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| (a) A medical practitioner shall be eligible to be a founder member if-
| | (i) at least ten years have elapsed after he has obtained the qualification of M.B.B.S. or L.M.S. or after he has become a Licentiate of a Medical College of the United Kingdom; and | | |
| | (ii) he has been in active practice as a general medical practitioner for at least ten years. | | |
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| (b) A duly qualified medical practitioner may apply for membership of the Corporation provided that-
| | (i) he has been in active practice as a general medical practitioner for at least ten years, and | | |
| | (ii) he applies for membership of the Corporation not later than six months from the date of. commencement of the Law. | | |
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| (c) No person shall be admitted or elected to membership of the Corporation or elected as a Fellow of the Corporation after six months have elapsed from the date of commencement of the Law unless-
| | (i) he has been in active practice as a general medical practitioner for at least ten years; | | |
| | (ii) he has successfully completed any training programmes and passed any examination prescribed by the Council of the Post-Graduate Medical Education Institute; and | | |
| | (iii) the Post-Graduate Medical Education Institute has certified that such person is eligible to be admitted or elected as a member or Fellow of the Corporation. | | |
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| (d) The decision of the Council in regard to the admission or election of members or Fellows of the Corporation shall be final, and it shall not be bound to assign any reason for its decision: Provided, however, that where the Council decides not to admit or elect as a member or Fellow of the Corporation any person certified in that behalf by the Post-Graduate Medical Education Institute in terms of paragraph (c) (iii) of Rule I, the Council shall communicate to the said Institute the reason for its decision, and shall on request being made therefor by the said Institute reconsider the said decision of the Council and the decision upon such reconsideration shall be final, and shall be communicated to the said Institute. |
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| (e) The founder members of the Corporation shall be the persons whose names are set out in the Second Schedule to the Law. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts