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SOCIAL SERVICES BRANCH FROGRESS REPORT

1 MAY 1982 TO 31 JULY 1982

Subject

MEDICAL

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The practice

of pharmacy

and ancillary

matters

Medical

Registration

Ordinance (Cap. 161)

Purpose

To review the existing

legislation relating to dispensing, the employment of

pharmacists, and the need for training facilities.

To amend the existing legislation

(a) relating to

qualifications for registration, fees, etc.; and

(b) to revise the various fees.

Progress made and present position

Next quarter target

The Working Party Report was submitted To submit the report to HE on 12 July 1982.

to Executive Council for advice.

Executive Council advised that all proposed changes to registrable qualifications should be omitted as Members queried the appropriateness of the liedical Council having discretion over the tenure and conditions of registration to be granted to the holder of a foreign diploma when the Council had already accepted that the medical school issuing that diploma maintained reputable standards. The amended Bill was introduced into the Legislative Council on 7 July and received its third reading on 28 July.

(a) To resubmit the

draft Regulations to Executive Council

(b) To discuss with Medical Council points raised in Executive Council and prepare a further Bill.

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