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Education Act (Cap. 327) Bye-Laws Of 2010 To Amend The Bye-Laws Of 2005 In Terms Of The General Regulations For University Undergraduate Awards, 2004 For The Degree Of Bachelor Of Science (Honours) - B.Sc. (Hons) - Under The Auspices Of The Institute Of Health Care (L.N. 1 Of 2010 )

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon him by articles 74 (5) and 75 (6) of the Education Act (Cap. 327), the Chancellor of the University of Malta has promulgated the following bye-laws made by the Board of the Institute of Health Care in virtue of the powers conferred upon it by article
81 (1) of the said Act and which have been approved by the Senate of the
University of Malta as required by article 81 (2) of the said Act:

1. These bye-laws may be cited as the Bye-Laws of 2010 to amend the Bye- Laws of 2005 in terms of the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2004 for the Degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) - B.Sc. (Hons), and shall be read and construed as one with the Bye-Laws of 2005 in terms of the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2004 for the Degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) - B.Sc. (Hons) - under the auspices of the Institute of Health Care, published as Legal Notice 186 of 2005, hereinafter referred to as “the principal bye-laws”.

2. Bye-laws 4, 5 and 6 shall be applicable for courses commencing in
October 2011 or later.
3. Bye-laws 7 and 8 shall be applicable for courses commencing in October
2009 or later.

4. For paragraph (j) of bye-law 3 of the principal bye-laws there shall be substituted the following:
“(j) Podiatry: a pass at Advanced Level at Grade C or better in Biology;
and a pass at Intermediate Level in either Chemistry or Physics;”

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5. Bye-law 4 shall be renumbered as paragraph (1) of bye-law 4 of the principal bye-laws.
6. The following paragraph (2) shall be added after paragraph (1) of bye- law 4 of the principal bye-laws:
“(2) Applicants choosing the Podiatry area of study who possess a grade D instead of a grade C in the Advanced Level indicated in paragraph (j) of bye-law 3 shall be admitted under those conditions as the Admissions Committee of the Institute of Health Care may impose to compensate for the missing element. If, by the end of the first year of the Course, such students do not successfully complete all the requirements to progress regularly to the second year of the Course, they shall be required to withdraw from the Course, and shall neither be entitled to repeat the year nor to progress conditionally as normally permitted under the Principal Regulations.”

7. For bye-law 7 of the principal bye-laws there shall be substituted the following:
“7. (1) The Course for the following areas shall extend over a period of four years of full-time study:
Applied Biomedical Science, Communication Therapy, Dietetics, Environmental Health, Midwifery, Nutrition, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, and Radiography.
(2) The Course for the Nursing areas shall extend over a period of three years of full-time study.”

8. For bye-law 15 of the principal bye-laws there shall be substituted the following:
“15. The overall evaluation of each student’s performance shall be based on the results obtained in each year of the Course weighted according to the following criteria:
(a) For courses of four years’ duration:

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Fourth Year Average Mark 35% (b) For courses of three years’ duration:
First Year Average Mark 30% Second Year Average Mark 30% Third Year Average Mark 40%”.