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[接上页] Cap 161 s 18 Definition The words "legally qualified medical practitioner" (具法定资格的医生) or "duly qualified medical practitioner" (正式符合资格的医生) or any words importing a person recognized by law as a medical practitioner or member of the medical profession, when used in any written law with reference to such persons, shall be construed to mean a registered medical practitioner. Cap 161 s 19 Power of Council to order removal of names from General Register (1) The Council may order the removal from the General Register of the name of any person who- (Amended 7 of 1996 s. 12) (a) is deceased; (b) has not, before 30 June of a year, obtained his practising certificate issued under section 20A(2) for that year or his retention certificate issued under section 19A for that year, as may be appropriate; (Replaced 7 of 1996 s. 12) (c) being a person required to be the holder of a practising certificate, has practised medicine, surgery or midwifery in Hong Kong for a period exceeding 6 months without having obtained such a certificate; or (d) has failed to supply the Registrar with an address in Hong Kong at which notices from the Council may be served on him. (2) Any person who fails to acknowledge within 4 months after the date of dispatch the receipt of a registered letter or a telegram addressed to him at the last address in Hong Kong supplied by him to the Registrar shall be deemed to have failed to supply the Registrar with an address under subsection (1)(d). (Amended 7 of 1996 s. 12) (Replaced 70 of 1975 s. 6) Cap 161 s 19A Medical practitioners resident outside Hong Kong Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 23 of 1998 s. 2; 37 of 2000 s. 3 (1) A registered medical practitioner who is resident outside Hong Kong and has ceased to practise medicine, surgery or midwifery in Hong Kong, or any branch of medicine or surgery in Hong Kong, may apply to the Registrar for the transfer of his name from the resident list to the non-resident list as specified in Part I of the General Register. (2) Subject to- (a) the submission of evidence that the applicant has not been convicted in Hong Kong or elsewhere of any offence punishable with imprisonment; (b) the payment of the prescribed fee for alteration of the General Register; and (c) the payment of the prescribed retention fee, the Registrar may transfer the applicant's name from the resident list to the non-resident list and upon the transfer, shall issue to the applicant a certificate to the effect that he is, subject to any conditions and restrictions specified in the certificate, entitled to have his name remain in the General Register for the period specified in the certificate. (3) If the registered medical practitioner is desirous of having his name remain on the non-resident list beyond the period specified in the certificate issued under subsection (2), he may, within 2 months before the expiry of the certificate, apply to the Registrar for renewal of the certificate. (4) Upon an application under subsection (3) and subject to- (a) the submission of evidence that the applicant has not been convicted in Hong Kong or elsewhere of any offence punishable with imprisonment; and (b) the payment of the prescribed retention fee, the Registrar shall issue to the applicant a certificate to the effect that he is, subject to any conditions and restrictions specified in the certificate, entitled to have his name remain in the General Register for the period specified in the certificate. (5) Where a registered medical practitioner returns to Hong Kong and resumes the practice of medicine, surgery or midwifery in Hong Kong, or any branch of medicine or surgery in Hong Kong, he shall apply to the Registrar for- (a) the transfer of his name from the non-resident list to the resident list; and (b) a practising certificate issued under section 20A. (6) Upon an application under subsection (5)(a) and subject to- (a) the submission of evidence that the applicant has not been convicted in Hong Kong or elsewhere of any offence punishable with imprisonment and has not been guilty of misconduct in a professional respect while residing and practising outside Hong Kong; and (Amended 37 of 2000 s. 3) (b) the payment of the prescribed fee for alteration of the General Register, the Registrar may transfer the applicant's name from the non-resident list to the resident list. (Added 7 of 1996 s. 13. Amended 23 of 1998 s. 2) Cap 161 s 19B Power of Council to order removal of names from Specialist Register (1) If- (a) the Council orders a removal of the name of a person under section 19(1); and (b) that person's name is also included in the Specialist Register, the Registrar shall, at the same time when he removes that person's name from the General Register, also order the removal of his name from the Specialist Register. (2) The Council may, upon a recommendation of the Education and Accreditation Committee and without conducting an inquiry under section 21, order the removal of the name of a registered medical practitioner from the Specialist Register permanently or for a period as the Council thinks fit. |