“Council” means the Medical Council of Hong Kong established under section 3;
“diploma” means any diploma, degree, fellowship, membership, licence, authority to practise, letters testimonial, certificate or other status or document granted by any university, corporation, college, or other body, or by any departments of or persons acting under the authority of the government of any country or place within or without Her Majesty’s dominions;
“Director” means the Director of Medical and Health Services;
“practice” includes the diagnosis of any form of disease whether the cases diagnosed be treated medically or surgically or not:
Provided that laboratory assistants who work for or under a registered practitioner shall not by reason only of such laboratory work be deemed to practise medicine or surgery;
“prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made under section 31;
“provisional registration” and “provisionally registered” mean respectively provisional registration and provisionally registered in accordance with the provisions of section 11;
“qualifying diploma” means a diploma conferring, subject to compliance with the provisions of this Ordinance, the right of registration under section 7;
“qualifying examination” means an examination which has to be passed to qualify for a qualifying diploma;
“register” means the register kept in accordance with section 6;
“registered medical practitioner” means a person who is registered, or is deemed to be so registered under the provisions of sections 28 and 32;
“Registrar” means the Director as Registrar of Medical Practitioners;
“registration” and “registeredv mean respectively registration and registered in accordance with the provisions of section 7;
“University" means the University of Hong Kong.
