Hong Kong Ordinances

CHINESE MEDICINE ORDINANCE - SECT 80

Deeming provision in relation to practising certificate

(1) Any person who is required to be the holder of a practising  certificate
under section 76 shall be deemed to have obtained the practising certificate
when he has duly applied to the Registrar and paid the prescribed fee in
accordance with section 76(2).

(2) Subsection (1) shall cease to apply once the application to the Registrar
is approved or refused.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a person who is required to be the holder
of a practising certificate shall not be entitled to recover any fees, costs
or other remuneration in his capacity as a registered 
Chinese medicine practitioner unless he was, at the time when the cause of
action arose, the holder of a valid practising certificate.