Diphtheria Immunisation (Amendment) Ordinance

by deleting the definition of “medical certificate” appearing therein; and

by deleting the definitions of “medical practitioner” and “nurse” appearing therein and substituting therefor the following new definitions: —“ “medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner registered or exempted from registration under the Medical Registration Ordinance (Cap. 191);“nurse” means a nurse registered under the Nurses Registration Ordinance (Cap. 194) and includes any person whose name is registered in any part or parts of any Register specified in subsection (1) of section 5 of that Ordinance;”.

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 5 and 6 of this Ordinance, the Deputy Director of Medical Services (Health) may at his discretion, in respect of any child as regards whom a medical certificate is presented to the effect that such child —

has already undergone inoculation whether before or after the coming into operation of this Ordinance; or

is for the time being unfit to undergo inoculation; or

is suffering or has suffered from diphtheria; or

is not liable to contact diphtheria and has been so found by means of an intra dermal test,grant a postponement of or an exemption from primary diphtheria inoculation or from booster diphtheria inoculation, as the case may be.(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 20 and 21 of the Medical Registration Ordinance (Cap. 191), for the purposes of this section, the expression “medical certificate” means a certificate signed by a medical officer or medical practitioner and includes and other medical certificate accepted as such by the Deputy Director of Medical Services (Health).”.