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CAP. 162]
Midwives Registration
[1988 Ed.
(ii) any woman who fails to acknowledge within 12 months after the date of dispatch the receipt of a registered letter or a telegram addressed to her at her last address as recorded in the register shall be deemed not to have supplied the secretary with an address under this paragraph; or
(d) requests, by notice in writing to the secretary, that her name be so removed. (Added, 61 of 1969, s. 3. Amended, 67 of 1985, s. 16)
Qualification for registration
7. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, no woman shall be qualified to be registered under this Ordinance unless she has satisfied the Board that she-
(a) has attained the age of 21 years; and
(b) is a woman of good character;
and in addition thereto-
(c) has completed such training as may be prescribed and has passed such examinations as may be required by the Board; or
(d) is a certified midwife within the meaning of the Midwives Act 1951 (1951 c. 53 U.K.); or
(e) is a certified midwife within the meaning of the Midwives (Scotland) Act 1951 (1951 c. 54 U.K.); or
(f) is duly certified as a midwife by the Joint Nursing and Midwives Council for Northern Ireland; or
(g) possesses a certificate to practise as a midwife issued by such certifying body, other than the above, as may be recognized by the Board from time to time.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1), the Board may require any applicant for registration to prove her competency in midwifery by examination conducted by examiners appointed by the Board, and, if required, to undergo such further training as the Board may specify. (Amended, 28 of 1976, s. 3)
Registration
8. (1) Any woman who considers herself qualified to be registered as a midwife may apply in the manner prescribed to the secretary for registration.
(2) The name of a woman qualified to be registered in accordance with section 7 who has complied with subsection (1) and with any regulations relating thereto shall, subject to payment of the prescribed fee and to subsection (3), be entered upon the register by the Board. (Replaced, 67 of 1985, s. 16)
(3) If, after due inquiry in accordance with regulations made under section 23 into any case referred to it by the Preliminary Investigation Committee, the Board is satisfied that a woman applying under subsection (1) has in Hong Kong or elsewhere-