of an individual—

(a) who, not being a registered medical practitioner, is suspected of practising or having practised medicine in contravention of a provision of this Act, or

(b) who, not being a registered medical practitioner, is suspected of claiming or having claimed to be a registered medical practitioner in contravention of a provision of this Act.

(2) Where the F202[chief executive officer has carried out an investigation under subsection (1), the chief executive officer shall, if he or she] has reasonable grounds to believe that the individual the subject of the investigation—

(a) is not a registered medical practitioner, and

(b) either—

(i) is practising or has practised medicine in contravention of a provision of this Act, or

(ii) is claiming or has claimed to be a registered medical practitioner,

F202[then the chief executive officer] shall report the matter forthwith to the Garda Síochána and the Minister and may seek an injunction in the High Court requiring the person to cease the activities F202[the chief executive officer reasonably] believes to be in contravention of this Act.

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F202

Substituted (1.06.2022) by Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), s. 139(a), (b)(i)-(iii), S.I. No. 260 of 2022.