Hong Kong Ordinances

CHIROPRACTORS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE - SECT 20

Service of orders of inquiry committee

(1) The Secretary shall serve a copy of any order made under section 18(a) to
(f), together with a copy of the inquiry committee's reasons, or serve notice
that the inquiry committee has not found that the registered chiropractor
concerned committed a disciplinary offence, upon the registered chiropractor
who was the subject of the complaint, either personally or by prepaid
registered post addressed to his registered address.

(2) The Secretary shall not remove the name of the registered  chiropractor
from the register before the expiry of a period of 3 months after the date of
service of the order under subsection (1), and in the event of an appeal under
section 22 or until the time for the giving of notice of such appeal has
expired shall await the decision of the Court of Appeal.

(3) Any person whose name has been removed from the register under this
Ordinance may apply to the Council for the restoration of his name to the
register, and the Council may, after such inquiry and subject to such
conditions as it may consider desirable, allow or refuse the application.

(4) If the Council allows the application under subsection (3), it shall order
the Secretary to restore the name of the applicant to the register on payment
by the applicant of the prescribed fee. (Enacted 1993)