Contents of Section

Chapter:

162 PDFTitle:MIDWIVES REGISTRATION ORDINANCEGazette Number:L.N. 247 of 1999
Section:8Heading:RegistrationVersion Date:30/09/1999

(1) A person who claims to be qualified for registration as a midwife may apply in the manner provided to the secretary for registration. (Replaced 61 of 1997 s. 9)
(2) The name of a person qualified to be registered in accordance with section 7 who has complied with subsection (1) and with any regulations relating thereto shall, subject to payment of the prescribed fee and to subsection (3), be entered upon the register by the Council. (Replaced 67 of 1985 s. 16)
(3) If, after an inquiry in accordance with regulations made under section 23 into any case referred to it by the Preliminary Investigation Committee, the Council is satisfied that a person applying under subsection (1) has in Hong Kong or elsewhere-

        (a) been convicted of an offence punishable with imprisonment; or
        (b) been guilty of unprofessional conduct,
the Council may, in its discretion, refuse to enter the name of that person upon the register. (Added 67 of 1985 s. 16)
(4) Such provisions of section 10 as are capable of application to an inquiry held for the purposes of this section shall apply to any such inquiry, and any such provision may be construed with such modifications not affecting the substance as may be necessary to render it applicable.
(Amended 61 of 1997 ss. 9 & 27)