WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1985
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+SUFFICE TO SAY, THAT THIS CHAMBER WILL LOOK VERY CLOSELY AT THE REGULATIONS WHICH THE ADMINISTRATION ASSURES US WILL IRON OUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PRACTISING REFRACTIONISTS AND THOSE PROFESSIONAL OPTOMETRISTS QUALIFIED TO DO MORE, SHE SAID.
DR IP SAID THAT LIKE THE LEGISLATION GOVERNING THE MEDICAL COUNCIL, THE SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONS COUNCIL ONLY HAD DISCIPLINARY POWER BUT LACKED AN ADVISORY ROLE.
+THIS IS A SERIOUS LIMITING FACTOR, AS TESTED OUT IN COURT WITH A CITED PRECEDENT CASE, AND IS IN CONTRAST WITH OTHER NON- MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL COUNCILS, SHE SAID.
+ I HOPE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK INTO THIS DISCREPANCY.
DR IP SAID AN EXEMPTION CLAUSE RIGHTLY GAVE THE COUNCIL WIDE POWER AND FLEXIBILITY TO REGISTER ANYONE IT SAW FIT WITHOUT NECESSARILY MEETING THE CRITERIA OF THE REGULATIONS.
THIS WAS IN KEEPING WITH THAT OF THE MEDICAL REGISTRATION ORDINANCE.
+1 WILL REPEAT THE SAME CAUTION THAT! EXPRESSED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THAT BILL, IN THAT THIS CLAUSE SHOULD BE EXERCISED SPARINGLY, SHE SAID.
SHE SAID THE DISSATISFACTION BY THE PROFESSIONS AS REGARDS THE USE OF TERMINOLOGY ALSO EXTENDED TO THE USE OF THE CHINESE CHARACTER +YUEN+ TO DESCRIBE THE PERSON OFFERING PHYSIOTHERAPY.
THEY CONSIDERED ANOTHER CHARACTER 'SZE' SHOULD BE USED INSTEAD, IN KEEPING WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF THE OPTOMETRIST.
SHE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION COULD EXPLAIN THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE USE OF THE TWO CHARACTERS.
THE CHALLENGES OF THE BILL AND THE ENCOURAGING SIGNS WERE THAT THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT CONTINUED TO EXTEND THE STANDARD ISATION AND PUT UNDER LEGISLATIVE CONTROL THE PRACTICE OF ALLIED MEDICAL PROFESSIONS.
+THE PUBLIC NEEDS THIS PROTECTION AND REASSURANCE FROM THE GOVERNMENT THAT WHOEVER THE GOVERNMENT ALLOWS TO OFFER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ARE PROPERLY QUALIFIED TO DO SO, SHE SAID.
+I SINCERELY HOPE THAT SUCH AN INITIATIVE BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE AND THAT IT WILL EXTEND ITS CONTROL TO THE OTHER ALLIED PROFESSIONS IN THE PROTECTION OF THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC.
+1 ALSO HOPE THAT THE DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT BE PUT OFF BY THE DIFFICULTY OF THE TASK, NOR THE EXTRA WORK LOAD IT HAS TO TAKE ON.
/+THE PROFESSIONS
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