Chapter:	549	Title:	CHINESE MEDICINE ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	L.N. 250 of 2000
Section:	71	Heading:	Cases involving previous conviction and professional misconduct	Version Date:	16/08/2000

(1) If a person who applies under section 68(1) has declared that he has been convicted in Hong Kong or elsewhere of an offence punishable with imprisonment or that he has been found guilty in Hong Kong or elsewhere of misconduct in a professional respect, the Practitioners Board shall refer his case to the Disciplinary Committee of Chinese Medicine Practitioners.
(2) Where, pursuant to the consideration and recommendation by the Disciplinary Committee of Chinese Medicine Practitioners, the Practitioners Board considers that the person is suitable for registration under section 69, the Practitioners Board may approve the application.