S.L. 464.20 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 464.  Cap. 377.

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means the Health Care Professions Act;

"aggrieved party" means any person who feels aggrieved by the conduct of the health care professional and includes a patient or a client;

"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Disciplinary Committee appointed in accordance with the provisions of regulation 3(1)(a);

"charge" means a charge formulated by the relevant Council to describe any reason for the taking of disciplinary action against a health care professional as established in the Act and in these regulations;

"committee member" means a health care professional registered with the relevant Council in accordance with the provisions of the Act, and who shall be appointed to sit on the Disciplinary Committee in accordance with regulation 4;

"complaint" means a complaint to the relevant Council made in accordance with the provisions of the Act or of these regulations;

"complainant" includes any person making a complaint to a relevant Council even where such person is not the aggrieved party;

"Disciplinary Committee" means the disciplinary committee established in accordance with regulation 3;

"health care professional" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Act;

"immediate family" means any spouse and married or unmarried children, as well as other family members up to the first degree, whether living in the same household or otherwise and persons having legal custody of a minor;

"interim measures" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Act;

"member" means any person whose name is found listed in one of the Registers held by the relevant Council and whose practice is regulated by the relevant Council in accordance with the provisions of the Act;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for health;

"personal data" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation);

"permanent register" means any register held by the relevant Council which includes health care professionals who are permanently registered with the said Council and excludes any temporary register;

"President" means the President of the relevant Council appointed in accordance with the First Schedule to the Act;

"professional and ethical standards" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Act;

"professional secret" or "secret" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Professional Secrecy Act;

"Register" means any Register kept by the relevant Council in accordance with the provisions of the Act;

"Registrar" means the Registrar of the relevant Council appointed in accordance with the First Schedule to the Act; and

"relevant Council" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Act and, for the purposes of these regulations, it is that Council which regulates, at the time of the alleged incident, the health care professional against whom the proceedings are being taken.

(2) Unless otherwise stated or the context otherwise requires, words and phrases used in these regulations that are not defined in this regulation shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Act.