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. Striking off the UugUlor. Appoftl tn Oovcnior lu CouucU. Making a fnlso doclaratlon. Fraudulont rcgUlrution* PnnnUy on nnruglHtored persons. be to the Colonial Secretary antliority for registering the l^ractitioner accorilingly. If the Board are not satistied, they shall submit the case, with a full report of their opin- ions about it, and of the grounds on which those opinions arc based, to the Governor in Council, for decision as to whether they shall or shall not give the certificate as afore- said ; such decision shall bo final, and, if in the applicant’s favour, shall entitle him to have given to him such a certific- ate as aforesaid. 14. If any Practitioner registered under this Ordinance is convicted of any felony or misdemeanour, or, after duo inquiry, is considered by the Medical Board to have been guilty of infamous conduct in any professional respect, the Medical Board may, if they think fit, inform the Colonial Secretary thereof stating the particulars of the case in full, and the Colonial Secretary may thereupon if ho thinks lit, strike the name of such Practitioner off the Register. 15. All questions resj)ecting the right of any person to be registered, or the mode of registration, or the liability of any person to bo struck oil the Register, and all questions respecting any alteration of the Register, shall, in case of dis|)ute, be decided, subject to an appeal to the Governor in Council. If there is no such aj)peal, the order, direction, or decision shall be final. If there is such an appeal, the decision of the Governor in Council shall bo final, and ho may giv'O all such directions to the Colonial Secretary as may be necessary for enforcing such decision. 16. Any person wdio wilfully makes before any Justice of the Peace any false declaration, purporting to bo a decla- ration under this Ordinance, shall be guilty of perjury. 17. If uny person fraudulently procures or attempts to pro- cure himself or any other person to bo registered under this Ordinance by making or producing, or causing to be made or produced, any false or fraudulent representation or decla- ration, either orally or in Avriting, he and every person aiding and assisting him therein shall be guilty of a misde- meanour, and shall, on conviction thereof, be liable to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, for any teim not exceeding two years. 18. Any person who after the 3rd day of May, 1884, Avilfully or falsely takes or uses in this Colony any name or title or addition, implying a qualification to practise medicine or surgery, or Avho not being either registered under this Ordinance or entitled to the benefit of section 20 of this Ordinance practises for gmin or professes to practise or publishes his name as practising medicine or surgery or receives any payment as practising medicine or surgery, shall be liable for each olfcnce, on summary comuction before a Police Magistrate, to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.