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LEGISLATION.

33. The following legislation dealing with medical and health matters was enacted during the year 1959/60;

Ordinances:

(1) Dentists Registration Ordinance, 1959.

Rules and Regulations:

(a) Poisons (Amendment) Regulations, 1959. (G.N.A. 22/59). (b) Poisons List (Amendment) Regulations, 1959 (G.N.A. 23/59). (c) Poisons List (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1959. (G.N.A.

33/59).

(d) Poisons (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations. 1959 (G.N.A.

36/591.

(e) Nurses Registration (Amendment) Regulations. 1959, (G.N.A.

51/59).

{ Dentists (Registration and Disciplinary Procedure) Regulations,

1959. (G.N.A. 54/59).

(g) Poisons (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations, 1959, (G.N.A..

58/59).

(4) Poisons List (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations, 1959. (G.NA.

59/59).

[ Importation (Prohibition) (Radiation) Regulations, 1959.

(O.N.A. 73/59).

() Dangerous Drugs (Amendment of Schedule) (No. 2) Order.

1959. (G.N.A. 104/59).

(k) Poisons (Amendment) Regulations. 1960 (G.N.A. 5/601. (0) Poisons List (Amendment) Regulations, 1960. (G.N.A. 6/60),

PROFESSIONAL REGISTERS

34. There are five statutory bodies dealing with the registration of medical practitioners, dentists, pharmacists, nurses and midwives. The Hong Kong Medical Council is responsible for the registration of medical practitioners and has responsibilities in connexion with dis- ciplinary proceedings and offences; it is not an examining body. The Dental Council. Pharmacy Board. Nursing Board and Midwives Board all maintain registers, regulate training, hold examinations leading to registration or enrolment and have disciplinary powers,

35. At the 31st March, 1960 the numbers of persons on the statutory registers were as follows:

Register of Medical Practitioners Register of Dentists

31st March, 1957

Mar March, 1960

401

913

357

399

47

Register of Pharmacists

88

637

*2

} Register of Nurses

Female Male

1.646

88

831

Roll of Midwives

1618

WORK OF THE STATUTORY COUNCILS AND BOARDS

Medical Courseil

36. The Council met ten times during the year for the transaction of routine business; 9 notices to medical practitioners were issued for guidance on points of ethics. There were no disciplinary inquiries but the Preliminary Investigation Committee mei once to consider a com- plaint which was not referred to the Council for an inquiry.

Dental Council

37. The Dental Board met three times before the enactment of the new Ordinance and thereafter the Dental Council met four times. There were nineteen applications considered for registration as dentists, of which fourteen were accepted without examination. Of the remaining five applicants, two were required to pass the Council's examinations before being accepted for registration and the three other applicants were rejected as their curriculum of training was not up to the standard required by the Council for entry to its examinations,

Pharmacy Bourd

38. The Board met five times for the transaction of routine business, mainly in connexion with the control of habit-forming drugs, of certain phosphorus compounds in use as insecticides and of antibiotics.

39. Proposals for the amendment and re-enactment of the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance were completed and were submitted to Govern- ment for approval to prepare a draft Bill,

40. These proposals included the Board's suggestions for the restriction of the employment of part-time pharmacists and for simplifi- cation of the control of antibiotics together with a number of other suggestions designed to make the Ordinance more easily understood by the lay public.

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