### Supplementary Medical Professions Ordinance 《輔助醫療業條例》

27. Penalties
A person who commits an offence under— (Amended L.N. 123 of 1982; 67 of 1985 s. 13)
(a) section 12(2), is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 2 years;
(b) section 14(6) or 14(8), is liable on conviction to a fine at level 1;
(c) section 18(2) or 18(3), is liable on conviction to a fine at level 1;
(d) section 19(3), is liable on conviction to a fine at level 1 and to imprisonment for 6 months;
(e) section 20(4), is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months; (Amended 67 of 1985 s. 13)
(f) section 21(1) or 21(2), is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months;
(g) section 20(5), 23(3) or 23(6), is liable on conviction to a fine at level 1 and to imprisonment for 3 months. (Amended 67 of 1985 s. 13)

28. Notices
Where any notice or order is required by this Ordinance to be served upon or given to a person by the secretary then it shall be sufficient if it is sent by registered letter addressed to him at his address last known to that secretary.
(Amended 68 of 1995 s. 36)

### Supplementary Medical Professions Ordinance 《輔助醫療業條例》

30. Disapplication of certain provisions to certain classes of person
(1) Any person who—
(a) holds a teaching appointment at a university, polytechnic, school or institution approved for the purposes of this section by the Chief Executive by notice in the Gazette; (Amended 37 of 2000 s. 3)
(b) holds an appointment as a public officer;
(c) holds an appointment in a subvented voluntary organization approved for the purposes of this section by the Council by notice in the Gazette; or
(d) holds an appointment at the Hospital Authority within the meaning of the Hospital Authority Ordinance (Cap. 113), (Added 89 of 1991 s. 2)
and is practising a profession directly connected with and necessary for the discharge or performance of his duties while serving in such appointment, shall be exempt from sections 18 and 19. (Replaced 70 of 1989 s. 10. Amended 89 of 1991 s. 2; 34 of 1995 s. 39)
(2) The following persons practising a profession directly connected with and necessary for the discharge or performance of their duties shall while serving in or holding the appointments or positions specified be deemed to be registered but sections 13, 14, 15, 16, 18 and 19 shall not apply to or in relation to them— (Amended 2 of 2012 s. 3)
(a) a member of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army; and (Replaced 2 of 2012 s. 3)
(b) a person holding an appointment in a ship.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) shall not extend to any person specified therein who is practising a profession privately in Hong Kong.

31. Exemption of course of training
Nothing in this Ordinance shall operate to prevent the conducting of any course of training by a school, polytechnic, university or institution approved for the purposes of this section by the Chief Executive.
(Amended 37 of 2000 s. 3)

32. Ordinance not to derogate from other Ordinances
This Ordinance shall be in addition to and not in derogation from any other Ordinance that regulates the manner in which a person may practise a profession.

### Medical Laboratory Technologists (Registration and Disciplinary Procedure) Regulations 《醫務化驗師(註冊及紀律處分程序)規例》

1. Citation
(E.R. 5 of 2021)(1) These regulations may be cited as the Medical Laboratory Technologists (Registration and Disciplinary Procedure) Regulations.
(2) (Omitted as spent—E.R. 5 of 2021)

2. Interpretation
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
Board (委員會) means the Medical Laboratory Technologists Board established under section 5 of the Ordinance;
Chairman of the Board (委員會主席) means the Chairman of the Board appointed under section 5(1)(a) of the Ordinance;
Chairman of the Committee (小組主席) means the Chairman of the Committee appointed under regulation 17;
Committee (小組) means the Preliminary Investigation Committee constituted under regulation 17;

complainant (申訴人) means any person from whom a complaint against or information in respect of—
(a) a registered medical laboratory technologist; or
(b) an applicant for registration as a medical laboratory technologist,

has been received by the Secretary under regulation 18;

examination (考試) means an examination held in pursuance of section 15A of the Ordinance;
Legal Adviser (法律顧問) means the legal adviser to the Board appointed under section 5(4)(b) of the Ordinance;
medical laboratory technologist (醫務化驗師) means a person of the description referred to in item 1 of the Schedule to the Ordinance;
notice of inquiry (研訊通知書) means a notice served in accordance with regulation 23;
register (註冊名冊) means the register kept in pursuance of section 10 of the Ordinance for the profession of medical laboratory technologists;
respondent (答辯人) means a registered medical laboratory technologist or an applicant for registration as a medical laboratory technologist against or in respect of whom a complaint has been received by the Secretary under regulation 18;
Secretary (秘書) means the Secretary of the Board appointed under section 5(4)(a) of the Ordinance.

3. Form of register
(1) The register shall be in the form specified in Schedule 1.
(2) Without affecting the generality of subregulation (1) the register shall be divided into 3 parts, namely Part I, Part II and Part III.

### Medical Laboratory Technologists (Registration and Disciplinary Procedure) Regulations 《醫務化驗師(註冊及紀律處分程序)規例》

4. Qualifications for registration
For the purposes of section 12(1)(a) of the Ordinance, a person shall be qualified for registration if he—
(a) holds a Diploma in Medical Laboratory Science issued by the Hong Kong Polytechnic;
(b) holds an Ordinary Certificate in Medical Laboratory Technology issued by the Department of Extra-mural Studies of the University of Hong Kong;
(c) holds a Certificate of Competency in Medical Laboratory Technology issued by the Medical and Health Department of the Hong Kong Government prior to 1982;
(d) holds a Higher Certificate in Medical Laboratory Technology issued by the Department of Extra-mural Studies of the University of Hong Kong;
(e) holds a Higher Diploma in Medical Laboratory Science issued by the Hong Kong Polytechnic or The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; (L.N. 640 of 1994)
(ea) holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Science awarded by the Hong Kong Polytechnic or The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; (L.N. 435 of 1996; L.N. 203 of 2007)
(eb) holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Medical Laboratory Science awarded by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; or (L.N. 203 of 2007)
(f)-(g) (Repealed L.N. 435 of 1996)(h) holds a certificate from the Board that he has passed an examination relating to the profession of a medical laboratory technologist conducted under section 15A of the Ordinance for the purposes of section 12(1)(a) of the Ordinance.