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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1994
MEDICAL AND RELATED PROFESSIONALS (REGISTRATION) {MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) BILL 1994
THE
BY THE SPEECH
FOR HEALTH AND
OF READING
THE (MISCELLANEOUS
FOLLOWING IS
SECRETARY WELFARE, MRS KATHERINE FOK, IN MOVING THE SECOND MEDICAL AND RELATED PROFESSIONALS AMENDMENTS) BILL 1994 IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):
(REGISTRATION)
MR PRESIDENT,
THE
I MOVE THAT
MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS RELATED AND (REGISTRATION) (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENT) BILL 1994 BE READ THE
TIME.
SECOND
CERTAIN PROVISIONS IN THE EXISTING LEGISLATION ARE OUTDATED
TIME. INADEQUATE AS A RESULT OF CHANGES IN CIRCUMSTANCES OVER BILL PROPOSES FOUR AREAS OF CHANGE.
OR
THE
OVERSEAS UNDER THE
KINGDOM, REGISTER
THE FIRST PROPOSED CHANGE CONCERNS THE RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF DENTAL PRACTITIONERS. EXISTING DENTISTS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE, HOLDERS OF UNITED IRISH OR COMMONWEATH DIPLOMAS ARE AUTOMATICALLY ENTITLED TO
THIS IS DISCRIMINATORY AND PRACTITIONERS IN HONG KONG. AS DENTAL
ON AGREEMENT
TRADE IN THE
OF THE GENERAL CONTRAVENES
FOR THE SERVICES. THE ORDINANCE THEREFORE NEEDS TO MAKE PROVISIONS
THE REGISTRATION OF USE OF A UNIVERSAL LICENSING EXAMINATION FOR
THE IN PRACTITIONERS
HONG DENTAL
IRRESPECTIVE KONG,
WHERE PRACTITIONER RECEIVED HIS OR HER TRAINING IN DENTISTRY.
PROVISIONS
OF
AT PRESENT SOME OF THE MEDICAL AND RELATED PROFESSIONALS IN THE AND THE PAYMENT OF PUBLIC SECTOR
EXEMPTED FROM REGISTRATION ARE CERTAIN FEES. THE SECOND PROPOSAL AIMS TO RATIONALISE THE FOR MEDICAL AND RELATED PROFESSIONALS IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS.
TREATMENT
SYSTEM WITH THE
THE INTRODUCTION OF A MANDATORY PRACTISING CERTIFICATE FOR NURSES IS OUR THIRD PROPOSED CHANGE, THIS IS IN LINE PRACTICE OF OTHER RELATED PROFESSIONALS, SUCH AS DOCTORS, DENTISTS AND AN UP-TO-DATE PHARMACISTS. IN ADDITION, IT WILL ENABLE US TO HAVE
IN HONG RECORD OF PRACTISING NURSES, BOTH REGISTERED AND ENROLLED, KONG.
PROPOSAL
IS
TO
STAMPING
PROFESSIONAL,
NEEDS то
OUR FOURTH
REMOVE THE OUTDATED REQUIREMENT. A COMPLAINT AGAINST A MEDICAL AND RELATED WHICH MAY CONTAIN AN ALLEGATION OF "UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT", BE SUPPORTED BY A STATUTORY DECLARATION ON THE FACTS OF THE CASE. IS A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT UNDER THE RESPECTIVE LEGISLATION THAT A DECLARATION SHOULD BE DULY STAMPED, THAT IS A STAMP DUTY OF CHARGED. HOWEVER, WITH AN AMENDMENT TO THE STAMP ORDINANCE AND ITS REPLACEMENT BY THE STAMP DUTY ORDINANCE IN DECLARATIONS ARE NO LONGER CHARGEABLE WITH STAMP DUTY. REPEAL THE NUGATORY STAMPING REQUIREMENT.
IT
SUCH $3 IS IN 1973 1981, STATUTORY WE NEED TO
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