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(1) |
The Council may prescribe standards of professional
conduct and etiquette and a code of ethics for rehabilitation
professionals. |
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(2) |
Regulations made by the Council under sub-section
(1) may specify which violation thereof shall
constitute infamous conduct in any professional respect,
that is to say, professional misconduct, and such provision
shall have effect notwithstanding anything contained
in any other law for the time being in force. |
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(3) |
The Council may order that the name of any person
shall be removed from the Register where it is satisfied,
after giving that person a reasonable opportunity of
being heard and after such further inquiry, if any as
it may deem fit to make:- |
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(i) |
that his name has been entered in the Register
by error or on account of misrepresentation or
suppression of a material fact; |
(ii) |
that he has convicted of any offence or has
been guilty of any infamous conduct in any professional
respect, or has violated the standard of professional
conduct and etiquette or the code of ethics prescribed
under sub-section (1) which, in the opinion of
the Council, renders him unfit to be kept in the
Register |
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(4) |
An order under sub-section (3) may direct that any
person whose name is ordered to be removed from the
Register shall be ineligible for registration under
this Act either permanently or for such period of years
as may be specified |
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