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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1994
PART IV OF THE REGISTER IS FOR PERSONS ISSUED WITH A
PROVISIONAL REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 15 OF THE
CERTIFICATE ORDINANCE.
OF
IN
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT PERSONS CURRENTLY PRACTISING THE OPTOMETRY PROFESSION WITHOUT A RECOGNISED QUALIFICATION OR FORMAL TRAINING MAY BE CONSIDERED FOR REGISTRATION IN AN APPROPRIATE PART OF THE REGISTER BY THE SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONS COUNCIL.
PERSONS
HOLDING OVERSEAS QUALIFICATIONS IN OPTOMETRY MAY ALSO
APPLY TO THE OPTOMETRISTS BOARD FOR REGISTRATION.
WITH
"THE SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONS COUNCIL, IN CONSULTATION THE BOARD, WILL DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT A PARTICULAR OVERSEAS QUALIFICATION IS REGISTRABLE AND IF SO, WHICH PART OF THE REGISTER ITS HOLDER SHOULD BE REGISTERED IN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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"TO FACILITATE SUCH APPLICATIONS, THE COUNCIL IN CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD WILL SHORTLY DRAW UP A LIST OF OVERSEAS QUALIFICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION UNDER THE ORDINANCE," HE ADDED.
THE REGULATION ALSO PROVIDES FOR THE FORMATION OF A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE UNDER THE OPTOMETRISTS BOARD TO CONSIDER ANY CASE OF COMPLAINT AND TO REFER COMPLAINTS TO THE BOARD FOR INQUIRY.
THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT WHILE THE BOARD WOULD RECEIVE APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION AS FROM DECEMBER 1 THIS YEAR, THE PROVISIONS IN THE SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONS ORDINANCE WHICH PROHIBIT PRACTICE OF OPTOMETRY BY UNREGISTERED PERSONS WILL NOT COME INTO EFFECT UNTIL APRIL 1, 1996.
"THIS WILL ALLOW ADEQUATE TIME FOR MEMBERS OF THE OPTOMETRY PROFESSION TO OBTAIN THEIR REGISTRATION, HE EXPLAINED.
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HE ADDED THAT OPTOMETRY WAS THE THIRD PROFESSION TO ADOPT A REGISTRATION SYSTEM UNDER THE SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONS ORDINANCE, FOLLOWING THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND THE MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONS.
"WE HOPE THAT LEGISLATION RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF PHYSIOTHERAPISTS AND RADIOGRAPHERS COULD BE MADE IN THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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DETAILED PROCEDURES FOR APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY THE OPTOMETRISTS BOARD LATER.
THE OPTOMETRISTS (REGISTRATION AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE) REGULATION WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE ON SEPTEMBER 9 (FRIDAY).
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