Hong Kong Regulations

CHINESE MEDICINE PRACTITIONERS (DISCIPLINE) REGULATION - SECT 20

Address before making a disciplinary order

(1) At any meeting of the Board at which the Board is deciding whether to make
any order under section 98 of the Ordinance in respect of a defendant, the
Board secretary or other person presenting the case to the Board may produce
to the Board the records of any previous meeting of the Board at which an
order was made against the defendant under section 98 of the Ordinance.

(2) Before the Board decides what order, if any, should be made, the
Board chairman shall ask the defendant whether he wishes to address the Board,
and the defendant or his legal representative may address the Board on the
question of whether the Board should make an order under section 98 of the
Ordinance, and if so, what order should be made; and he may adduce evidence as
to the circumstances leading to the charge, as to the character and
antecedents of the defendant and as to the circumstances leading to any
previous order produced to the Board under subsection (1).

(3) The Board shall then consider and decide what order, if any, should be
made and the Board chairman shall announce the decision of the Board in such
terms as the Board may approve.