### Medical Registration Ordinance 《醫生註冊條例》

3C. Temporary members
(1) If any member of the Council appointed by the Chief Executive is, because of illness, absence from Hong Kong or any other reason, unable to perform the member’s duties and exercise the member’s powers for any period, the Chief Executive may appoint another person who is suitably qualified for appointment under section 3(2) (not being one who is disqualified from holding office under section 3 or who has been removed from office under that section) to be a temporary member of the Council in the place of the member during that period. (Amended 7 of 1996 s. 5; 37 of 2000 s. 3) 
(1AA) If any member of the Council described in section 3(2)(ga) is, because of illness, absence from Hong Kong or any other reason, unable to perform the member’s duties and exercise the member’s powers for any period, the Permanent Secretary may appoint another person who is suitably qualified for appointment under section 3(2) (not being one who is disqualified from holding office under section 3 or who has been removed from office under that section) to be a temporary member of the Council in the place of the member during that period. (Added 15 of 2018 s. 6)
(1A) If any member of the Council described in section 3(2)(gb), (ha), (i) or (j) is, because of illness, absence from Hong Kong or any other reason, unable to perform the member’s duties and exercise the member’s powers for any period, the Council may appoint another person who is suitably qualified for appointment under section 3(2) (not being one who is disqualified from holding office under section 3 or who has been removed from office under that section) to be a temporary member of the Council in the place of the member during that period. (Added 7 of 1996 s. 5) 
(1B) In subsections (1), (1AA) and (1A), a reference to any member of the Council includes a person who is appointed, nominated or elected under section 3 to fill a vacancy in the office of the Council. (Added 15 of 2018 s. 6)
(2) While any person is acting as a temporary member of the Council, he shall be capable of performing all the duties and of exercising all the powers of the member whom he is temporarily replacing. 
(Added 70 of 1975 s. 4. Amended 15 of 2018 s. 6)

### Medical Registration Ordinance 《醫生註冊條例》

4. Meetings of the Council
(1) The Council shall meet at such times and such places as the Chairman may appoint. (Amended 3 of 1988 s. 5) 
(2) Except in an appeal hearing under section 20F, 20O or 20W (appeal hearing

5. Registrar
For the purposes of this Ordinance, there shall be a Registrar of Medical Practitioners who shall be the Director.

6. Registers
(1) The Registrar shall cause a register, to be called the General Register, to be kept in such form as he thinks fit and containing the names, addresses and qualifications, and such other particulars as he thinks necessary—
(a) in Part I of the General Register, of all persons who have been registered under section 14; 
(b) in Part II of the General Register, of all persons who have been provisionally registered under section 12 but have not been registered under section 14; 
(c) in Part III of the General Register, of all persons with limited registration; 
(d) in Part IV of the General Register, of all persons with temporary registration; (Amended 37 of 2021 s. 5)
(e) in Part V of the General Register, of all persons with special registration. (Added 37 of 2021 s. 5)
(2) The Registrar is responsible for the maintenance and custody of the General Register.
(3) The Registrar shall cause a register, to be called the Specialist Register, to be kept in such form as he thinks fit and containing the names, addresses, qualifications and experience, and such other particulars as he thinks necessary of those persons who have been approved by the Council to have their names included in the Specialist Register. (Added 7 of 1996 s. 7) 
(4) The Registrar is responsible for the maintenance and custody of the Specialist Register. (Added 7 of 1996 s. 7) 
(Replaced 7 of 1996 s. 39)

### Medical Registration Ordinance 《醫生註冊條例》

7. Council to set Licensing Examination
(1) The Council shall set an examination, called the Licensing Examination, the passing of which shows the achievement of a standard acceptable for registration, under section 8(1)(b), as a medical practitioner. 
(2) Without prejudice to section 7A, the Council may impose such conditions as it thinks fit, being conditions which are relevant to the assessment or improvement of a person’s professional knowledge and practice in medicine, surgery and midwifery which a person must comply with before the Council allows him to take the Licensing Examination or any part thereof. 
(3) The Council may prohibit a person from taking the Licensing Examination if the person has taken any one part of the Licensing Examination 5 consecutive times and has failed each time. 
(4) Subject to subsection (5) and such conditions as the Council thinks fit, the Council may exempt a person from taking any part of the Licensing Examination. 
(5) The Council shall not exempt a person from taking any part or parts of the Licensing Examination in respect of medical knowledge unless the person satisfies the Council that he has substantial experience of the practice of medicine and surgery, or, as the case may be, medicine, surgery and midwifery. 
(6) The Council may delegate any or all of its functions under this section to the Committee. 
(Replaced 87 of 1995 s. 4)

7A. Eligibility for taking Licensing Examination
(1) No person shall be eligible to take the Licensing Examination unless— (Amended 7 of 1996 s. 40) 
(a) the person makes an application in that behalf to the Council and pays to the Registrar a prescribed fee for taking the Licensing Examination; and (Amended 37 of 2021 s. 6)
(b) the person satisfies the Council that the person is of good character and— (Amended 37 of 2021 s. 6)
(i) that at the time of the application the person has satisfactorily completed not less than 5 years full time medical training of a type approved by the Council and is the holder of a medical qualification acceptable to the Council; or (Amended 37 of 2021 s. 6)
(ii) as an alternative for a Hong Kong permanent resident—that the person holds a medical qualification that is a recognized medical qualification for the purposes of section 14C. (Replaced 37 of 2021 s. 6)
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1)(b)(i), the 5 years full time medical training shall include a period of internship as approved by the Council. (Added 7 of 1996 s. 40) 
(Added 87 of 1995 s. 5)

### Medical Registration Ordinance 《醫生註冊條例》

8. Qualification for registration under section 14 
(1) A person is not qualified to be registered as a medical practitioner under section 14 unless—
(a) the person has been awarded a degree of medicine and surgery by a university in Hong Kong specified in Schedule 1 and is also certified under section 9 that the person has had the experience specified in that section;
(b) the person—
(i) took the Licensing Examination as a person described in section 7A(1)(b)(i), and has passed the Licensing Examination; and
(ii) has completed the period of assessment required under section 10A; (Replaced 37 of 2021 s. 7)
(ba) the person—
(i) has been engaged in full-time employment as a medical practitioner with special registration in one or more than one specified institution (employing institution