890 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH NOVEMBER, 1892.
Title.
Construction.
[No. 6 of 1884.]
Repeal of s. 2 of No. 6 of 1884.
Ordinance not
to apply to
Chinese
Practitioners.
Amendment of
section 11 of
No. 6 of 1884.
Repeal of Es. 12 and 13
of No. 6 of 1884.
Registration of duly qualified persons.-
(a) Already registered in other Colonies.
(6) Holding diplomas, &c., in other
countries.
Evidence of qualification,
&c.
BE
A BILL
ENTITLED
An Ordinance to amend “ The Medical.
Registration Ordinance, 1884."
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance shall be read and construed as one with The Medical Registration Ordinance, 1884, herein- after called the principal Ordinance. The principal Ordi- nance and this Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Medical Registration Ordinances 1884 to 189
2. Section 2 of the principal Ordinance is hereby repealed and in lieu thereof, the following section shall be substituted viz.:-
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"2. This Ordinance shall not be deemed to prohibit "Chinese Practitioners from practising Medicine or treating surgical cases according to Chinese methods or from de- manding or recovering reasonable charges for services rendered by them in respect of such practice."
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3. In section 11 of the principal Ordinance the words 'Any person claiming to be entitled under the Acts of the United Kingdom 21 and 22 Victoria, Chapter 90, and 31 and 32 Victoria, Chapter 29" are hereby repealed and in lieu thereof the following words shall be substituted, that is to say :-
"Any person claiming to be entitled under the Imperial "Medical Acts 1858 and 1886 (21 and 22 Vict., c. 90 and "49 and 50 Vict., c. 48) or any Act amending the same"
4. Sections 12 and 13 of the principal Ordinance are hereby repealed and the following sections are substituted in lieu thereof, viz.:--
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"12. (a) Any person who is registered as a Medical or Surgical Practitioner according to the Law
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"of any of Her Majesty's Dominions (other "than the United Kingdom and this Colony) "and therein is entitled or qualified to prac- "tise Medicine, Surgery and Midwifery and "(b) Any person holding a medical diploma, degree, fellowship, membership, licence, authority "to practise, letters testimonial, certificate, or other status or document granted by any university, corporation, college or other "body, or by the Hongkong College of "Medicine for Chinese in this Colony, or 'by any departments of or persons acting "under the authority of the Government of any Country or place within or without "Her Majesty's Dominions, qualifying or "entitling him to practise Medicine, Surgery "and Midwifery in the Country or place
where it is granted
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"shall be entitled to be registered under the principal Or- dinance as hereby amended: Provided always that such person shall prove to the satisfaction of the Board that he "is of good character and that he has passed through a course of study and examination as thorough and sufficient as the minimum course of study and examination in any "similar case required under the Imperial Medical Acts "1858 and 1886 or by Order of Her Majesty's Privy "Council."
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"13. Documentary or other evidence of the identity of any person applying for registration under the last preced- "ing section and of the fact that such person has been "registered as aforesaid in some country or place within "Her Majesty's Dominions other than the United Kingdom For this Colony as aforesaid or that such diploma or other "document aforesaid has been granted and that such person 66 possesses the necessary qualifications as aforesaid shall be "submitted to the Board by any person applying to be registered and the Board shall forthwith consider the same. If the Board is satisfied with the proofs forwarded "it shall grant to such person a certificate in the form C "in the schedule hereto or as near thereto as circumstances "will permit, such certificate shall be impressed with a "stamp for duty by way of registration fee of $25 and upon production to the Colonial Secretary shall entitle "such person to registration as a Medical Practitioner in- "this Colony. If the Board is not satisfied that such person has been registered as aforesaid or with his diploma or "other document as aforesaid or with the evidence of quali- "fication or with the character of the applicant it shall
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