Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists, Midwives, And Nurses (Amendment) (No. 16 of 1965)

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Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists, Midwives, And Nurses (Amendment) (No. 16 of 1965) - Sect 6

Amendment of section 41 of the principal enactment. [ 4. 16 of 1965..]

6. Section 41 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows : -

(1) in subsection (1) thereof-

(a) in paragraph (c) -

(i) by the substitution, for the words " retired Government", of the word "Government"; and

(ii) by the substitution, for the words " register of apothecaries ", of the word " register " ;

(b) by the insertion, immediately after paragraph (c), of the following new paragraph : -

" (cc) any estate apothecary who is registered under subsection (2A) of this section as being entitled to practise medicine and surgery, and whose name is for the time being in the register maintained under that subsection ; " ; and

	(c) in paragraph (d) by the substitution, for the words " estate dispenser ", wherever those words occur in that paragraph, of the words " estate apothecary or estate dispenser " ;

(2) in subsection (2) thereof-

	(a) by the substitution, for the words " apothecary who has retired or retires or has resigned or resigns from Government service", of the words " apothecary, whether he is in the service of the Government or has ceased to be in such service," ;

	(b) m paragraph (a), by the substitution, for the words " has been", of the woras " has or had been " ;

"(b) has or had, within such period-

	(d) in paragraph (c) by the substitution, for the words "has performed", of the words "has or had performed";

	(e) by the substitution, for the words "apothecaries entitled", ", of the words " being entitled";

	(f) by the susbstitution for the words"apothecaries registered", of the words "persons registered";

	(g) by the substitution, for the words "apothecary ordered ", of the words "person ordered"; and

	(h) by the addition, at the end of that subsection, of the following:-

(3) by the insertion, immediately after subsection (2), of the following new subsection:-

(2A) (a) Any estate apothecary may, on furnishing proof to the satisfaction of the Director of Health Services that such estate apothecary-

(i) has had an aggregate period of at least twenty years of efficient and satisfactory service as an estate apothecary, and

(ii) has, within that period, served under one or more medical practitioners for an aggregate period of at least ten years,

(4) in subsection (3) thereof-

	(a) by the substitution, for the words " that an apothecary ". of the words " that any person being an apothecary " ;

	(b) by the substitution, for the expression "subsection (1) (c) ", of the expression " subsection (1) (e) or an estate apothecary entitled to practise under subsection (1) (cc) " ;

	(c) by the substitution, for the words " that the apothecary", of the words "that such person " ; and

	(d) by the substitution, for the words "any apothecary be erased from the register of apothecaries", of the words " any person Be erased from the register " ; and

(5) in the marginal note to that section, by the substitution, for the words " apothecaries and ", of the words " apothecaries, estate apothecaries and ".

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