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PHARMACY AND POISONS (AMENDMENT)

(b) by inserting after paragraph (d) the following-

4.

"(e)

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being a person required to be the holder of a practising certificate, has practised as a pharmacist in Hong Kong for a period exceeding 6 months without having obtained such a certificate;

(f) is no longer practising as a pharmacist in Hong Kong.".

Section 8 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting sub- Amendment of section (2) and substituting the following-

"(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1), the Board may require any applicant for registration to pass such ex- aminations as it may determine or to undergo such period of training as the Board may specify.".

section 8.

5. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 10 Addition of the following new sections-

"Registered Pharmacist

not to practise without

practising certificate.

10A. (1) Subject to this section, a registered pharmacist shall not practise as a pharmacist 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 pharmacist, 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 as a pharmacist 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 under this Ordinance, 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) 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 has been entered on the register of pharmacists.

new sections 10A and 10B.