An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled The Medical Registration Ordinance, 1884.

  • Hong Kong.
Date:
1884
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Credit: An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled The Medical Registration Ordinance, 1884. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Refflf«tercd pcrsonn cntUlod to prftctiso And to demand chargea. ITnrcglitered prrflonB cannot recover chorgea. InterprotAtlon ot terms. Certificate of unregistered peraon void. The Medical Board. Production of certain papers ueoeHsary bef<»ro regis- tration. • Medical Registration. 6. Every person registered under this Ordinance or entitled to the benefit of section 20 of this Ordinance, shall be entitled to ])ractise medicine and surgery in this Colony, and to demand and recover reasonable charges for medical or surgical aid rendered hy such person, and the costs of mediciues or surgical appliances supplied by him. 7. No person shall be entitled to recover in any action any charge for any practice of medicine or surgery after the 3rd day of May, 1884, by any person not either registered under this Ordinance or entitled to the benefit of section 20 of this Ordinance. 8. The words “ legally qualified Medical Practitioner,” or “duly qualified Medical Practitioner,” or any words importing a person recognised at law as a Practitioner in medicine or surgery, or as any kind of a member of tho medical profes- sion, where used in any Ordinance, shall he construed to moan n Practitioner registered under this Ordinance. 9. No certificate signed after the 3rd day of May, 1884, which certificate is, by any Act or Ordinance, required to bo signed by a physician, a surgeon, an apothecary, or any other Medical or Surgical Practitioner, shall be valid unless tho person signing it be registered under this Ordinance. 10. A Board to ho styled the Medical Board shall be established under this Ordinance and shall consist of tho Senior Military and Naval Medical Officers for the time being in the Colony, and any two registered Medical Practitioners and any three other fit persons willing to accept the appointment who may be from time to time thereto appointed hy the Governor. Members appointed by the Governor shall hold office for 3 years and no longer unless re-appointed by the Governor and may be removed by the Governor at pleasure. Three members of the Board shall form a quorum. The Board shall consider and report upon all matters laid before it under sections 13 or 14 of this Ordinance as therein provided. porson claiming to be entitled under the Acts of the United Kingdom 21 and 22 Victoria, Chapter 90, and 31 and 32 Victoria, Chapter 29, to be registered m Hong- kong under this Ordinance, shall be so registered upon Tiroclucing to the Colonial Secretary, in proof of his title thereto, a declaration, according to the form B in the Schedule to this Ordinance, made by him before any Justice of tho Peace, and impressed with a stamp for duty, by way of registration fee. of : ProvideJ that the name of such person appears in “The Medical Register then most recently published under the Act of tho United Kingdom, 21 and 22 Victoria, Chapter 90, or ho produces to tlio