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[接上页] "approved" (认可) means approved by the Council for the purposes of this section. (Added 38 of 1992 s. 5) Cap 161 s 14B Temporary registration (1) Where an institution specified in subsection (2) intends to engage a person- (a) who does not have any of the qualifications for registration referred to in section 8; or (b) who has a qualification that qualifies him for registration referred to in section 8 but it is impracticable for him to obtain registration under section 14 in the circumstances, exclusively in performing clinical teaching or research for the institution, the institution shall apply to the Council in such form as specified by the Council on behalf of the person for temporary registration of the person and shall supply such further information about the person as required by the Council. (2) The institutions referred to in subsection (1) are- (a) the Department of Health; (b) the Hospital Authority; (c) the University of Hong Kong; and (d) The Chinese University of Hong Kong. (3) Where the Academy of Medicine supports the engagement by a private hospital of a person referred to in subsection (1) exclusively in performing clinical teaching or research in the private hospital, the Department of Health may, at the request of the Academy of Medicine and upon such conditions as the Department thinks fit, apply to the Council in such form as specified by the Council for temporary registration of the person and the Academy of Medicine shall supply such further information about the person as required by the Council. (4) The Council may determine and promulgate the details to be supplied under subsection (1) or (3). (5) Where the Council is satisfied that it is appropriate and necessary for the person, the subject of an application under subsection (1) or (3), to be registered under this section to enable him to perform the clinical teaching or research concerned, the Council may direct the Registrar to register him as a medical practitioner with temporary registration for a period not exceeding 14 days. (6) No certificate or licence is issued on a registration under this section. (7) The Council may delegate its power under this section to a committee or the Registrar. (Added 7 of 1996 s. 11) Cap 161 s 15 Publication of General Register and evidence of registration, etc. (1) As soon as may be after 1 January of every year, the Registrar shall prepare and publish in the Gazette a list of the names, addresses, qualifications and dates of the qualifications of all persons whose names appear on Part I and Part III of the General Register on 1 January immediately preceding the publication of the list in the Gazette. (Amended 70 of 1976 s. 9; 38 of 1992 s. 6; 87 of 1995 s. 15; 7 of 1996 s. 45) (2) As soon as may be after 1 July of every year, the Registrar shall prepare and publish in the Gazette a list of the names, addresses, qualifications and dates of the qualifications of all persons whose names were added to Part I and Part III of the General Register between 1 January and 1 July of such year. (Amended 70 of 1976 s. 9; 38 of 1992 s. 6; 87 of 1995 s. 15; 7 of 1996 s. 45) (3) The publication of a list referred to in subsection (1) or (2) shall be prima facie evidence that each person named in such list is registered. (4) The absence of the name of any person from the list last published under subsection (1) and any list subsequently published under subsection (2) shall be prima facie evidence that such person is not registered. (5) A certificate under the hand of the Registrar stating that the name of a person is or is not at any date or was or was not at any date registered in Part I, III or IV of the General Register or provisionally registered in Part II of the General Register, as the case may be, shall be conclusive evidence in all courts of law of the facts stated in such certificate. (Replaced 7 of 1996 s. 45) Cap 161 s 16 Privileges of registered medical practitioners (1) Subject to section 20A, every registered medical practitioner shall be entitled to practise medicine, surgery and midwifery and to recover in due course of law reasonable charges for professional aid, advice and visits and the value of any medicine or any medical or surgical appliances rendered, made or supplied by him to his patients. (Amended 70 of 1975 s. 5) (2) Subject to the provisions of sections 30 and 31, no person shall be entitled to recover in any Court any such charges as are referred to in subsection (1) unless at the date when such charges accrued he was a registered medical practitioner: Provided that nothing in this subsection shall affect the practice of midwifery by any person duly licensed in that behalf under the provisions of any law in force in Hong Kong. (Amended 25 of 1984 s. 10) Cap 161 s 17 Medical certificates No certificate or other document required by any written law to be signed by a duly qualified medical practitioner given after the commencement of this Ordinance shall be valid unless signed by a person who at the date of such signing was a registered medical practitioner. |