Persons practising in England before 1st August, 1815, entitled to be

registered.

XVII. Any person who was actually practising medicine in England before the first day of August one thousand eight hundred and fifteen shall, on payment of a fee to be fixed by the General Council, be entitled to be registered on producing to the Registrar of the Branch Council for England, Scotland, or Ireland a declaration according to the form in Schedule (B.) to this Act, signed by him, or upon transmitting to such Registrar information of his name and address, and enclosing such declaration as aforesaid.

Council may require Information as to Course of Study, &c. required for obtaining Qualifications.

XVIII The several Colleges and Bodies in the United Kingdom mentioned in Schedule (A.) to this Act shall from time to time, when required by the General Council, furnish such Council with such information as they may require as to the Courses of Study and Examinations to be gone through in order to obtain the respective qualifications mentioned in Schedule (A.) to this Act, and the ages at which such Courses of Study and Examinations are required to be gone through, and such qualifications are conferred, and generally as to the requisites for obtaining such qualifications; and any member or members of the General Council, or any person or persons deputed for this purpose by such Council, or by any Branch Council, may attend and be present at any such examinations.

Colleges may unite in conducting Examinations.

XIX. Any two or more of the Colleges and Bodies in the United Kingdom mentioned in Schedule (A.) to this Act may, with the sanction and under the direction of the General Council, unite or co-operate in conducting the examinations required for qualifications to be registered under this Act.

Defects in the Course of Study or Examination may be represented by General Council to Privy Council.

XX. In case it appear to the General Council that the Course of Study and Examinations to be gone through in order to obtain any such qualification from any such College or Body are not such as to secure the possession by persons obtaining such qualification of the requisite knowledge and skill for the efficient practice of their profession, it shall be lawful for such General Council to represent the same to her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council.

Prity Council may suspend the Right of Registration in respect of Qualifications granted by College, &c., in default, but may be revoked.

XXI. It shall be lawful for the Privy Council, upon any such representation as aforesaid, if it see fit, to order that any qualification granted by such College or Body, after such time as may be mentioned in the order, shall not confer any right to be registered under this Act: Provided always, that it shall be lawful for her Majesty, with the advice of her Privy Council, when it is made to appear to her, upon further representation from the General Council or otherwise, that such College or Body has made effectual provision, to the satisfaction of such General Council, for the improvement of such Course of Study or Examinations, or the mode of conducting such examinations, to revoke any such order.

Persons not to be

Registered in respect of Qualifications granted by the
College Body before Revocation.

XXII. After the time mentioned in this behalf in any such Order in Council no person shall be entitled to be registered under this Act in respect of any such qualification as in such Order mentioned, granted by the College or Body to which such Order relates, after the time therein mentioned, and the revocation of any such Order shall not entitle any person to be registered in respect of any qualification granted before such revocation.

Privy Council may prohibit attempts to impose Restrictions as to any Theory of Medicine or Surgery by Bodies entitled to grant Certificates. XXIII. In case it shall appear to the General Council that an attempt has been made by any Body, entitled under this Act to grant qualifications, to impose upon any candidate offering himself for examination an obligation to adopt or refrain from adopting the practice of any particular theory of medicine and surgery, as a test or condition of admitting him to examination or of granting a certificate, it shall be lawful for the said Council to represent the same to her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and the said Privy Council may thereupon issue an injunction to such Body so acting, directing them to desist from such practice; and in the event of their not complying therewith, then to order that such Body shall cease to have the power of conferring any right to be registered under this Act so long as they shall continue such practice.

As to the making and authentication of Orders, &c.

XXIV. All powers vested in the Privy Council by this Act may be exercised by any three or more of the Lords and others of the Privy Council, the Vice-President of the Committee of the said Privy Council on Education being one of them; and all orders and acts of the Privy Council under this Act shall be sufficiently made and signified by a written or printed document, signed by one of the Clerks of the Privy Council, or such officer as may be appointed by the Privy Council in this behalf; and all orders and acts made or signified by any written or printed document purporting to be so signed shall be deemed to have been duly made, issued, and done by the Privy Council; and every such document shall be received in evidence in all courts, and before all justices and others, without proof of the authority or signature of such clerk or other officer or other proof whatsoever, until it be shown that such document was not duly signed by the authority of the Privy Council.

As to Registration by Branch Registrars.

XXV. Where any person entitled to be registered under this Act applies to the Registrar of any of the said Branch Councils for that purpose, such Registrar shall forthwith enter into a Local Register in the form set forth in Schedule (D.) to this Act, or to the like effect, to be kept by him for that purpose, the name and place of residence, and the qualification or several qualifications in respect of which the person is so entitled, and the date of the registration, and shall, in the case of the Registrar of the Branch Council for Scotland or Ireland, with all convenient speed send to the Registrar of the General Council a copy, certified under the hand of the Registrar, of the entry so made, and the Registrar of the General Council shall forthwith cause the same to be entered in the General Register; and such Registrar shall also forthwith cause all entries made in the Local

Register for England to be entered in the General Register; and the entry on the General Register shall bear date from the Local Register. Evidence of Qualification to be given before Registration.

XXVI. No qualification shall be entered on the Register, either on the first registration or by way of addition to a registered name, unless the Registrar be satisfied by the proper evidence that the person claiming is entitled to it; and any appeal from the decision of the Registrar may be decided by the General Council or by the Council for England, Scotland, or Ireland (as the case may be); and any entry which shall be proved to the satisfaction of such General Council or Branch Council to have been fraudulently or incorrectly made may be erased from the Register by order in writing of such General Council or Branch Council.

Register to be published.

XXVII. The Registrar of the General Council shall in every year cause to be printed, published, and sold, under the direction of such Council, a correct Register of the names in alphabetical order according to the surnames, with the respective residences, in the form set forth in Schedule (D.) to this Act, or to the like effect, and medical titles, diplomas, and qualifications conferred by any Corporation or University, or by Doctorate of the Archbishop of Canterbury, with the dates thereof, of all persons appearing on the General Register existing on the first day of January in every year; and such Register shall be called "The Medical Register;" and a copy of the Medical Register for the time being, purporting to be so printed and published as aforesaid, shall be evidence in all courts and before all justices of the peace and others that the persons therein specified are registered according to the provisions of this Act; and the absence of the name of any person from such copy shall be evidence, until the contrary be made to appear, that such person is not registered according to the provisions of this Act: Provided always, that in the ease of any person whose name does not appear in such copy, a certified copy, under the hand of the Registrar of the General Council or of any Branch Council, of the entry of the name of such person on the Genera or Local Register shall be evidence that such person is registered under the provisions of this Act.

Names of Members struck off from List of College, &c., to be signified to

General Council.

XXVIII. If any of the said Colleges or the said Bodies at any time exercise any power they possess by law of striking off from the lists of such College or Body the name of any one of their Members, such College or Bdy shall signify to the General Council the name of the Member so sruck off; and the General Council may, if they see fit, direct the Registrar to erase forthwith from the Register the Qualification derived 'rom such College or Body in respect of which such Member was registered, and the Registrar shall note the same therein: Provided always, that the name of no person shall be erased from the Register on the round of his having adopted any Theory of Medicine or Surgery.

Medical Practitioners convicted of Felony may be struck off the Register. XXIX. If any egistered Medical Practitioner shall be convicted in England or Ireland of any felony or misdemeanour, or in Scotland of any crime or office, or shall after due inquiry be judged by the

General Council to have been guilty of infamous conduct in any professional respect, the General Council may, if they see fit, direct the Registrar to erase the name of such Medical Practitioner from the Register.

Registered Persons may have subsequent Qualifications inserted in the Register. XXX. Every person registered under this Act who may have obtained any higher degree or any qualification other than the qualification in respect of which he may have been registered, shall be entitled to have such higher degree or additional qualification inserted in the Register in substitution for or in addition to the qualification previously registered, on payment of such fee as the Council may appoint.

Privileges of Registered Persons.

XXXI. Every person registered under this Act shall be entitled according to his qualification or qualifications to practise Medicine or Surgery, or Medicine and Surgery, as the case may be, in any part of her Majesty's dominions, and to demand and recover in any court of law, with full costs of suit, reasonable charges for professional aid, advice, and visits, and the cost of any medicines or other medical or surgical appliances rendered or supplied by him to his patients: Provided always, that it shall be lawful for any College of Physicians to pass a byelaw to the effect that no one of their Fellows or Members shall be entitled to sue in manner aforesaid in any court of law, and thereupon such byelaw may be pleaded in bar to any action for the purposes aforesaid commenced by any Fellow or Member of such College.

None but Registered Persons to recover Charges.

XXXII. After the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, no person shall be entitled to recover any charge in any court of law for any medical or surgical advice, attendance, or for the performance of any operation, or for my medicine which he shall have both prescribed and supplied, unless he shall prove upon the trial that he is registered under this Act Poor Law Medical Officers not disqualified if registered within Six Nonths of passing of Act.

XXXIII. Provided also, that no person who on the first of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight shall be cting as Medical Officer under an Order of the Poor Law Commisioners or Poor Law Board shall be disqualified to hold such office, by reason of his not being registered as herein required, unless he shall have failed to be registered within six months from the passing of thi Act.

Meaning of Terms "legally qualified Medical Practitione," &c. XXXIV. After the first day of January one thousan eight hundred and fifty-nine, the words "legally qualified Medical Practitioner," or "duly qualified Medical Practitioner," or any words importing a person recognized by law as a Medical Practition or Member of the Medical Profession, when used in any Act Parliament, shall be construed to mean a person registered under his Act.

Registered Persons exempted from serving on Juies, &c.

XXXV. Every person who shall be registered under the provisions of this Act shall be exempt, if he shall so desire, from serving on all juries and inquests whatsoever, and from serving all corporate, parochial, ward, hundred, and township offices, an from serving in

the militia, and the name of such person shall not be returned in any list of persons liable to serve in the militia, or in any such office as aforesaid.

Unregistered Persons not to hold certain Appointments. XXXVI. After the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, no person shall hold any appointment as a Physician, Surgeon, or Medical officer either in the military or naval service, or in emigrant or other vessels, or in any hospital, infirmary, dispensary, or lying-in hospital, not supported wholly by voluntary contributions, or in any lunatic asylum, gaol, penitentiary, house of correction, house of industry, parochial or union workhouse or poorhouse, parish union, or other public establishment, body, or institution, or to any friendly or other society, for affording mutual relief in sickness, infirmity, or old age, or as a Medical officer of health, unless he be registered under this Act: Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend to repeal or alter any of the provisions of the Passengers Act, 1855.

No Certificate to be valid unless person signing be registered.

XXXVII. After the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, no Certificate required by any Act now in force, or that may hereafter be passed, from any physician, surgeon, licentiate in medicine and surgery, or other medical practitioner, shall be valid, unless the person signing the same be registered under this Act. Penalty on wilful Falsification of Register.

XXXVIII. Any Registrar who shall wilfully make or cause to be made any falsification in any matters relating to the Register shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour in England or Ireland, and in Scotland of a crime or offence punishable by fine or imprisonment, and shall, on conviction thereof, be imprisoned for any term not exceeding twelve months.

Penalty for obtaining Registration by False Representations. XXXIX. If any person shall wilfully procure or attempt to procure himself to be registered under this Act, by making or producing or causing to be made or produced any false or fraudulent representation or declaration, either verbally or in writing, every such person so offending, and every person aiding or assisting him therein, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour in England and Ireland, and in Scotland of a crime or offence punishable by fine or imprisonment, and shall, on conviction thereof, be sentenced to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding twelve months.

Penalty for falsely pretending to be a Registered Person.

XL. Any person who shall wilfully and falsely pretend to be or take or use the name or title of a Physician, Doctor of Medicine, Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery, Bachelor of Medicine, Surgeon, General Practitioner or Apothecary, or any name, title, addition, or description implying that he is registered under this Act, or that he is recognized by law as a Physician, or Surgeon, or Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery, or a Practitioner in Medicine, or an Apothecary, shall, upon a summary conviction for any such offence, pay a sum not exceeding twenty pounds.

Recovery of Penalties.

XLI. Any penalty to which under this Act any person is liable on summary conviction of any offence may be recovered as follows: (that