1988 Ed.]
Midwives Registration
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Penalty for acts falsely implying registration
17. Any woman who, not being a registered midwife, uses the name or title of midwife, either alone or in combination with any other expression, or uses any name, title, description, uniform or badge implying that she is a registered midwife or is a person specially qualified to practise midwifery or is recognized by law as a midwife, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $1,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months.
Prohibition of persons other than registered midwives
attending for gain women in childbirth except under medical supervision
18. If any person, being either a male person or a woman who is not a registered midwife, receives any remuneration for attending a woman in childbirth otherwise than under the direction and personal supervision of a registered medical practitioner within the meaning of the Medical Registration Ordinance (Cap.161), that person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $2,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months:
Provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply in the case of any person who, while undergoing training with a view to becoming a registered medical practitioner within the meaning of the Medical Registration Ordinance, or a registered midwife under this Ordinance, attends a woman in childbirth as part of a course of practical instruction in midwifery recognized by the Board.
Power of Board to prohibit registered midwives suffering from certain diseases from attending women in childbirth
19. (1) If any registered midwife contracts any infectious disease within the meaning of the Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Ordinance (Cap.141), which, in the opinion of the Board, is likely to endanger the health of any woman attended by her in the course of her practice, the Board may prohibit such registered midwife from attending women in childbirth in any capacity during the continuance of such disease.
(2) Any contravention of a prohibition imposed under this section shall constitute a ground for disciplinary proceedings under section 10.
Power of Board to prohibit disqualified midwives, etc. from attending women in childbirth
20. (1) Where the Board orders that the name of any registered midwife be removed from the register under section 10 or refuses to enter the name of any applicant for registration upon the register under section 8, the Board may prohibit her from attending in any capacity women in childbirth. (Amended, 67 of 1985, s. 16)
(2) Any woman who acts in contravention of a prohibition imposed under this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $2,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months, unless she proves that she acted in a case of emergency.
1988 Ed.]
Midwives Registration
[CAP. 162
11
Penalty for acts falsely implying registration
17. Any woman who, not being a registered midwife, uses the name or title of midwife, either alone or in combination with any other expression, or uses any name, title, description, uniform or badge implying that she is a registered midwife or is a person specially qualified to practise midwifery or is recognized by law as a midwife, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $1,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months.
Prohibition of persons other than registered midwives
attending for gain women in childbirth except under medical supervision
18. If any person, being either a male person or a woman who is not a registered midwife, receives any remuneration for attending a woman in childbirth otherwise than under the direction and personal supervision of a registered medical practitioner within the meaning of the Medical Registration Ordinance (Cap. 161), that person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $2,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months:
Provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply in the case of any person who, while undergoing training with a view to becoming a registered medical practitioner within the meaning of the Medical Registration Ordinance, or a registered midwife under this Ordinance, attends a woman in childbirth as part of a course of practical instruction in midwifery recognized by the Board.
Power of Board to prohibit registered midwives suffering from certain diseases from attending women in childbirth
19. (1) If any registered midwife contracts any infectious disease within the meaning of the Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Ordinance (Cap. 141), which, in the opinion of the Board, is likely to endanger the health of any woman attended by her in the course of her practice, the Board may prohibit such registered midwife from attending women in childbirth in any capacity during the continuance of such disease.
(2) Any contravention of a prohibition imposed under this section shall constitute a ground for disciplinary proceedings under section 10.
Power of Board to prohibit disqualified midwives, etc. from attending women in childbirth
20. (1) Where the Board orders that the name of any registered midwife be removed from the register under section 10 or refuses to enter the name of any applicant for registration upon the register under section 8, the Board may prohibit her from attending in any capacity women in childbirth. (Amended, 67 of 1985, s. 16)
(2) Any woman who acts in contravention of a prohibition imposed under this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $2,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months, unless she proves that she acted in a case of emergency.
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