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[接上页] (1A) If any elected member of the Council or any member appointed by the Council under section 3 is, because of illness, absence from Hong Kong or any other reason, unable to perform his duties and exercise his powers as a member of the Council for any period, the Council may appoint another person who is suitably qualified for appointment under section 3(2) (not being one who is disqualified from holding office under section 3 or who has been removed from office under that section) to be a temporary member of the Council in the place of the member during that period. (Added 7 of 1996 s. 5) (2) While any person is acting as a temporary member of the Council, he shall be capable of performing all the duties and of exercising all the powers of the member whom he is temporarily replacing. (Added 70 of 1975 s. 4) Cap 161 s 4 Meetings of the Council (1) The Council shall meet at such times and such places as the Chairman may appoint. (Amended 3 of 1988 s.5) (2) Except in an inquiry under section 21, in an appeal hearing under section 20F, 20O or 20W, or in an election petition under the Election Regulation as defined in section 3, at any meeting of the Council 13 members shall be a quorum. (Replaced 7 of 1996 s. 6) (2A) In a meeting of the Council to hear an appeal under section 20F, 20O or 20W or an election petition under the Election Regulation as defined in section 3, 5 members shall be a quorum. (Added 7 of 1996 s. 6) (3) The validity of any proceedings of the Council shall not be affected by any vacancy among the members thereof or by any defect in the appointment of a member thereof. (4) All questions coming or arising before a meeting of the Council shall be decided by a majority of the members of the Council present and voting thereon. (4A) Except for an inquiry under section 21, for an appeal hearing under section 20F, 20O or 20W and for an election petition under the Election Regulation as defined in section 3, the Council may transact any of its business by circulation of papers without meeting; and a resolution signed by all the members of the Council for the time being present in Hong Kong is as valid and effective as if it had been passed at a meeting by the votes of the members so signing. (Added 7 of 1996 s. 6) (5) The Chairman at any meeting of the Council shall have an original vote and also, if upon any question the votes shall be equally divided, a casting vote except in an inquiry under section 21 at which he shall have only an original vote. (6) The Council may make standing orders for regulating the procedure at, and in connection with, its meetings. Cap 161 s 5 Registrar PART III REGISTRATION OF MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS For the purposes of this Ordinance, there shall be a Registrar of Medical Practitioners who shall be the Director. Cap 161 s 6 Registers (1) The Registrar shall cause a register, to be called the General Register, to be kept in such form as he thinks fit and containing the names, addresses and qualifications, and such other particulars as he thinks necessary- (a) in Part I of the General Register, of all persons who have been registered under section 14; (b) in Part II of the General Register, of all persons who have been provisionally registered under section 12 but have not been registered under section 14; (c) in Part III of the General Register, of all persons with limited registration; (d) in Part IV of the General Register, of all persons with temporary registration. (2) The Registrar is responsible for the maintenance and custody of the General Register. (3) The Registrar shall cause a register, to be called the Specialist Register, to be kept in such form as he thinks fit and containing the names, addresses, qualifications and experience, and such other particulars as he thinks necessary of those persons who have been approved by the Council to have their names included in the Specialist Register. (Added 7 of 1996 s. 7) (4) The Registrar is responsible for the maintenance and custody of the Specialist Register. (Added 7 of 1996 s. 7) (Replaced 7 of 1996 s. 39) Cap 161 s 7 Council to set Licensing Examination (1) The Council shall set an examination, called the Licensing Examination, the passing of which shows the achievement of a standard acceptable for registration, under section 8(1)(b), as a medical practitioner. (2) Without prejudice to section 7A, the Council may impose such conditions as it thinks fit, being conditions which are relevant to the assessment or improvement of a person's professional knowledge and practice in medicine, surgery and midwifery which a person must comply with before the Council allows him to take the Licensing Examination or any part thereof. (3) The Council may prohibit a person from taking the Licensing Examination if the person has taken any one part of the Licensing Examination 5 consecutive times and has failed each time. (4) Subject to subsection (5) and such conditions as the Council thinks fit, the Council may exempt a person from taking any part of the Licensing Examination. |