An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled The Medical Registration Ordinance, 1884.

  • Hong Kong.
Date:
1884
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Credit: An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled The Medical Registration Ordinance, 1884. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Medical Registration. Colonial Secretary a certified copy of the entry of his name in the General Kegister or in any branch Register of the United Kingdom, signed by the Registrar of the General Medical Council or of any Branch Council of the United Kingdom. 12. Any Medical or Surgical Practitioner who, pursuant to law, is registered as such and entitled accordingly to certain privileges in practising medicine or surgery, accord- ing to his qualifications in any one or more of the provinces of the dominion of Canada, or in any other British Colony other than Hongkong, shall, trpon proof thereof, be entitled to be registered accordingly under this Ordinance. Documen- tary evidence of his being thus lawfully registered in such other Colony may be submitted to the Colonial Secretary by any such Practitioner who wishes to be registered in Hong- kong. If the Colonial Secretary is satisfied that such evidence estabfishes sufficient proof of the registration in such other Colony and of the identity of the applicant, he shall give to the Practitioner a certificate to that effect, according to the form C in the Schedule to this Ordinance and, upon the applicant returning the same to him duly impressed with a stamp of $5 for duty by Avay of registration fee, shall register him accordingly under this Ordinance. If the Colonial Secretary is not satisfied, he shall submit the case to the Governor in Council for decision as to whether he shall or shall not give such certificate, and such decision shall be final. 13. Any Medical or Surgical Practitioner holding a di- ploma, a licence, or a certificate of any kind concerning his professional qualifications granted to him by any Univer- sity or by any College or Faculty of Physicians or Surgeons, after and in consequence of his having passed through a course of study and examination as thorough and snflicient •as is the minimum course in any like case approved by Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council, under Section 21 of the Act of the United Kingdom, 21 and 22 Victoria, Chapter 90, shall, upon proof that such diploma, licence, or certificate was so granted, be entitled to be registered ac- cordingly under this Ordinance. Documentary or other evidence of his identity, and of the fact that such diploma, licence, or certificate was so granted may, together with his di- ploma, licence, or certificate, be submitted to the Medical Board by any Practitioner who wishes to be so registered and such evidence shall, without delay, be taken fully and fairly into consideration by the Board. If the Board are satisfied that the evidence establishes sufficient proof that the Practitioner has passed through a course of study and examinations as aforesaid, they shall give to such Practitioner a certificate to that effect, according to the form D in the Schedule to this Ordinance, and such certificate when impressed with a stamp for duty by way of registration foe of $25 shall Person* rcjristored In Coloiiios ontHIoil to be reglHtereU here. Persons hold- ing diplomas, &C. entitled to be registered.