Hong Kong Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS (REGISTRATION AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 17

Preliminary Investigation Committee

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

PART III

PROCEEDINGS PREPARATORY TO HEARING BY THE BOARD

(1) For the purposes of performing the functions conferred upon it by the
Ordinance and these regulations, there shall be a Preliminary Investigation
Committee consisting of-

   (a)  a chairman who shall be a member of the Board nominated by the Board
        and appointed by the Chairman of the Board;

   (b)  an occupational therapist registered in Part I of the register and
        ordinarily resident in Hong Kong, not being a member of the Board and
        who is practising as an occupational therapist in the employment of
        the Government or the Hospital Authority, nominated by the Hong Kong
        Occupational Therapy Association and appointed by the Chairman of the 
        Board; (L.N. 517 of 1994)

   (c)  an occupational therapist registered in Part I of the register and
        ordinarily resident in Hong Kong, not being a member of the Board, who
        is practising as an occupational therapist other than as an employee
        of the Government or the Hospital Authority, nominated by the Hong
        Kong Occupational Therapy Association and appointed by the
        Chairman of the  Board. (L.N. 517 of 1994; L.N. 87 of 2004)

(2) Save as provided in Schedule 5 the members of the Committee shall hold
office for 12 months but at the end of such period they may be re-nominated
and reappointed.

(3) Schedule 5 shall apply to the Preliminary Investigation Committee.

(4) In this regulation, "Hospital Authority" (醫院管理局) means the
Hospital Authority established by section 3(1) of the Hospital Authority 
Ordinance ( Cap 113). (L.N. 517 of 1994) (Enacted 1990)

"Hospital Authority" (醫院管理局)