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CAP. 343]
Medical Clinics
[1987 Ed.
(Cap. 161)
Appointment of Registrar.
Register of clinics.
Registration of clinics.
(g) treatment by way of chiropody, or chiropractic, or osteo-
pathy; or
(h) treatment by way of first aid;
"premises" includes any place whatsoever, whether consisting of a building or not, and any vehicle or vessel, whether mobile or not; (Added, 22 of 1964, s. 2)
"registered medical practitioner" means a person who is duly registered in accordance with the provisions of the Medical Registration Ordinance, or who is deemed, by virtue of the provisions of that Ordinance, to be so registered;
"Registrar" means the Registrar of Clinics.
3. For the purposes of this Ordinance, there shall be a Registrar of Clinics who shall be the Director of Medical and Health Services.
4. (1) The Registrar shall cause a register of clinics to be kept in such form as shall be prescribed containing names and addresses and such other particulars as may be prescribed of applicants who have been registered.
(2) The Registrar shall be responsible for the maintenance and custody of the register of clinics.
(3) The Registrar shall cause to be published in the Gazette-
(a) as soon as may be after 1 January of every year a list of clinics registered under section 5 and of clinics exempted under section 8; and
(b) notification of any exemption granted or cancellation thereof under section 8 or any cancellation of registration under section 10.
(4) A certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Registrar that a clinic is registered or is not registered or is exempted or is not exempted shall be evidence of the facts set out therein until the contrary is proved.
5. (1) Application for registration as a clinic shall be made to the Registrar in such form as he may prescribe, and such form shall require a statement of the objects of the clinic to be included.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, the Registrar shall, on receipt of an application for registration, register the applicant in respect of the clinic named in the application, subject to such conditions, if any, as he may impose, and issue to the applicant a certificate of registration in the prescribed form:
Provided that the Registrar may refuse to register the applicant if he is satisfied-
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