WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1986
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SHE SAID THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD SPELL OUT CLEARLY, AND ADEQUATE ENOUGH FOR USE IN THE COURTS, EITHER AS A DEPARTMENTAL WORKING REFERENCE OR AS SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION WHAT EXACTLY WERE THE RECOGNISED BOUNDARIES OF DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT USING +TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICAL METHODS+.
SHE SAID ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS WERE EITHER TO SET UP A REGISTER FOR ACUPUNCTURISTS, BONE SETTERS AND HERBALISTS PRIOR TO PRACTICE, OR TO ENACT LEGISLATION TO REGULATE THE TRAINING, STANDARD AND PRACTICE OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS.
BOTH OF THESE ALTERNATIVES WERE MORE IDEAL BUT THEY HAD MET WITH A RESISTANCE WHICH SHE COULD NOT COMPREHEND, DR IP SAID.
+ALL OTHER MEDICAL RELATED PROFESSIONS WHO ARE EXERT FROM THESE BILLS ARE BOUND BY REGULATIONS AND LICENCING UNDER ANOTHER ORDINANCE. I DO NOT SEE WHY TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS SHOULD BE TREATED DIFFERENTLY, SHE SAID.
MEDICAL PRACTICES MUST REACH ACCEPTABLE STANDARD
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT ALL MEDICAL PRACTICES UNDERTAKEN IN THE COMMUNITY ARE ABLE TO REACH AN ACCEPTABLE STANDARD, DR THE HON CHIU HIN-KWONG SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE PENALTIES FOR PRACTICE OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY BY UNREGISTERED PERSONS (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) BILL 1986, DR CHIU SAID THE BILL WOULD REMEDY THE INADEQUACIES AND DEFICIENCIES IN THE EXISTING LEGISLATION AND INCREASE OFFICIAL ATTEMPTS TO CURB ILLEGAL MEDICAL PRACTICE IN SAFEGUARDING THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
+WHEN THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IS ON THE RISE, THE PENALTIES FOR SUCH ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES HAVE TO BECOME MORE SEVERE, HE ADDED.
DR CHIU SAID THE LICENTIATE EXAMINATION SET UP IN 1977 WAS REGARDED AS AN APPROPRIATE AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF COMPETENCE IN PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE.
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