Hong Kong Regulations

MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS (REGISTRATION AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE) REGULATIONS - SCHEDULE 5

PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE

[regulation 17]

1. Member ceasing to be member on becoming member of Board

A member of the Committee who during the period of his office becomes a member
of the Board shall cease to be a member of the Committee.

2. Appointment of acting Chairman

If the Chairman of the Committee is or will be unable temporarily to exercise
his functions another member of the Board may be nominated by the Board and
appointed by the Chairman of the Board to act during the period of his
appointment, as Chairman of the Committee.

3. Appointment of acting member

If a member of the Committee is or will be unable temporarily to exercise his
functions as a member of the Committee a person satisfying the same criteria
as applied to the appointment of that member may be nominated by the
association which nominated that member and appointed by the Chairman 
of the Board to act during the period of his appointment, as that member.

4. Effect of lapse or termination of appointment

If at the time the Committee is considering any complaint or information under
these regulations-

   (a)  the appointment of any person to be the Chairman or a member of the
        Committee lapses by virtue of regulation 17 or terminates by operation
        of paragraph 1 of this Schedule; or

   (b)  the appointment of any person under paragraph 2 or 3 of this Schedule
        lapses, then if such person is not thereupon elected or re-elected or
        appointed or reappointed, as the case may be, to be the Chairman or a
        member of the Committee, the chairmanship or membership of such person
        shall continue by virtue of this paragraph for the purposes of the
        consideration of such complaint or information by the Committee, but
        for no other purpose, until the Committee has discharged its functions
        in respect of such complaint or information.

5. Resignation by Chairman and member of Committee

(1) The Chairman or a member of the Committee may at any time resign from the
Committee by notice in writing addressed to the Secretary, save that, if at
the time such notice is given the Committee is considering any complaint or
information, the person so resigning shall, if so required by the
Chairman of the Board, continue to be Chairman or member of the Committee for
the purposes of the consideration of such complaint or information but for no
other purpose, until the Committee has discharged its functions in respect of
the complaint or information.

(2) Regulation 17 shall apply to any vacancy arising from any resignation
under this paragraph as if the vacancy had occurred by effluxion of time.

6. Chairman or member of Committee attending Board meeting

The Chairman of the Committee shall not and no member of the Committee shall
attend any meeting of the Board as a member of the Board during the hearing or
determination of any complaint or information against any person which is
referred to the Board by the Committee for determination if such member has
attended any meeting of the Committee at which such complaint or information
was considered.

7. Meetings of Committee

(1) The Committee shall meet from time to time as directed by the
Chairman of the Committee who may at any time adjourn any meeting of the
Committee.

(2) Save as otherwise provided in the Ordinance the Chairman of the  Committee
shall determine the procedure to be adopted at any meeting. (Enacted 1990)