To amend the Health Professions Act, 1974, so as to amend and insert certain definitions; to provide for the requirements for removal of members from office; to provide for the absence of the president from council meetings; to provide for the functions of registrar and staff; to provide for the investigation of members whose names have been removed from the register; to provide for the publication of the register by electronic means; to provide for the particulars to be contained in the certificate of status of registration to be issued by the registrar; to provide for qualifications prescribed for registration and for registration of persons holding qualifications not prescribed for registration; to provide for compliance with conditions as a prerequisite for continuing professional development; to provide for registration of professional categories and additional professional categories; to provide for inquiry by professional boards into charges of unprofessional conduct; to provide for the Minister to make regulations relating to unprofessional conduct; to provide for the handling of cases relating to the death of a person undergoing a procedure of a therapeutic, diagnostic or palliative nature; to provide for regulations relating to professional boards, educational institutions and facilities; and to provide for the rules relating to fees payable; and to provide for matters connected therewith.