Hong Kong Regulations

MEDICAL REGISTRATION (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) - SECT 5

Duties of Registrar relating to practising certificates and certificates under section 19A of Ordinance

(1) An application for the issue of a practising certificate or a certificate
under section 19A of the Ordinance must be-

   (a)  in writing;

   (b)  accompanied by the appropriate prescribed fee; and

   (c)  supported by a declaration by the applicant as to whether or not he
        has been convicted of an offence punishable with imprisonment, in Hong
        Kong or elsewhere.

(2) Upon an application under subsection (1), and where the declaration shows
that the applicant has not been convicted of an offence punishable with
imprisonment, the Registrar shall issue the certificate applied for.

(3) If a declaration submitted under subsection (1) shows that the applicant
has been convicted of an offence punishable with imprisonment, the Registrar
shall refer the matter to the Secretary and the Secretary shall treat the
reference as a complaint or information for the purposes of section 6 of the
Medical Practitioners (Registration and Disciplinary Procedure) Regulation (
Cap 161 sub. leg.).

(4) If, pursuant to a referral under subsection (3), the Council directs that
the applicant may be issued with a practising certificate or a certificate
under section 19A of the Ordinance, the Registrar shall issue the certificate
as directed. (Enacted 1996)