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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1929

THERE WAS A LACK OF CLARITY COUNCIL OVER THE BOARDS. HE ADDED.

OF A CONTROLLING ROLE OF THE

BETWEEN

"REGRETTABLY THIS PARTICULAR POINT ON THE RELATIONSHIP THE COUNCIL AND BOARDS HAD NEVER BEEN ADDRESSED. IT STILL REMAINS DUBIOUS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE BOARDS AND THE COUNCIL COME TO A STALEMATE." HE SAID.

DR LEONG SAID THE MEDICAL AND DENTAL PROFESSION FELT THERE WAS NO JUSTIFICATION TO FURTHER DELAY THE BILL BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATION HAD INFORMED THE PROFESSION THAT THERE HAD BEEN A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING AND CONSENSUS BETWEEN THE SMPC AND THE BOARDS.

HE SAID THE MEDICAL AND DENTAL PROFESSION DID NOT PUSH THE BILL AS ALLEGED BUT THEY THOUGHT THAT MANY FLAWS DID EXIST WITHIN THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE AND WOULD LIKE TO SEEK FURTHER AMENDMENTS TO MAKE IT PERFECT.

HE ALSO SAID THAT IT WAS NOT TRUE THAT THE MEDICAL PROFESSION WAS ATTEMPTING TO CONTROL OTHER ALLIED MEDICAL PROFESSIONS.

"THE MEDICAL PROFESSION HAS AND WILL ALWAYS MAINTAIN THE ROLE AS CO-ORDINATOR AND LEADER OF THE HEALTH CARE TEAM AND TOGETHER PROVIDE THE BEST OF CARE TO THE PUBLIC WE SERVE. HE SAID.

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DOCTORS REMAIN HEAD OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONS

IN SPITE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF MANY SUB-SPECIALISATIONS + DOCTORS REMAIN THE HEAD OF A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM BEARING THE TASK OF CURING PATIENTS, DR THE HON HENRIETTA IP SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY WEDNESDAY).

THAT

MEDICAL PROFESSIONS REASSURED TO LEARN MEDICAL LABORATORY

SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE SUPPLEMENTARY (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989, DR IP SAID THAT SHE WAS

THE PHYSIOTHERAPISTS, RADIOGRAPHERS, TECHNOLOGISTS AND THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS ALL FELT THAT THEIR PROFESSIONS SHOULD ONLY SEE PATIENTS REFERRED BY DOCTORS, AS IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN BY LEGISLATION.

THE ISSUE REGARDING CHIROPRACTORS WAS FOR THE TIME BRING A MATTER OUTSIDE THE BILL, SHE SAID.

PROFESSIONS SHOULD BE

DR IP SAID SHE AGREED THAT EACH OF THE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO REGULATE THEIR OWN PROFESSION AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO ENSURE THAT THEIR MEMBERS SHOULD PRACTISE WITHIN THEIR SCOPE.

THE BOARD SHOULD BE GIVEN THE POWER TO DISCIPLINE THEIR MEMBERS WHO TREATED PATIENTS WITHOUT REFERRAL FROM DOCTORS, SHE SAID.

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