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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 94.03
MEDICAL COUNCIL REGULATIONS 
10th May, 1955
GOVERNMENT NOTICE 210 of 1955.
Title.
Regulations.
Composition of the 
Council in certain 
cases.
Cap. 10.
2. In all cases concerning the application of articles 95 to 101
of the Code of Police Laws and of any regulations made under
article 102, the Council shall include three additional members
holding a warrant to practise as architects and civil engineers not
employed in the Department of Health, one of whom shall be
nominated by the Chamber of Architects.
Composition of the 
Council.
Cap. 31.
3. For the purposes of inquiries concerning physicians, dental
surgeons and dentists, apothecaries, and midwives to be held under
the provisions of the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance,
the Council shall include as additional members three licensed
physicians in the case of inquiries concerning physicians, three
licensed dental surgeons in the case of inquiries concerning dental
surgeons or dentists, three licensed apothecaries in the case of
inquiries concerning apothecaries and three midwives in the case of
inquiries concerning midwives. Such three additional members
shall be nominated by the majority of the licensed physicians, or, as
the case may be, licensed dental surgeons and dentists, apothecaries
or midwives residing in these Islands, who vote as hereunder. The
nomination shall be by secret ballot and shall take place every year
during the month of December on consecutive days and at a place
or places and in the manner to be fixed by the Chief Government
Medical Officer. A period of at least thirty-six hours shall be
allowed for the recording of votes. The nomination thus made shall
apply to the year beginning on the 1st day of January next
following the holding of the ballot. In respect of the inquiries
above-mentioned an advocate shall be appointed yearly by the
Minister responsible for the Department of Health to serve also as
an additional member for the sole purpose of advising the
Chairman of the Council regarding legal points of procedure and
evidence and without having a vote.
Medical  Council 
to appoint 
examining board.
Cap. 31.
4. For the purpose of conducting examinations for the license
of assistant apothecary in the subjects which may from time to time
be laid down by the Medical Council under article 21 of the
Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance, the Medical Council
may appoint an examining board, to be composed of one of the
regular members of the Medical Council as Chairman, and of two
licensed apothecaries to be appointed annually by the Minister
responsible for the Department of Health, who will sit as additional
members of the Medical Council for the aforesaid purpose.
The Council to 
include three 
dental surgeons. 
Cap. 31.
5. For the purposes of the provisions of articles 66 and 67 of
the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance, and whenever any
other matter concerning the dental profession and not covered by
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regulation 3 is being considered, the Council shall include the three
dental surgeons appointed as additional members of the Council
under regulation 3.
The Council to 
include three 
additional 
apothecaries.
Cap. 31.
6. For the purposes of the provisions of article 19 of the
Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance, and whenever any
other matter concerning the pharmaceutical profession and not
covered by regulation 3 is being considered, the Council shall
include the three apothecaries appointed as additional members of
the Council under regulation 3.
The Council to 
include three 
additional 
members of the 
nursing profession.
7. Whenever any matter concerning nurses or the nursing
profession is being considered, the Council shall include three
additional members to represent the nursing profession appointed
by the Minister responsible for the Department of Health.
Minutes to be kept 
by secretary.
8. Minutes of the proceedings of every sitting shall be kept by
the secretary and shall be read at the commencement of the
following sitting. They shall be accessible to the members at all
times.
Correspondence. 9. All correspondence shall be addressed to the secretary of
the Council.
Fees for each 
ordinary and 
additional member.
10. Each ordinary and additional member, other than
government officers whose whole time is at the disposal of the
Government, shall, unless he is a member of the House of
Representatives, be paid a fee of fifty cents for each for each sitting
of the Council which he attends.
