Chapter:	162	Title:	MIDWIVES REGISTRATION ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	L.N. 202 of 2008
Section:	19	Heading:	Power of Council to prohibit registered midwives suffering from certain diseases from attending women in childbirth	Version Date:	14/07/2008

(1) If any registered midwife contracts any scheduled infectious disease within the meaning of the Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance (Cap 599), which, in the opinion of the Council, is likely to endanger the health of any woman attended by the midwife in the course of the midwife's practice, the Council may prohibit such registered midwife from attending women in childbirth in any capacity during the continuance of such disease. (Amended 61 of 1997 ss. 19 & 27; 14 of 2008 s. 18)
(2) Any contravention of a prohibition imposed under this section shall constitute a ground for disciplinary proceedings under section 10.