We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,
and the Law of the Practice of the Medical Profession and Dentistry issued by Royal Decree 22/96 and its amendments,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article 1
The attached amendment to the mentioned Law of the Practice of the Medical Profession and Dentistry is hereby made.
Article 2
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its publication.
Issued on: 16 Muharram 1423
Corresponding to: 30 March 2002
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 716 issued on 1 April 2002.
Amendment to the Law of the Practice of the Medical Profession and Dentistry
The text of article 22 of the mentioned Law of the Practice of the Medical Profession and Dentistry is hereby replaced with the following text:
Without prejudice to the punishments stipulated in this law or any other law, or to the jurisdiction of the criminal courts, the technical committee stipulated in the preceding article has the mandate to consider violations committed by doctors, those carrying out allied health profession works, and owners of private clinics and hospitals, of the provisions of this law or the regulations or ministerial decisions issued in its implementation. The violator must be notified to appear in person before the committee, be addressed with the violation, have his statements heard in regard to it, and have his defence investigated. The committee may, in the event that the violation is proven, impose one of the following disciplinary penalties on the violator:
(a) Warning.
(b) A fine not exceeding 500 (five hundred) Rial Omani.
(c) Suspension from practising the profession for a period not exceeding one year.
(d) Revocation of the licence and striking off the registration in the schedule.
The violator must be notified of the decision of the committee within one month from the date of its issuance, and he may file a grievance against the decision to the minister within one month from the date of his notification of it.
The minister may issue a decision either rejecting the grievance or referring the matter back to the committee.
In the latter case, the decision of the committee is not final except after its approval by the minister.
The final decision to revoke the licence and strike off registration must be published in the Official Gazette at the expense of the violator.