To monitor and exercise general supervision and control over and maintenance of professional medical and dental education standards.
To promote the maintenance and enforcement of Professional Medical and Dental ethics.
To exercise general supervision of medical and dental practice at all levels.
To exercise disciplinary control over medical and dental Practitioners.
The functions of the Council shall be:-
a) | to monitor and exercise general supervision and control over and maintenance of professional medical and dental educational standards, including continuing education; |
b) | to promote the maintenance and enforcement of professional medical and dental ethics; |
c) | To exercise general supervision of medical and dental practice at all levels; |
d) | To exercise disciplinary control over medical and dental practitioners; |
e) | To protect society from abuse of medical and dental care and research on human beings; |
f) | To advise and make recommendations to the Government on matters relating to medical and dental professions; |
g) | To exercise any power and perform any duty authorized or required by the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Act or any other law; |
h) | To disseminate to the medical and dental practitioners and the public, ethics relating to doctor-patient rights and obligations; |
i) | For the purposes of discharging its functions under the Act, to perform any other function or act relating to medical or dental practice as the Minister may direct. |