Hong Kong Regulations

CHIROPRACTORS (REGISTRATION AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE) RULES - SECT 27

Admission of charge

(1) After the Secretary has read the notice of a referral under section 26(1),
the chairman of the Inquiry Committee shall ask the respondent to state,
either himself or through his legal representative, in respect of each charge-

   (a)  whether he objects to the charge on a point of law; and

   (b)  whether he admits the charge, and the statement shall be recorded.

(2) If the respondent, either himself or through his legal  representative,
does not admit the charge, the procedures specified in section 29 shall apply.

(3) If the respondent, either himself or through his legal  representative,
admits the charge, the Secretary shall present to the Inquiry Committee a
statement of the facts of the charge, and the respondent or his
legal representative shall then state whether the respondent accepts the facts
as so presented.

(4) If the respondent does not accept any of the facts as so presented, the
parties to the inquiry may call evidence.

(5) The Inquiry Committee shall consider the facts as so presented and (as the
case may be) the evidence so called and make determination under section 31.

(6) If the respondent is not present and is not represented at the inquiry,
and no statement is made under subsection (1), the respondent shall not be
regarded as having admitted the charge and a statement to that effect shall be
recorded in respect of each charge.