FRIDAY JANUARY 6, 1989
SUPPLEMENTARY MEDI AL PROFESSIONS (AMENDMENT.
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BILL GAZETTED
A BILL WHICH MAINLY CONTAINS ENABLING PROVISIONS TO FACILITATE THE MAKING OF REGULATIONS BY THE FIVE PARAMEDICAL PROFESSIONAL BOARDS SET UP UNDER THE SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONS ORDINANCE WAS GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY
THE SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL SEEKS TO PROVIDE POWER то THE PARAMEDICAL PROFESSIONS, NAMELY, RADIOGRAPHERS, PHYSIOTHERAPISTS, OCCUPATIONAL OPTOMETRISTS, TO HOLD EXAMINATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF FULL REGISTRATION AND PROVISIONAL REGISTRATION.
PROFESSIONS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989 FIVE PROFESSIONAL BOARDS OF THE MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS,
THERAPISTS
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EXPLAINING THE PROVISIONS OF THE BILL, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT FULL REGISTRATION WOULD BE GRANTED то THOSE WITH REGISTRABLE QUALIFICATIONS.
"PROVISIONAL REGISTRATION IS A STATUS TO BE GRANTED то THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN PRACTISING IN A PROFESSION FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS BUT WHO DO NOT HAVE THE FORMAL QUALIFICATIONS OR TRAINING FOR FULL REGISTRATION, HE SAID.
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UNDER THE AMENDMENT BILL, APPLICANTS OF PROVISIONAL REGISTRATION WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO PRACTISE WITHOUT BEING SUBJECT TO PROSECUTION WHILE THEIR APPLICATIONS ARE BEING PROCESSED.
"THE BILL FURTHER EMPOWERS THE FIVE PARAMEDICAL PROFESSIONAL BOARDS TO PROVIDE FOR GUIDELINES REGULATING THE ACTIVITIES OF THE PROFESSIONALS CONCERNED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CODES OF PRACTICE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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THE BILL ALSO ENABLES THE SUBSIDIARY REGULATIONS ΤΟ CREATE CATEGORIES OF REGISTERED PERSONS ACCORDING ΤΟ THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS TO LAY DOWN RESTRICTIONS ON PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE WITHOUT SUPERVISION, HE SAID.
UNDER THE AMENDED PROVISIONS, CONTROL IS EXTENDED ΤΟ COVER PARAMEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN THE CIVIL SERVICE, SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS AND TEACHING INSTITUTES.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE BILL WAS FIRST INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON JULY 6 LAST YEAR.
"IN THE EVENT, HOWEVER, IT FAILED ΤΟ COMPLETE ITS PASSAGE THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BEFORE THE DISSOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL AT THE END OF THE 1987-88 SESSION AND THEREFORE LAPSED.
"IT WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FOR THE SECOND TIME ON JANUARY 11 THIS YEAR, HE SAID.
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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO COMMENT ON THE BILL SHOULD WRITE TO OMELCO, 8 JACKSON ROAD, CENTRAL OR TO THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, SEVENTH FLOOR, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
ALBERT ROAD, CENTRAL.
OFFICES, LOWER
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