### Pneumoconiosis and Mesothelioma (Compensation) Ordinance 《肺塵埃沉着病及間皮瘤(補償)條例》

51. Transitionals for Certification for Employee Benefits (Chinese Medicine) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2006
(1) A reference in any provision of this Ordinance to medical treatment given by or under the supervision of a registered Chinese medicine practitioner or to an opinion given by him does not include any treatment or opinion so given before the commencement of the provision of the 2006 Ordinance that amends that provision of this Ordinance.
(2) No provision in section 12AA shall affect the entitlement to any cost of medicines if the medicines were prescribed before the commencement of that provision of section 12AA.
(2A) Despite subsection (2), as soon as any provision of section 12AA(4), (5) and (9)(d) and (e) (relevant provision) has commenced, the relevant provision shall apply for the purpose of determining the entitlement to cost of medicines that is incurred on or after the commencement of the relevant provision, regardless of when the medicines are prescribed. (Added 10 of 2008 s. 63)
(2B) In subsections (2) and (2A), the commencement of a provision of section 12AA means the day appointed for the coming into operation of section 25 of the 2006 Ordinance in so far as that section 25 relates to the adding of that provision of section 12AA. (Added 10 of 2008 s. 63)
(3) The amendments made by any provision of the 2006 Ordinance to sections 12B and 28 do not apply to medical expenses and expenses for medical appliances incurred before the commencement of that provision of that Ordinance. Those sections as were in force immediately before that commencement shall continue to apply to those expenses as if those sections had not been amended by that provision of that Ordinance.
(4) In this section, 2006 Ordinance (《2006年條例》) means Part 4 of the Certification for Employee Benefits (Chinese Medicine) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2006 (16 of 2006).
(Added 16 of 2006 s. 31. Amended 10 of 2008 s. 63)

### Occupational Therapists (Registration and Disciplinary Procedure) Regulations 《職業治療師(註冊及紀律處分程序)規例》

1. Citation
(1) These regulations may be cited as the Occupational Therapists (Registration and Disciplinary Procedure) Regulations.
(2) (Omitted as spent)

2. Interpretation
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“Board” (委員會) means the Occupational Therapists 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 occupational therapist; or
(b) an applicant for registration as an occupational therapist,
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;
“notice of inquiry” (研訊通知書) means a notice served in accordance with regulation 23;
“occupational therapist” (職業治療師) means a person of the description referred to in item 4 of the Schedule to the Ordinance;
“register” (註冊名冊) means the register kept in pursuance of section 10 of the Ordinance for the profession of occupational therapists;
“respondent” (答辯人) means a registered occupational therapist or an applicant for registration as an occupational therapist 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.

### Occupational Therapists (Registration and Disciplinary Procedure) Regulations 《職業治療師(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 holds—
(a) a Professional Diploma in Occupational Therapy issued by the Hong Kong Polytechnic before 1 January 1994, or a Bachelor of Science Degree in Occupational Therapy issued by the Hong Kong Polytechnic or The Hong Kong Polytechnic University on or after 1 January 1994; or (L.N. 517 of 1994; L.N. 643 of 1994; L.N. 436 of 1996)
(b) (Repealed L.N. 436 of 1996)(c) a certificate from the Board that he has passed an examination relating to occupational therapy conducted under section 15A of the Ordinance for the purposes of section 12(1)(a) of the Ordinance.

5. Qualifications and experience for entry in various parts of the register
For the purposes of section 13(4) of the Ordinance the Secretary shall enter the name of an occupational therapist—
(a) who holds a qualification referred to in regulation 4 and who has—
(i) experience of not less than 1 year—
(A) acquired after the occupational therapist acquired such qualification; and
(B) recognized for the purposes of this regulation by the Board; or
(ii) such other experience, acquired before the occupational therapist obtained such qualification, as may be accepted by the Board in a particular case subject to such conditions (if any) relating to the acquisition of post qualification experience as the Board may impose,
in Part I of the register;
(b) who holds a qualification referred to in regulation 4 but does not have the experience referred to in paragraph (a)(i) or (ii), in Part II of the register;
(c) to whom a certificate of provisional registration has been issued under section 15 of the Ordinance, in Part III of the register; and
(d) who is qualified to be registered under section 12(1)(b) or (c) of the Ordinance in that part of the register determined by the Council under section 12(1A) of the Ordinance.

6. Restrictions on the practice of Part II and Part III occupational therapists
(1) An occupational therapist shall not practise without supervision unless his name has been entered in Part I of the register.
(2) An occupational therapist whose name has been entered in Part II or III of the register shall not practise otherwise than under the supervision of an occupational therapist whose name has been registered in Part I.