The Medical Board of Trinidad and Tobago; Part 2: from conquest to independence - a brief survey of its background and scope

ABSTRACT

Medical practice in this country is supervised by a domestic body provided by Legislation as enacted by Parliament, and embodied in the Medical Board Act 1960 of which Section 3 states the Medical Board Ordinance of 1887 and continued under the former Ordinance shall from the commencement bear the name of "The Medical Board of Trinidad and Tobago." Medical practice was however controlled for a century and a half before. This is a unique British institution whereby in the absence of Administrative courts, tribunals perform functions which are best left to domestic bodies free from state immediate control. (AU)