(10) " Recognised Authority "shall mean those universities, schools or corporations, having power to grant degrees or diplomas in all or any of the branches of medicine which the Director of Public Health may, from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette recognise as of a sufficient standard to qualify the holder to practise in 'Iraq. Throughout this law the masculine shall include the feminine. Conditions for the practise of medicine. 3. The practise of medicine or any of its branches in 'Iraq for payment or otherwise is forbidden, except to persons authorised in accordance with this law. 4. A doctor or dentist desirous of practising his profession in 'Iraq must: (a) Attend the office of the Director of Public Health with proofs of his identity and with the degrees and diplomas of his qualification for registration with the Director of Public Health. (b) If he be of other than 'Iraq nationality, also produce a certificate from the 'Iraq Consular representative of his country of origin to the effect that (1) he is of good moral character, (2) that his diploma is valid and (3) that he has not been found guilty of any illegality in the practice of his profession. The Director of Public Health, if satisfied as to the character and qualifications of the applicant, will enter the name of the applicant in the Official Register of doctors or dentists, and issue to the applicant a certificate of registration. The Director of Public Health may, at his discretion, require the doctor to undergo a short examination by the High Health Council. The fee for registration for doctors or dentists shall be Rs. 50, but if the applicant be of other than 'Iraq nationality, shall be Rs. 500. The registration must be renewed each year between January 1st and January 10th by application to the Local Health Authority of the Liwa. Such renewal will be made free of charge. If any person fail to renew within the period aforesaid, his name will be removed from the register and the Director of Public Health may, at his discretion, make a charge not exceeding the original registration fee for the reinstatement of his name in the register. 5. Any doctor or dentist of 'Iraq or foreign nationality engaged in practice in Iraq on the date of coming into force of this law, shall be deemed to be registered under Article 4. 6. The Director of Public Health is authorised, with the approval of the Minister of Interior in the interests of existing practitioners, to specify from time to time areas in which foreign doctors or dentists other than those specified in Article 4 hereof may not practice. Any doctor or dentist who contravenes the provisions of this Article shall be deemed to be guilty of professional misconduct and sub-section 2 of Article 11 shall apply in connection with practice carried on in the prohibited area. No doctor or dentist may own a pharmacy except under the provision of Section 23 of the Pharmacy Law, 1923. 7. A doctor may not style himself a specialist in any branch of medicine without permission of the Director of Public Health who may refuse such permission unless he satisfies himself by enquiry or by examination by the High Health Council as he shall deem necessary that such doctor has everything essential for the practice of his special work. 8. Any doctor or dentist sentenced by the Courts of 'Iraq to imprisonment for six months, shall have his name erased from the register of doctors or dentists. He may apply for reinstatement on the register not less than one year after the completion of his sentence. 9. Should the Director of Public Health consider that any doctor or dentist has committed such malpractice as to necessitate enquiry, he will refer the matter to the High Health Council for investigation. The High Health Council will forward their report and recommendation to the Director of Public Health. Such recommendations, in the event of the punishment of the offender being proposed, may extend to the removal of this offender's name from the register of doctors or dentists for a period not exceeding one year. The Director of Public Health shall carry out the recommendation of the High Health Council if he approves it, but if he does not approve it, the matter should be referred to the Minister of the Interior, whose decision shall be final. 10. With the approval of the Minister of the Interior, the Director of Public Health may from time to time issue regulations governing the following matters :— (1) The notification of Infectious Diseases. (2) The qualifications of Dental Mechanics, Dressers, Vaccinators, Midwives and Nurses, the conditions under which they may be authorised to practice, the manner in which they shall conduct their practice and the conditions under which they may be prohibited or suspended from practice. (3) The registration of addresses and other matters ancillary to the practice of medicine. Punishments. 11. (i) Any person practising or attempting to practise or who shall use any style, title or sign implying that he is authorised to practise medicine or any branch thereof without being duly registered or authorised under the provisions of this law, and any person employing another who is not duly authorised to practise under the provisions of this law, or employing an agent or canvasser for advertising or publishing advertisements to mislead the public opinion, and any person contravening the regulations issued by the Director of Public Health on protective measures shall be liable upon conviction before a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding Rs. 1,000 or to imprisonment not exceeding six months or to both fine and imprisonment. (ii) Such person shall be debarred from suing in a court of law for any fees claimed by him in respect of such unlawful practice and any person who has paid fees to him in connection with such unlawful practice, shall be entitled to recover the same. 12. The punishment for a first offence against Article 6 of this law shall be a fine of Rs. 200, for the second offence a fine of Rs. 200 and the court shall, in addition, order confiscation of all drugs in the Pharmacy and their delivery to the Director of Public Health. No such order for confiscation shall be made except at the request of the Director of Public Health. 13. Articles 4, 5 and 11 (ii) of this law do not apply to officials of the 'Iraq Government Health Service or of the 'Iraq Army Medical Service. 14. In all legal proceedings connected with this law, the certificate of the Director of Public Health as to whether a person is or is not registered or authorised to practise shall be conclusive. 15. The following enactments are repealed as from the date of coming into force of this Law : (1) The Medical and Dental Practitioners Proclamation, 1920. 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