midwives. The Hong Kong Medical Council has statutory powers govern- ing the registration of medical practitioners and has duties in connexion with disciplinary 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 of enrolment and have disciplinary powers.
At 31st March, 1964, the number of persons on the statutory registers were as follows:
Register of Medical Practitioners Register of Dentists
L
Register of Pharmacists
J
INA
LLI
Register of Nurses-General (Female)
Ik h
(Male)
-Mental (Male)
T4
Register of Midwives
KJ
1.203
430
។ . .
117
2,464
144
15
2,304
WORK OF THE STATUTORY COUNCILS AND BOARDS
Medical Council
39. There were five ordinary meetings of the Council and five inquiries requiring eight special meetings during the year. The inquiries were in respect of disciplinary charges, two of which had been referred by the Preliminary Investigation Committee during the previous year. Three of the charges concerned the wrongful issue of international certificates of inoculation against cholera and resulted in sentences of three months erasure, twelve months erasure and a reprimand respectively. One charge concerned the issue of two different death certificates in respect of one death and resulted in a sentence of twelve months erasure. One medical practitioner was found not guilty of a charge of advertising.
40. The Preliminary Investigation Committee met on three occasions to consider four disciplinary charges and three were referred to the Medical Council for inquiry. The fourth case was a charge of advertising and the Committee determined that no inquiry be held.
41. Notice to Medical Practitioners No. I was issued in November 1963, advising medical practitioners in regard to publicity and fer-splitting and gave a warning in regard the use of the words 'clinic" or "polyclinic" upon the Medical Clinics Ordinance coming into force on 1st January, 1964.
42. During the year there were 76 applications accepted for full registration and one application for reinstatement was granted; 57 applica- tions for provisional registration were also accepted. A total of 9 names were removed from the register during the year as a result of death, departure from the Colony or failure to notify changes of address. Dental Council
43. The Council met five times during the year to attend to routine business.
44. Notice to Registered Dentists No. 2 was issued in December 1963 concerning approved forms of notices for insertion in the Press,
45. There were 34 applications for registration, of which 16 applicants had qualifications acceptable without examination and were registered. Of the remaining 18 applicants, 3 sat the Council's examination, passed and their names were catered in the Register. 13 others were accepted for examination and two applications were rejected.
Pharmacy Board
46. The Board met four times for the transaction of routine business. There were 18 applications for registration of which two were accepted without examination. 10 applicants were required to undergo further practical training before attempting the Board's examination and a further 4 applicants were granted direct access to the Board's examina- tion. Two applications were rejected.
47. Three examinations were held and 11 candidates passed, of which 10 were registered and one was required to undergo further practical training before registration was granted.
48. Vader the Government scholarship scheme, a further scholarship was awarded for the study of pharmacy in the United Kingdom. Nursing Board
49. The Board met four times during the year. The General Nursing Council has been approached to recognize the Queen Elizabeth Hospital as a Nurses Training School in place of Kowloon Hospital, Examinations in general and psychiatric nursing were held in June and December, the results of which were as follows:
General Nursing Preliminary Examination Final Examination
Psychiatric Nursing Preliminary Examination Final Examination
M
Entered
Passed
Fr
372
238
393
325
17
PIN
15
13
13
10
J1
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