Physicians Ordinance [New Version], 5737-1976

The Director may at any time require a licensed physician to produce before the Director, within a reasonable time prescribed by the Director, the diploma attesting to the physician's medical studies.

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 3, 4, 18 and 19, the Minister may grant a licensed dental surgeon a licence to practise anaesthesia if the following conditions are fulfilled:

A person who has been granted a licence to practise anaesthesia as referred to in section 21 may practise anaesthesia at a medical institution or medical unit in whose service there is a specialist in anaesthesiology as prescribed in Regulations, in those types of anaesthesia determined for that person by the specialist; however, the person may also practise other types of anaesthesia under the personal supervision of the specialist.

Subject to the provisions of section 22 and in respect of the practice of anaesthesia, a person who has been granted a licence to practise anaesthesia shall have the same status as a licensed physician.

The term of office of a member of the Advisory Committee, other than the chairperson, shall be three years from the date of appointment, and the member may be reappointed, provided that the member shall not serve for more than three consecutive terms of office; a member of the Advisory Committee whose term of office has ended shall continue to serve until another member is appointed in that member's place.

The Advisory Committee shall deliberate on each matter until its conclusion in the composition with which it commenced deliberations; however, an alternate of a member of the Advisory Committee shall replace the member, as determined by the chairperson of the Advisory Committee —

The validity of the decisions of the Advisory Committee shall not be affected by reason of a vacancy arising in the position of a member of the Advisory Committee or by reason of a defect in the appointment or continuation of service of a member.

The Director shall give his decision on an application for a licence to practise medicine no later than the end of six months from the date of submission of the application.

and a person required to deliver information or a document pursuant to this section is obliged to comply with the requirement.

A person to whom information has come pursuant to the provisions of sections 31 or 34 is obliged to keep it confidential and not to disclose it except to the extent necessary for the implementation of the provisions of those sections, or if authorised to do so by the court before which the need for disclosure has arisen, or by virtue of a duty to answer questions put to him by a person authorised to conduct an investigation into the commission of offences.

Where a medical board has determined that an applicant for a licence or a licensed physician has an impaired capacity within the meaning of section 32(a), by reason of which he is unfit to practise medicine, entirely or temporarily, or by reason of which he is fit to practise medicine subject to certain restrictions or conditions, the Director shall refuse to grant him a licence, or shall cancel the licence or suspend it, as the case may be, or shall grant him a special licence subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and in accordance with the recommendations of the medical board.

A special licence granted as referred to in section 37 shall have, with respect to the scope of practice prescribed therein, the same status as a licence to practise medicine; however, a person who has received a special licence as aforesaid shall not practise medicine except under the supervision of a licensed physician.

Where the Minister, on the basis of a complaint by the Director or by a person who has been aggrieved, finds that a licensed physician has done any of the following, the Minister may, by an Order signed by him, cancel the licence of the physician or direct that the licence be suspended for a period prescribed in the Order, or give the physician a reprimand or a warning:

A licensed physician who assists a person who is not a licensed physician, by administering anaesthesia or in another manner, to treat, supervise or operate on a person, where the matter requires the professional judgment or skill of a physician, shall be regarded as having conducted himself in a manner unbecoming a licensed physician.

A licensed physician who wilfully or negligently signs or gives, in his professional capacity, a certificate, report, notice or similar document that is false, misleading or improper shall be regarded as having conducted himself in a manner unbecoming a licensed physician.

Where a physician's licence has been suspended pursuant to section 44a, or the scope of his practice has been restricted and a complaint has been submitted against him pursuant to section 41, the Director may, on the recommendation of the committee established pursuant to section 44(a), extend the period of suspension or restriction until the Minister's decision pursuant to section 41, or cancel the suspension or restriction.

"convicted" — including a defendant whom the court has determined committed the offence, or a person whom the court has found to have performed the act constituting the offence pursuant to section 15(b) of the Mental Health Treatment Law, 5751-1991;

"sexual offence" — any of the following: an offence under section 214(b) to (b3) of the Penal Law, 5737-1977, an offence listed in Section E of Chapter X of that Law, except for an offence under section 352 thereof, or an offence of sexual abuse of a minor or a helpless person under section 368c of that Law.

Where the Director is satisfied that a licensed physician has died, or is no longer entitled to reside permanently in Israel, the Director may, by Order signed by him, revoke a licence granted to the physician under this Ordinance.

A licence in respect of which an order of revocation or suspension has been made shall be delivered by the licence holder, or, if the holder has died, by the holder's legal personal representative, to the Director.