Chairman of
Board and meetings.
The register of pharmacists.
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(f) one legally qualified person appointed by the Governor
to act as the legal adviser to the Board:
(g) three registered pharmacists (not being public officers) nominated by the Pharmaceutical Society of Hong Kong and appointed by the Governor;
(k) one registered medical practitioner (not being a public officer) nominated by the Hong Kong Chinese Medical Association and appointed by the Governor; and
(0) one registered medical practitioner (not being a public officer) nominated by the Hong Kong Branch of the British Medical Association and appointed by the Governor.
(3) The members of the Board appointed by the Governor shall hold office for a period of three years from the date of their appointment or for such lesser period as the Governor may appoint.
4. (1) The Director of Medical and Health Services shall be the Chairman of the Board and as Chairman shall have both a deliberative and a casting vote.
(2) If the Chairman of the Board is absent from any meeting of the Board, the members present at such meeting shall elect from among their number a member to act as chairman and the person so elected shall have all the powers of the Chairman for the purposes of that meeting.
(3) The Board shall meet at such times and at such places as the Chairman shall from time to time direct.
(4) Five members of the Board shall constitute a quorum at meetings.
(5) A vacancy among the members of the Board or any defect in their appointment shall not affect the validity of any proceedings of the Board.
(6) At meetings of the Board all questions shall be decided by the votes of a majority of the members of the Board present.
(7) The Board may make standing orders for regulating the procedure and the conduct of its meetings.
5. (1) The Board shall cause the Secretary to enter in a register (in this Ordinance referred to as the register of phar- macists), the names and addresses of all persons qualified to be registered as pharmacists under this Ordinance.
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(2) The register of pharmacists shall be kept at the head- quarters of the Medical and Health Department in the office of the Secretary and shall be open for inspection by any person during the usual hours of business without payment of fee.
(3) The Board shall cause a copy of the register of phar macists to be published in the Gazette once every twelve months.
(4) The register kept in accordance with the provisions of the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance repealed by this Ordinance shall be deemed to be, for the purposes of this Ordinance, the register under this section and every person whose name appears therein shall be deemed to be a pharmacist registered in accord- ance with this Ordinance.
6. A certificate purporting to be under the scal of the Board and signed by the Chairman or the Secretary, or a copy of the Gazette containing a copy of the register of pharmacists printed within the preceding twelve months, shall, until the contrary is proved, be evidence in any court that the persons whose names are set out in such certificate or copy of the Gazerre were registered as pharmacists at the date shown on such certificate or Gazette.
7. (1) The Secretary may amend the register of pharmacists as to the address or any other particulars relating to a pharmacist whose name appears therein, if satisfied that such amendment is necessary for the purposes of preserving the accuracy of the register.
(2) The Secretary shall make such entries in the register of pharmacists as the Board in the exercise of its powers under this Ordinance may direct.
(3) The Board may direct the deletion of any entry in the register of pharmacists relating to a pharmacist who-
(a) requests in writing that his name be so deleted;
(b) has died;
(c)
has been absent from the Colony for a period of not less than two years without giving to the Secretary or the Board notice of his intention to return;
(d) the Board is satisfied obtained registration by fraudulent
means.
(CA. 138)
Evidence of registration.
Correction of register.
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