Rescinded Stratham Health Board Act

[P. Hunter]

Stratham Health Board Act

A
Bill
To

Establish the Stratham Health Board as the governing body of the medical profession.

The Parliament of Stratham enacts:

Section 1. Short Title

(1) This Act is the Stratham Health Board Act or Stratham Health BoardA.

Section 2. Commencement

(1) All provisions shall come into effect upon assent of this bill.
Section 3. Reasoning

(1) Due to the removal of the Department of Health, the Stratham Health Board will replace it as the governing body of medicine.

Section 4. Stratham Health Board

(1) The Stratham Health Board or commonly abbreviated as “SHB” shall be the governing body of the medical profession and medicine across the Republic of Stratham.

(2) The Stratham Health Board shall comprise three members.

(3) The Stratham Health Board shall be responsible for the completion of the following:

1. Bi-weekly reports which shall outline a list of all doctors and their /seen.
2. Attend list which shall outline all attends completed by doctors.
3. Maintaining a list of Medical Conduct Policies that doctors must comply with to retain their position as a doctor.
4. Maintaining the Doctor Guide and Doctor Exam Questions.
5. Training of Doctors and the maintenance of the Doctor Exam.
6. Any other task created as determined necessary by the Stratham Health Board.

(4) Decisions of the Board regarding the medical profession shall be legally binding.

1. Decisions of the Board shall be made with majority in the affirmative.

(5) The Prime Minister shall maintain direct oversight authority over the Stratham Health Board and may execute directives to the SHB for certain actions to take place.

(6) Doctor’s that fail to maintain activity standards set by the Stratham Health Board will be subject to re-examination of the doctor exam to ensure proper knowledge of the profession still exists.

Section 5. Director General

(1) The Director General shall be one of the three members of the board.

1. The Director General shall be appointed by the Prime Minister upon the recommendation of the Stratham health board.

(2) The Director General shall be responsible for the day to day operations of the Stratham Health Board.

Section 6. Removal of Doctors

(1) Doctors shall be removed from their position upon vote by the Board in the majority.

(2) The Director General may issue reprimands to doctors as warnings for violation of the Medical Conduct Policy.

1. Upon the receiving of 3 reprimands, the Board must be notified and shall take action immediately through vote whether the doctor should be fired or to retain their position.

Section 7. Elections

(1) The elections for the Stratham Health Board shall take place every three months and the requirements to run are as follows:

1. Must hold the doctor job for longer than a period of a month.
2. May not hold positions of Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Member of Parliament, or Judicial Officer.

(2) The election process is as follows:

1. The period of declaring candidacy shall last for 24 hours in which all doctors can put themselves forward.
2. After 24 hours, the period of voting shall take place and shall last 48 hours.
3. After 48 hours, the election results shall be tabulated and shall be announced by the State Department within the next 24 hours.
4. Should only three members or less declare candidacy, the election will default to those candidates.
5. Should a vacancy occur, it shall be the State Department’s duty to conduct elections to fill the vacancy.
6. In an election to fill a vacancy, if the number of vacancies and number of candidates running match or the number of candidates are less than the number of vacancies, the election shall default to those candidates.

(3) The first elections shall take place within 48 hours upon passage of this bill.

1. Every following election shall take place five days prior to the end of incumbent Boards term.

(4) The Department of State shall conduct elections for the Stratham Health Board.

Authored by Ryan_88 on behalf of the Government.

 

[DrThunder7]

Abstain - While I understand the need to a regulatory body to oversee the Health Industry of Stratham I do not feel like this is the right way to do this. I do not support this bill but I will not nay this bill due to a temporary solution is needed.

 

[P. Hunter]

Right,

This bill has received Prime Ministerial assent and is hereby signed into law.​