Bill to expand Medical Council representation endorsed
The Governor-in-Council today (Wednesday) endorsed the introduction of the Medical Registration (Amendment) (No 2) Bill 1995 which seeks to expand the membership of the Medical Council to cope with its increased workload.
Under the proposed bill, the number of members of the Medical Council will be increased from the existing 14 to 24.
There would be additional representation from the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Medical Association (HKMA) and the lay sector.
In addition, the new Medical Council would include directly elected members.
"We propose that six members be elected from all registered medical practitioners on the General Register and another six be elected from all members of the HKMA," a spokesman for the Health and Welfare Branch said.
"The introduction of elected members into the Medical Council is in line with our policy of encouraging greater involvement of the profession in its own affairs."
The bill also proposes to establish a specialist register containing a list of medical practitioners entitled to be known as medical specialists in their respective specialities.
In addition to the existing Licentiate Committee and the Preliminary Investigation Committee, the new Council will set up three more committees, namely the Education and Accreditation Committee, the Ethics Committee and the Health Committee.
The bill will be published in the Gazette on October 27 and introduced into the Legislative Council on November 8.
End/Wednesday, October 18, 1995
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