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[接上页] Cap 359B reg 7 Application for registration or provisional registration (1) An application for registration as an occupational therapist under section 13 of the Ordinance or for provisional registration as an occupational therapist under section 15 of the Ordinance shall be in accordance with Form 1 in Schedule 2. (2) A form of application for registration or provisional registration shall be signed in the presence of a barrister, commissioner for oaths, occupational therapist registered in Part I of the register, registered medical practitioner or solicitor and shall be delivered to the Secretary together with 4 photographs of the applicant of such size as shall be specified by the Secretary. (47 of 1997 s. 10) (3) The Secretary shall refer the application of a person claiming to be qualified to be registered- (a) under section 12(1)(a) or 15 of the Ordinance to the Board; and (b) under section 12(1)(b) or (c) of the Ordinance to the Council,as soon as practicable after receiving the application. (Enacted 1990) Cap 359B reg 8 Consideration of an application by Council On receipt of an application under regulation 7(3)(b), the Council shall, as soon as practicable, consider it and if satisfied that the applicant is qualified to be registered under section 12(1)(b) or (c) of the Ordinance inform the Board accordingly. (Enacted 1990) Cap 359B reg 9 Certificates of registration and provisional registration (1) A certificate of registration issued under section 14(1) of the Ordinance shall be in accordance with Form 2A in Schedule 2. (2) A certificate of provisional registration issued under section 15 of the Ordinance shall be in accordance with Form 2B in Schedule 2. (Enacted 1990) Cap 359B reg 10 Examinations (1) A candidate for an examination shall pay the fee prescribed in Schedule 3 as a condition of entry for the examination. (2) An examination may be written, oral or practical and shall be based upon such syllabus as the Board may from time to time determine. (3) The Board shall cause a candidate for an examination to be informed of his results after the completion of the examination. (Enacted 1990) Cap 359B reg 11 Appeals Any appeal under section 15B of the Ordinance shall be in writing and shall be made within 14 days of the aggrieved person being notified of the Board's decision. (Enacted 1990) Cap 359B reg 12 Application for, and issue of, practising certificates (1) An application for a practising certificate under section 16 of the Ordinance shall be in writing. (2) A practising certificate shall be in such form as may be determined by the Secretary. (Enacted 1990) Cap 359B reg 13 Certificate of standing or examination (1) A certificate of standing shall be in such form as the Board may determine. (2) A certificate issued by the Board in respect of any examination shall in such form as the Board may determine. (Enacted 1990) Cap 359B reg 14 Statement by company The statement required to be transmitted by a company carrying on the business of an occupational therapist to the Secretary under section 20(3) of the Ordinance shall be in accordance with Form 3 in Schedule 2. (Enacted 1990) Cap 359B reg 15 Fees The fees payable under the Ordinance and these regulations shall be the fees specified in Schedule 3. (Enacted 1990) Cap 359B reg 16 Exemptions (1) Any person of the description mentioned in column 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 4 is exempt from the section of the Ordinance specified in column 3 of at Schedule opposite such description. (2) Any person of the description mentioned in column 2 of Part 2 of Schedule 4 is, subject to the conditions specified in subregulation (3), exempt from the section of the Ordinance specified in column 3 of that Schedule opposite such description. (3) The conditions referred to in subregulation (2) are that- (a) the exempt person employs in connection with his practice of occupational therapy one occupational therapist registered in Part I of the register; and (b) the practice of occupational therapy is carried on under the supervision of the occupational therapist referred to in paragraph (a). (Enacted 1990) Cap 359B reg 17 Preliminary Investigation Committee PART III PROCEEDINGS PREPARATORY TO HEARING BY THE BOARD (1) For the purposes of performing the functions conferred upon it by the Ordinance and these regulations, there shall be a Preliminary Investigation Committee consisting of- (a) a chairman who shall be a member of the Board nominated by the Board and appointed by the Chairman of the Board; (b) an occupational therapist registered in Part I of the register and ordinarily resident in Hong Kong, not being a member of the Board and who is practising as an occupational therapist in the employment of the Government or the Hospital Authority, nominated by the Hong Kong Occupational Therapy Association and appointed by the Chairman of the Board; (L.N. 517 of 1994; L.N. 87 of 2004) (c) an occupational therapist registered in Part I of the register and ordinarily resident in Hong Kong, not being a member of the Board, who is practising as an occupational therapist other than as an employee of the Government or the Hospital Authority, nominated by the Hong Kong Occupational Therapy Association and appointed by the Chairman of the Board. (L.N. 517 of 1994; L.N. 87 of 2004)(2) Save as provided in Schedule 5 the members of the Committee shall hold office for 12 months but at the end of such period they may be re-nominated and reappointed. |