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[接上页] (5) If it appears to the Registrar that a certificate of registration or a certified copy of a certificate of registration is defaced or that the photograph thereon is not a reasonable likeness of the registered dentist to whom the certificate of registration relates the Registrar by notice in writing may require the registered dentist to lodge his certificate of registration or certified copy, as the case may be, with the Registrar and to apply for the issue of a duplicate certificate of registration or of another certified copy, and any registered dentist who on being so required fails to do so within 7 days of the service of such notice commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of $100. (Amended 68 of 1986 s. 10) Cap 156 s 11 Privileges of registered dentists (1) Subject to section 11A(7), every registered dentist shall be entitled to recover in due course of law reasonable charges for professional aid, advice and visits and the value of any medicine or any dental or medical appliances rendered, made or supplied by him to his patients. (Amended 49 of 1977 s. 5) (2) 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 dentist. Cap 156 s 11A Person not to practise without practising certificate (1) Subject to this section, a person to whom this section applies shall not practise as a dentist in Hong Kong, unless he is the holder of a practising certificate which is then in force. (Amended 62 of 1987 s. 4) (2) Subject to the payment of the prescribed fee for the issue of a practising certificate, the Secretary, on application made to him for that purpose by a person to whom this section applies, shall issue to him a certificate to the effect that he is, subject to any conditions and restrictions specified in the certificate,- (a) entitled to practise dentistry in Hong Kong; or (b) in the case of a person deemed to be a registered dentist under section 30(3)(a), entitled to practise dentistry for the purpose of teaching or performing hospital work in the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Hong Kong. (Amended 62 of 1987 s. 4) (3) Where a practising certificate is issued pursuant to an application made during the course of a year in respect of that year, the certificate shall, subject to subsection (5), be in force from the time of its issue until the end of that year. (4) Where a practising certificate is issued pursuant to an application made during the course of a year in respect of the following year, the certificate shall, subject to subsection (5), be in force for a period of 12 months commencing on 1 January in that following year. (5) If at any time during the currency of a practising certificate issued under this section, the holder of the certificate ceases to be registered, the certificate shall thereupon be deemed to be cancelled. (6) Any person who is required under this section to be the holder of a practising certificate under this section shall be deemed to have obtained the certificate when he has duly applied to the Secretary and paid the prescribed fee for the issue of the practising certificate. (7) Notwithstanding section 11(1) a person who is required under this section to be the holder of a practising certificate shall not be entitled to recover any fees, costs or other remuneration on any cause of action unless he was, at the time when the cause of action arose, the holder of a valid practising certificate. (8) This section applies to- (a) any person whose name appears on the register; and (b) any person deemed to be a registered dentist by virtue of section 30(3)(a). (Replaced 62 of 1987 s. 4) (Added 49 of 1977 s. 6) Cap 156 s 11B Recovery of practising fees (1) If any person to whom section 11A applies contravenes subsection (1) of that section, the amount of the prescribed fee payable by him under subsection (2) of that section shall be recoverable as a civil debt. (2) In any proceedings under this section a certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Secretary to the effect that the person concerned had not paid the prescribed fee for the issue of a practising certificate shall, until the contrary is proved, be evidence of non-payment of the fee. (3) On recovery of a prescribed fee under this section the Secretary shall, if the name of the person concerned appears on the register or if he is deemed to be a registered dentist under section 30(3)(a), issue to him an appropriate practising certificate. (Replaced 62 of 1987 s. 5) (Added 49 of 1977 s. 6. Amended 62 of 1987 s. 5) Cap 156 s 12 Dental companies Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 37 of 2000 s. 3 (1) A body corporate may carry on the business of dentistry if- (a) it carries on no business other than dentistry or some business ancillary to the business of dentistry; and (b) a majority of the directors and all persons practising dentistry are registered dentists: Provided that a body corporate which was carrying on the business of dentistry before the date of commencement of this Ordinance shall not be disqualified from carrying on the business of dentistry under this section by reason only that it carries on some business other than dentistry or a business ancillary to that business, if that other business is a business which the body was lawfully entitled at the date of coming into operation of this Ordinance to carry on. |