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CAP. 156]
Dentists Registration
[1989 Ed.
9. Application for registration
(1) Any person qualified to be registered may apply to the Registrar for registration. Every such application shall be made in such manner and shall be accompanied by such documents, photographs and particulars as may be prescribed.
(2) Where such person has complied with the provisions of subsection (1) and with any regulations relating thereto, and has paid the prescribed fee, he shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (3), be admitted by the Council to the register.
(3) If, after due inquiry, the Council is satisfied that any applicant for registration-
(a) has been convicted in Hong Kong or elsewhere of any offence punishable with imprisonment; or
(b) has been guilty of unprofessional conduct; or
(c) is the subject of an existing order made under section 17(1)(i) or (ii)† of the repealed Ordinance,
the Council may, in its discretion, order that the name of the applicant be not entered upon the register.
(4) Such of the provisions of section 18 as are capable of application to an inquiry held for the purposes of this section shall apply to such inquiry, and any such provision may be construed with such modifications not affecting the substance as may be necessary to render it conveniently applicable.
10. Certificate of registration
(1) When a person has been registered, the Council shall issue to him a certificate of registration in such form as may be prescribed.
(2) A registered dentist who requires a certified copy of his certificate of registration in order to comply with the provisions of section 14(1) shall apply in writing to the Registrar enclosing one passport size photograph and stating the address of the premises at which he proposes to practise, and the Registrar may thereupon issue to the registered dentist a certified copy of his certificate of registration.
(3) (a) The registered address appearing upon the certificate of registration shall be the principal address at which the registered dentist carries on his practice;
(b) every registered dentist shall report to the Registrar every address at which he carries on the practice of dentistry for gain;
(c) every registered dentist shall report to the Registrar any change of his registered address or the change of any other address at
† As amended by 55 of 1955, s. 8.