Section 6, The Allied Health Professions Act, 2022

(1) The Council shall meet for the dispatch of its businessat least once every quarter and at such time as the Chairman may determine. (2) The Chairman shall preside at every meeting of the Council and in his absence, the members present shall appoint one of their number to preside. (3) A minimum of 3 members of the Council may, by notice in writing signed by them, request the Chairman to summon a special meeting of the Council for such purposes as may be stated in the notice. (4) The Chairman or, in his absence, the member appointed to act in his behalf shall summon a special meeting within 3 days of his receipt of the notice referred to in subsection (3). (5) The quorum at any meeting of the Council shall be 7. (6) The Chairman or other person presiding shall have a casting vote where there is an equality of votes. Meetings of (e) recovers in a court, a fee, charge or remuneration for a professional advice or services rendered as a registered allied health professional, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not less than 10 million Leones or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 12 months or to both such fine and imprisonment. 42. A person who- (a) procures or causes the procurement of a certificate by making or causing to be made, or producing or causing to be produced, a false or fraudulent declaration, certificate, application or representation; (b) forges, alters or counterfeits a certificate; (c) uses a forged, altered or counterfeited certificate; (d) buys or fraudulently obtains a certificate: and (e) sells, assigns or transfers a certificate. commits an offence and is liable, on conviction - (i) to a fine not exceeding 5 million Leones exceeding 12 months or to both; and (ii) in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding 5 million Leones for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction. Offences relating to certificates. (7) A proposal circulated among all members and agreed to in writing by a two-thirds majority of all members shall be of the same force or effect as a decision made at a duly constituted meeting of the Council and shall be incorporated in the minutes of the next succeeding meeting of the Council: Provided that, if a member requires that such proposal be placed before a meeting of the Council, this subsection shall not apply to such proposal. (8) The Council may co-opt a person to attend and participate in its deliberations but that person shall not vote on any issue to be decided by the Council. (9) The minutes of all meetings of the Council shall be taken and signed by the Registrar and kept in proper form. (10) Subject to this Act, the Council shall regulate its own procedure.