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    "id": 1237770,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) James Nyikal",
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    "content": "Section 79 of the Health Act gives that provision. The Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act also give provisions that regulate, to a large extent, the behaviour and conduct of health professionals, including the doctors that are making referrals. If they are nurses, they are regulated under the Nurses Act. There is an Act that regulates whoever is referring the patient. To that extent, it is the Committee’s feeling that we are going to bring in a lot of obstacles to the referral of patients. When it comes to the cost of care, the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act also provides guidance. In the 12th Parliament, you will remember that this House forced the Council to show the guidelines that they had put in place and those they intended to have, and the areas we felt they needed to make provisions. The Committee feels that we are probably over-legislating; we are putting in too many structures and, perhaps, many obstacles to the free flow of patients when they need care elsewhere. I do not support and I stand by the decision of the Committee."
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