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Medical Registration
[1987 Ed.
Experience necessary for registration.
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Requirements for
becoming a
Licentiate.
(c) any Licentiate. (Added, 70 of 1976, s. 3. Amended, 63 of 1982, s. 4 and 25 of 1984, s. 3)
(2) Where a Hong Kong diploma is not accepted in any place as entitling the holder to registration in that place as a medical practitioner, the Registrar may require a person relying on a diploma issued in such place to produce evidence of registration with the General Medical Council. (Added, 25 of 1984, s. 3)
8. A person shall not become registered, otherwise than by way of provisional registration, unless-
(a) in the case of a person claiming registration by virtue of a Hong Kong diploma, it is certified under section 9 that he has had the experience specified in that section; or
(b) in the case of a person claiming registration by virtue of a United Kingdom or Irish diploma or recognized Commonwealth diploma, the Council is satisfied that he has had such experience as is specified in section 10: (Amended, 25 of 1984, s. 4)
Provided that if, by virtue of a degree of medicine or surgery granted by the University of Hong Kong, a person, before 1 July 1953, was entitled to registration or provisional registration but in lieu of applying for registration or provisional registration such person left Hong Kong, on application to the Council at any time thereafter he shall be entitled to be registered if the Council is satisfied that he has had the experience required by section 10.
(Amended, 63 of 1982, s. 5 and 25 of 1984, s. 10)
8A. (1) No person shall be eligible to become a Licentiate unless-
(a) he has passed such examinations as may from time to time be determined by the Council; and
(b) he has completed the period of assessment provided for in section 10A.
(2) No person shall be eligible to take any examination under subsection (1)(a) unless-
(a) he makes application in that behalf to the Council and pays to the Registrar such fee in respect of the examination as may be prescribed; and
(b) he satisfies the Council-
(i) that at the time of the application he has satisfactorily completed not less than 5 years full-time medical training of a type approved by the Council and is the holder of a medical qualification acceptable to the Council other than one which would entitle him to be registered under section 7(1)(a) or (b); and