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1987 Ed.]

Medical Registration

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(i) on summary conviction to a fine of $100,000 and to imprisonment for 3 years; or

(ii) on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for 7 years. (Added, 68 of 1986, s. 5)

(3) Subsection (2) shall not apply to any treatment-

(a) by way of dentistry performed by a dentist registered, deemed to be registered or exempt from registration under the Dentists Registration Ordinance;

(b) by way of the dispensation of medicine or poison by a pharmacist registered under the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance;

(c) by way of the dispensation of poison by a seller of poisons listed under the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance;

(d) in the course of the practice of one of the professions listed in the Schedule to the Supplementary Medical Professions Ordinance given by a person registered or licensed under that Ordinance to practise that profession;

(e) by way of massage given in a massage establishment by or under the supervision of a person licensed to operate that massage establishment under the Massage Establishments Ordinance;

(f) by way of chiropody, chiropractic or osteopathy; and

(g) by way of first aid. (Added, 68 of 1986, s. 5)

(4) For the purposes of this section a person who fraudulently procures himself to be registered by making or producing or causing to be made or produced, any false or fraudulent representation or declaration, either oral or in writing, shall be deemed not to have been so registered. (Added, 68 of 1986, s. 5)

(5) In subsection (3) "treatment" includes such diagnosis and prescription as is necessary for the purpose of giving treatment. (Added, 68 of 1986, s. 5)

(Cap. 156.)

(Cap. 138.)

(Cap. 359.)

(Cap. 266.)

PART V

EXEMPTIONS AND REGULATIONS

29. The following persons shall be exempted from registration and shall be deemed to be registered medical practitioners while serving in or holding the appointments specified-

(a) all medical officers of Her Majesty's Forces serving on full pay in Hong Kong, (Amended, 25 of 1984, s. 10)

(b) all ships' surgeons while in the discharge of their duties;

(c) any person who is in Hong Kong for the purpose of teaching and research in any institution recognized from

Exemption from registration.