Medical law for medical men : their legal relations shortly and popularly explained with chapters concerning dentists, chemists, and midwives / by Percy Clarke and Charles Meymott Tidy.

  • Clarke, Percy
Date:
1890
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Credit: Medical law for medical men : their legal relations shortly and popularly explained with chapters concerning dentists, chemists, and midwives / by Percy Clarke and Charles Meymott Tidy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (2) If found guilty by the 'General Council'^ of infamous professional conduct, whether committed before or afier registration.^ (3) If struck otf by the college or body to which such qualified medical practitioner belongs, in respect of such qualification as he obtains from such college or body.^ (4) Persons who fail to answer two prescribed letters at six-monthly intervals addressed to them by the Registrar at their last registered place of residence.* (5) Deceased persons. [As to this case, it is the duty of the registrar of deaths to signify the death of a qualified medical practitioner to the * Branch Registrar.'] (6) Persons whose registration has been obtained fraudulently or incorrectly. Procedure. The process (except as to persons struck off under heads 4 and 5 of last article) is usually for one or more ^ The * General Council' has absolute discretion, which cannot be called in question if it has been bond-fide exercised, and pub- lication of its proceedings implicating a medical man is not libellous if fair and made bond fide. ^ It is now declared infamous professional conduct for a quali- fied medical practitioner to connive with an unqualified person in the way of giving certificates for him, etc.; and see below, p. 37. ^ This is stated here because there has been no decision to the contrary, though in the case of dentists the contrary has been held—i.e., that the Council cannot erase simply because the dentist's diploma has been cancelled. ^ It is highly important that all changes of address should be at once notified to the ' branch registrar ' originally registering. If a person is struck off for this reason, he may apply to be restored.