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Chapter: | 162
 | Title: | MIDWIVES REGISTRATION ORDINANCE | Gazette Number: | L.N. 313 of 1999 |
| Section: | 22 | Heading: | Person not to practise as registered midwife without practising certificate | Version Date: | 01/01/2000 |
(1) A registered midwife shall not practise as such unless the midwife is the holder of a current practising certificate.
(2) A registered midwife may apply to the secretary for a practising certificate.
(3) An application under this section shall be accompanied by-
- (a) the prescribed fee for the issue of a practising certificate;
(b) a declaration signed by the applicant stating whether or not the applicant has been convicted of a criminal offence that is punishable with imprisonment, in Hong Kong or elsewhere and, if the applicant has been convicted of such an offence, giving details of the conviction.
(5) A practising certificate is subject to such conditions with respect to the practice of midwifery as the Council may impose and are specified in the certificate.
(6) If the secretary issues a practising certificate for a period that is to begin in the year in which the application for the certificate is made, the secretary shall issue a certificate for the period beginning with the date of its issue and ending the end of the third year beginning on 1 January of the year of issue.
(7) If the secretary issues a practising certificate for a period that is to begin in the year following the year in which the application for the certificate was made, the secretary shall issue a certificate for 3 years beginning on 1 January of the first year of the relevant period.
(8) A practising certificate ceases to have effect if the name of its holder is removed from the register.
(9) A person who is required under this section to be the holder of a practising certificate is taken to have obtained the certificate on making an application for such a certificate in accordance with this section and paying the prescribed fee.
(Replaced 61 of 1997 s. 22)