Hong Kong Ordinances

EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE - SECT 13

Authority to issue medical certificates

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) A medical certificate for the purposes of section 12(4) or (6) or 12AA
shall be issued by—

   (a)  a registered medical practitioner;

   (b)  a registered Chinese medicine practitioner; or

   (c)  notwithstanding section 16 of the Midwives Registration  Ordinance (
        Cap 162), a midwife registered under section 8, or deemed to be
        registered under section 25, of that Ordinance.

(2) A medical certificate for the purposes of section 12(7) or (7A) shall be
issued by—

   (a)  a registered medical practitioner; or

   (b)  notwithstanding section 16 of the Midwives Registration  Ordinance (
        Cap 162), a midwife registered under section 8, or deemed to be
        registered under section 25, of that Ordinance.

(3) A medical certificate for the purposes of section 12(8) or 15AA shall be
issued by—

   (a)  a registered medical practitioner; or

   (b)  a registered Chinese medicine practitioner. (Replaced 16 of 2006 s. 4)