FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1992
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LIMITED REGISTRATION FOR DOCTORS WITH
ACCEPTABLE OVERSEAS QUALIFICATIONS
*
THE
POWER
то
THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG WILL SOON HAVE GRANT LIMITED REGISTRATION то DOCTORS HOLDING ACCEPTABLE OVERSEAS QUALIFICATIONS.
THIS IS PROVIDED IN AN AMENDMENT TO THE MEDICAL REGISTRATION ORDINANCE WHICH WAS GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE MEDICAL REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1992, IF PASSED INTO LAW, WILL GIVE THE MEDICAL COUNCIL DISCRETION TO CONSIDER WHO COULD
CONDITIONS BE GRANTED LIMITED REGISTRATION, UNDER WHAT
HE COULD BE EMPLOYED AND FOR WHAT PERIOD OF TIME.
UNDER THE EXISTING MEDICAL REGISTRATION ORDINANCE, ONLY HOLDERS OF HONG KONG, UNITED KINGDOM, IRISH AND CERTAIN COMMONWEALTH QUALIFICATIONS CAN BE REGISTERED TO PRACTISE MEDICINE HERE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE BRANCH, MR DEREK GOULD, SAID:" SUCH DOCTORS ARE SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE GENERAL COMMUNITY, BUT MAY NOT BE ABLE ΤΟ PROPERLY SERVE SPECIAL NEEDS GROUPS."
THE MEDICAL
"BY GRANTING LIMITED QUALIFICATIONS, MET, HE SAID.
REGISTRATION то DOCTORS NEEDS OF SUCH GROUPS CAN
WITH OTHER HOPEFULLY BE
MIGRANTS AND
ONE OF THE SPECIAL NEEDS GROUPS IS VIETNAMESE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG. MEDICAL SERVICES то THEM ARE CURRENTLY PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND TWO VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.
"THE AMENDMENT WILL ENABLE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES то DRAW ON A LARGE POOL OF VOLUNTEER DOCTORS FROM WESTERN EUROPE WHOSE MEDICAL QUALIFICATIONS ARE CURRENTLY UNREGISTRABLE IN HONG KONG.
"THIS WILL ALLOW GOVERNMENT DOCTORS TO BE VIETNAMESE CENTRES AND TO RETURN TO THEIR
LOCAL COMMUNITY," MR GOULD SAID.
THE
DETERMINE
RELEASED NORMAL
FROM SERVICE IN DUTIES OF SERVING
THE
OF
BE SAID "THE MEDICAL COUNCIL WILL IN FUTURE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO
WHICH SPECIAL GROUPS ARE IN NEED. THEY WILL
TO CONSIDER HAVE
APPLICATIONS FOR THEN
GRANT LIMITED REGISTRATION ΤΟ MEET THIS NEED AND WHAT CONDITIONS SHOULD BE IMPOSED ON THE PERSON SUBSEQUENTLY EMPLOYED.'
"THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE WISH OF THE MEDICAL COUNCIL, HE
ADDED.
MR GOULD STRESSED HOWEVER THAT LIMITED REGISTRATION IS NOT A RELAXATION OF REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR DOCTORS GENERAL COMMUNITY.
SERVING
THE
H
"UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE MEDICAL COUNCIL HAS CONDUCTED A REVIEW
OF REQUIREMENTS OF THE WHOLE REGISTRATION SYSTEM, THE EXISTING REGISTRATION WILL REMAIN IN FORCE, HE SAID.
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