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Supplementary Medical Professions

[1980 Ed.

Boards may prepare Codes of Practice.

Penalties.

Notices.

PART VI

GENERAL

26. (1) A board may prepare and revise Codes of Practice for the relevant profession for the purposes of this Ordinance-

(a) prescribing standards of conduct and practice for persons practising that profession, for the employers of persons practising that profession and the directors of any company carrying on the business of practising that profession; and (b) regulating the activities of persons practising that profession including the activities of such persons in the supervision and control of unqualified persons assisting such persons in the practice of the profession; and

(c) the Codes of Practice may prohibit specified activities.

(2) The secretary of the board shall cause a copy of a Code of Practice and each revision thereof to be served upon each person registered in respect of the profession to which the Code of Practice or revision applies.

(3) A person, who contravenes any Code of Practice prepared or revised under subsection (1) and applicable to his profession, shall be deemed to have acted in an unprofessional or improper manner; but the fact that any matters are not mentioned in a Code of Practice, shall not preclude the board from judging a person to have acted in an unprofessional or improper manner by reference to those matters.

27. A person guilty of an offence against-

(a) section 12(2), is liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years;

(b) section 14(6) or 14(8), is liable on conviction to a fine of $500;

(c) section 18(2) or 18(3), is liable on conviction to a fine of $1,000;

(d) section 19(3), is liable on conviction to a fine of $2,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months;

(e) section 20(2), is liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months;

(f) section 21(1) or 21(2), is liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months;

(g) section 23(3) or 23(6), is liable on conviction to a fine of $500 and to imprisonment for 3 months.

28. Where any notice or order is required by this Ordinance to be served upon or given to a person by the secretary then it shall be sufficient if it is sent by registered letter addressed to him at his last registered address.