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SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONS
(h) the prohibition of a member of any Preliminary Investigation Committee who is also a member of any board from attending any meeting of the board whilst it is inquiring under section 22 into a complaint or information, in the preliminary investigation of which he took part;
the fees to be paid in connexion with matters within the scope of this Ordinance;
(i)
(1)
any certificate, document or form required for carrying out the purposes of this Ordinance;
Disapplication
of certain
provisions to certain classes of person.
Exemption of
course of
training.
Ordinance not
to derogate from other Ordinances.
(k) the duties of the members and the officers of the Council or any
board;
(1)
anything that is to be or may be prescribed;
(m) exempting or providing for the exemption of any specified class of persons from all or any of the provisions of this Ordinance; (n) generally carrying into effect the provisions of this Ordinance.
(2) Regulations made under this section may provide
(a) that the contravention of any particular regulation shall constitute an offence and may prescribe penalties for any such offence not exceeding a fine of $5,000 or imprisonment for 1 year or both such fine and such imprisonment; and
(b) for different fees to be paid by different categories of a profession.
30. (1) Sections 13, 14(1), (2), (3), (4), (7) and (8), 18 and 19 shall not apply to the following persons practising a profession directly connected with and necessary for the discharge or performance of their duties while serving in the appointments specified-
(a) a person holding a teaching appointment at a university, poly- technic, school or institution approved for the purposes of this section by the Governor;
(b)
a person holding an appointment as a public officer; and (c) a person holding an appointment in a subvented voluntary organization approved for the purposes of this section by the Council.
(2) The following persons practising a profession directly connected with and necessary for the discharge or performance of their duties shall while serving in the appointments specified be deemed to be registered but sections 13, 14, 15, 16, 18 and 19 shall not apply to or in relation to them- (a) a person holding an appointment in Her Majesty's Forces; and (b) a person holding an appointment in a ship.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) shall not extend to any person specified therein who is practising a profession privately in Hong Kong.
31. Nothing in this Ordinance shall operate to prevent the conducting of any course of training by a school, polytechnic, university or institution approved for the purposes of this section by the Governor.
32. This Ordinance shall be in addition to and not in derogation from any other Ordinance that regulates the manner in which a person may practise a profession.
Item
1.
SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONS
Profession
Medical Laboratory Scientific Officer
Medical Laboratory
Technologist
Medical Laboratory
Technician
2. Radiographer
3.
Physiotherapist
4.
Occupational Therapist
1980.
SCHEDULE
Ord. No. 42/80
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Interpretation
A person trained in the practice of pro- cessing clinical, medical, legal, public health or veterinary specimens for the sole purpose of making and reporting on analysis or examination in vitro and the processing of all matters for human and animal consumption for the sole purpose of making and reporting on analysis or examination in vitro.
A person trained to operate either- (a) radio-diagnostic, ultra sound and thermographic equipment for the pur- pose of radiological diagnosis; or (b) radiation therapy equipment for the
treatment of diseases; or
(c) radionuclear equipment
isotopes.
including
treat
A person trained to assess and physical disabilities by means of remedial exercises, manual therapy and mechanical, thermal or electrical energy.
A person trained to assess and treat dis- abilities caused by diseases or injuries using mental, physical or social activities to enable the disabled to achieve the maximum possible independence in daily life.
Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 9th day of July
LORNA LEUNG,
Clerk to the Legislative Council.
This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the bill, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said bill.
LORNA LEUNG, Clerk to the Legislative Council.