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Ord. No. 49/77
Addition of new sections 11A and 11B.
Amendment of section 15.
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DENTISTS REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT)
The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 11 the following new sections—
"Registered dentist not to practise without practising certificate.
Recovery of practising fees.
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11A. (1) Subject to this section, a registered dentist shall not practise as a dentist in Hong Kong, unless he is the holder of a practising certificate which is then in force.
(2) Subject to the payment of the prescribed fee for the issue of a practising certificate, the Secretary, on applica- tion made to him for that purpose by a registered dentist, shall issue to him a certificate to the effect that he is, subject to any conditions and restrictions specified in the certificate, entitled to practise dentistry in Hong Kong.
(3) Where a practising certificate is issued pursuant to an application made during the course of a year in respect of that year, the certificate shall, subject to subsection (5), be in force from the time of its issue until the end of that year.
(4) Where a practising certificate is issued pursuant to an application made during the course of a year in respect of the following year, the certificate shall, subject to sub- section (5), be in force for a period of 12 months com- mencing on 1st January in that following year.
(5) If at any time during the currency of a practising certificate issued under this section, the holder of the cer- tificate ceases to be registered, the certificate shall thereupon be deemed to be cancelled.
(6) Any person who is required under this section to be the holder of a practising certificate under this section shall be deemed to have obtained the certificate when he has duly applied to the Secretary and paid the prescribed fee for the issue of the practising certificate.
(7) Notwithstanding section 11(1) a person who is required under this section to be the holder of a practising certificate shall not be entitled to recover any fees, costs or other remuneration on any cause of action unless he was, at the time when the cause of action arose, the holder of a valid practising certificate.
(8) This section applies to any person whose name appears on the register.
11B. (1) If any registered dentist contravenes sub- section (1) of section 11A, the amount of the prescribed fee payable by him under subsection (2) of that section. shall be recoverable as a civil debt.
(2) In any proceedings under this section a certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Secretary to the effect that the registered dentist concerned had not paid the prescribed fee for the issue of a practising certificate shall, until the contrary is proved, be evidence of non-payment of the fee.
(3) On recovery from a registered dentist of a pre- scribed fee under this section the Secretary shall, if the registered dentist's name appears on the register, issue the registered dentist with the appropriate practising certificate.".
Section 15(3) of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting after paragraph (b) the following—
“(ba) being a person required to be the holder of a practising certificate, has practised dentistry in Hong Kong for a period
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