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Medical Registration

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(5) Such of the provisions of section 21 as are capable of application to an inquiry held for the purposes of this section shall apply to such inquiry, and any such provision may be construed with such modifications not affecting the substance as may be necessary to render it conveniently applicable. (Added, 95 of 1970, s. 3)

15. (1) As soon as may be after 1 January of every year, the Registrar shall prepare and publish in the Gazette a list of the names, addresses, qualifications and dates of the qualifications of all persons whose names appear on Part I or Part III of the register on 1 January immediately preceding the publication of the list in the Gazette. (Amended, 70 of 1976, s. 9}

(2) As soon as may be after 1 July of every year, the Registrar shall prepare and publish in the Gazette a list of the names, addresses, qualifications and dates of the qualifications of all per- sons whose names were added to Part I or Part III of the register between 1 January and 1 July of such year. (Amended, 70 of 1976, s. 9)

(3) The publication of a list referred to in subsection (1) or (2) shall be prima facie evidence that each person named in such list is registered.

(4) The absence of the name of any person from the list last published under subsection (1) and any list subsequently published under subsection (2) shall be prima facie evidence that such person is not registered.

(5) A certificate under the hand of the Registrar stating that the name of a person is or is not at any date or was or was not at any date registered in Part I or III of the register or provisionally registered in Part II of the register or recorded in Part IV of the register, as the case may be, shall be conclusive evidence in all courts of law of the facts stated in such certificate. (Replaced, 12 of 1962, s. 2. Amended, 70 of 1976, s. 9)

16. (1) Subject to section 20A, every registered medical prac- titioner shall be entitled to practise medicine, surgery and midwifery and to recover in due course of law reasonable charges for profes- sional aid, advice and visits and the value of any medicine or any medical or surgical appliances rendered, made or supplied by him to his patients. (Amended, 70 of 1975, s. 5)

(2) Subject to the provisions of sections 30 and 31, no person shall be entitled to recover in any Court any such charges as are referred to in subsection (1) unless at the date when such charges accrued he was a registered medical practitioner:

Provided that nothing in this subsection shall affect the practice of midwifery by any person duly licensed in that behalf under the provisions of any law in force in Hong Kong. (Amended, 25 of 1984, s. 10)

Publication of

register and evidence of registration, etc.

Privileges of registered practitioners.

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