The Medical Council, the High Court and the power to strike off.

political analyst · 29-07-2018 05:12PM #1

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/doctor-struck-off-for-sexual-examination-37117608.html

Aged in her 20s, the woman said she asked Dr Stanislaw Franciszek Zulichowski (71) for an explanation for what he did.
He told her: "Well, I just kind of started liking it and got carried away." He added: "Well, you know I am just a man, not only a doctor."
The Medical Council, following a fitness to practise (FTP) inquiry that made several findings of professional misconduct against the doctor, applied to the High Court to strike him off its specialist register.
Mr Justice Kelly agreed this week to cancel the registration of Dr Zulichowski.

Why was the law designed to permit only the High Court to strike a doctor off the medical register instead of letting the Medical Council itself do it?

Under His Eye · 29-07-2018 06:00PM

Oversight.

4ensic15 · 29-07-2018 07:03PM

political analyst wrote: »

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/doctor-struck-off-for-sexual-examination-37117608.html

Why was the law designed to permit only the High Court to strike a doctor off the medical register instead of letting the Medical Council itself do it?

Removing someone from the practice of their profession is a serious act and is seen as a quasi-judicial action. The High Court orders the strike off making it a judicial action. It is also designed to protect doctors from being struck off capriciously.

The Medical Council, the High Court and the power to strike off.

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