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[接上页] (5) The Council shall not exempt a person from taking any part or parts of the Licensing Examination in respect of medical knowledge unless the person satisfies the Council that he has substantial experience of the practice of medicine and surgery, or, as the case may be, medicine, surgery and midwifery. (6) The Council may delegate any or all of its functions under this section to the Committee. (Replaced 87 of 1995 s. 4) Cap 161 s 7A Eligibility for taking Licensing Examination (1) No person shall be eligible to take the Licensing Examination unless- (Amended 7 of 1996 s. 40) (a) he makes an application in that behalf to the Council and pays to the Registrar a prescribed fee for taking the Licensing Examination; and (b) he satisfies the Council- (i) that at the time of the application he has satisfactorily completed not less than 5 years full time medical training of a type approved by the Council and is the holder of a medical qualification acceptable to the Council; and (ii) that he is of good character. (2) For the purpose of subsection (1)(b)(i), the 5 years full time medical training shall include a period of internship as approved by the Council. (Added 7 of 1996 s. 40) (Added 87 of 1995 s. 5.) Cap 161 s 8 Qualification for registration under section 14 (1) A person is not qualified to be registered as a medical practitioner under section 14 unless- (a) he has been awarded a degree of medicine and surgery by a university in Hong Kong specified in Schedule 1 and is also certified under section 9 that he has had the experience specified in that section; (Amended 7 of 1996 s. 41) (b) he has passed the Licensing Examination and has completed the period of assessment provided for in section 10A; (c) his name was, immediately before the commencement of section 6 of the Medical Registration (Amendment) Ordinance 1995 (87 of 1995), on Part I or III of the register kept under section 6 immediately before such commencement; or (d) he was at any time registered in Part I or III of the register kept immediately before such commencement but has been removed subsequently and he satisfies the Council that he is of good character and is still up to such professional standard acceptable to the Council. (2) The Council may, with the prior approval of the Legislative Council, by notice in the Gazette, amend Schedule 1. (Amended 7 of 1996 s. 41) (Replaced 87 of 1995 s. 6) Cap 161 s 8A (Repealed) (Repealed 87 of 1995 s. 6) Cap 161 s 9 Certificate of experience (1) A certificate for the purposes of section 8(1)(a) shall not be granted in respect of any person unless after passing a qualifying examination he has been engaged in employment in a resident medical capacity in an approved hospital or in an approved institution for such period as may be prescribed. (Amended 87 of 1995 s. 7) (2) A person satisfying the condition specified in subsection (1) may apply to the university specified in Schedule 1 which awarded him the degree of medicine and surgery for a certificate under this section, and if the university is satisfied that- (Amended 63 of 1982 s. 7; 87 of 1995 s. 7; 7 of 1996 s. 42) (a) during the time the applicant has been so employed as aforesaid he has been engaged for such period or minimum period as may be prescribed in medicine, and for such period or minimum period as may be prescribed in surgery; and (b) his service while so employed has been satisfactory,the university shall grant, in such form as may be specified by the Council, a certificate that it is so satisfied. (Amended 87 of 1995 s. 7; 7 of 1996 s. 42) (3) Time during which an applicant, while employed as mentioned in subsection (1) has been engaged in midwifery, not exceeding such period as may be prescribed, shall be counted for the purposes of subsection (2)(a) either as time spent in medicine or as time spent in surgery, as the applicant may elect. (4) Where during any period of such employment as is referred to in subsection (1) an applicant who has been engaged in medicine has also been engaged in surgery or in midwifery or both, or an applicant who has been engaged in surgery has also been engaged in midwifery, the period shall be apportioned for the purposes of this section in such manner as may be determined by the body granting the qualifying diploma by virtue of which the applicant claims registration. (5) In this section- (a) "approved" (认可), in relation to a hospital or institution, means approved for the time being by a university specified in Schedule 1 for the purposes of this section; (Amended 63 of 1982 s. 7; 87 of 1995 s. 7; 7 of 1996 s. 42) (b) reference to employment in a resident medical capacity shall be construed as reference to employment in the practice of medicine, surgery or midwifery, where the person in question is resident in the hospital or institution where he is employed or conveniently near thereto, and by the terms of his employment is required to be so resident. |