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Election doubted or disputed Inquiry

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Salaries

Examiners' fees

Executive committee

Meetings of council Regulations

member whose election is disputed within sixty days of the date of election. C.O., c. 52, s. 20.

21. In case of any doubt or dispute as to the legality of the election of any member of the council it shall be lawful for the council to hold an inquiry and decide who is the legally elected member of the council: and the person whom they decide to have been elected shall be and be deemed to be the member legally elected; and if the election is found to be illegal the council shall have power to order a new election. C.O., c. 52, s. 21.

22. In the case of the failure in any instance to elect the requisite number of duly qualified members of the council or in the case of any vacancy caused by the death or resignation of any member of the council or by any other cause then it shall be the duty of the remaining members to supply the deficiency by appointing to such vacant place or places as the same may occur any person or persons duly qualified according to the provisions of this Ordinance to be elected as a member or members of the council. C.O., c. 52, s. 22.

PRESIDENT AND OFFICERS.

MEETINGS OF COUNCIL.

23. The council shall annually appoint a president, vicepresident, registrar, treasurer and such other officers as may from time to time be necessary for the working of this Ordinance who shall hold office during the pleasure of the council; and the said council shall have power to fix by by-law or from time to time the salaries or fees to be paid to such officers and to the board of examiners hereinafter mentioned. c. 52, s. 23.

C.O.,

24. The council shall appoint annually from among its members an executive committee to take cognizance of and action upon all such matters as may be delegated to it by the council or as may require immediate interference or attention between the adjournment of the council and its next meeting; and all such acts shall be valid only till the next ensuing. meeting of the council; but the committee shall have no power to alter, repeal or suspend any by-law of the council. C.O., c. 52, s. 24.

25. The council may make such rules and regulations as to the times and places of the future meetings of the council and the mode of summoning the same as to the council seems expedient, which rules and regulations shall remain in force until altered at any subsequent meeting and in the absence of any rule or regulation as to summoning meetings of the council it shall be lawful for the president thereof or in the event of his absence or death, for the registrar to summon the same at such time and place as to him seems fit by circular letter to be mailed to each member.

(2) In the event of the absence of the president from any meeting the vice-president or in his absence some other member to be chosen from among the members present shall act as president.

(3) All acts of the council shall be decided by the majority of the members present not being less than three in number. (4) At all meetings the president for the time being shall have a casting vote. C.O., c. 52, s. 25.

expenses of members

26. There shall be paid to members of the council such fees Fees and for attendance and such reasonable travelling expenses as may from time to time be fixed by by-law passed by the said of council council. C.O., c. 52, s. 26.

REGISTRATION.

qualified

27. The council shall cause to be kept by the registrar a Register of book or register in which shall be entered the name of every persons person registered according to the provisions of this Ordinance and from time to time the names of all persons who have complied with the enactments hereinafter contained and with the rules and regulations made or to be made by the council respecting the qualifications to be required from practitioners of medicine or surgery in the Territories and those persons only whose names are inscribed in the book or register above mentioned shall be deemed to be qualified and licensed to practise medicine or surgery in the said Territories except as hereinafter provided and such book or register shall at all times be open and subject to inspection by any person. C.O., c. 52, s. 27.

duties

28. It shall be the duty of the registrar to keep his register Registrar's correct in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance and the rules, orders and regulations of the council and he shall from time to time make the necessary alterations in the addresses or qualifications of the persons registered under this Ordinance and the said registrar shall perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the council. C.O., c. 52, s. 28.

29. The council shall admit upon the register—

Persons entitled to

to practise

(a) Any person possessing a diploma from any college in admission Great Britain and Ireland (having power to grant such diploma entitling him to practise medicine or surgery and who shall produce such diploma and furnish satisfactory evidence of identification:

(b) Any member of any incorporated college of physicians and surgeons of any province of the Dominion of Canada exercising powers similar to those conferred by this Ordinance upon the college of physicians and surgeons of the North-West Territories:

Appeal to judge for refusal to register

Homœopathic physicians

Admission by registrar

Erasure from register

[Dominion
registration to
be accepted
for Territorial
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(c) Any person who shall produce from any college or school of medicine and surgery [recognized by the council of the college of physicians and surgeons of the North-West Territories] a certificate or certificates that he has taken a four years' course of lectures and a diploma of qualification from such recognized college or school:

Provided that the applicant shall furnish to the uncil satisfactory evidence of identification and pass before the members thereof or such examiners as may be appointed for the purpose a satisfactory examination touching his fitness. and capacity to practise as a physician and surgeon and provided that every applicant for such examination shall pay to the registrar of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the North-West Territories the sum of $50 towards defraying the expenses of the examining board;

[(d) Any applicant for registration under this section whose application is refused may apply to a judge of the Supreme Court for an originating summons directed to the council to show cause why he should not be registered and upon the return of such summons the judge may make an order confirming the refusal of the council or directing the council to register the applicant and may make such order as to costs as to him shall seem just.] C.O., c. 52, s. 29; 1900, c. 15, ss. 1 and 2; 1903, 2nd sesson, c. 15, s. 1.

30. Homœopathic physicians may be registered under this Ordinance on complying with the terms mentioned in section 29 hereof. C.O., c. 52, s. 30.

31. The council may by by-law delegate to the registrar power to admit to practise and to register any person having the necessary qualifications entitling him to be registered by such council. C.O., c. 52, s. 31.

32. The council may at any time direct the name of any person improperly registered to be erased from the register and such name shall be erased by the registrar. C.O., c. 52. s. 32.

[32a. Whenever there is established under the Act of the Parliament of Canada known as The Canada Medical Act 1902 or any act in amendment thereof a Register for Canada of Medical Practitioners under the control of the Medical Council appointed or elected pursuant to the provisions of the aforesaid act or acts then notwithstanding anything in this Ordinance contained any person duly registered in the said Medical Register for Canada as a medical and surgical practitioner shall be deemed qualified and entitled to be registered in the Medical Register of the North-West Territories as a duly qualified medical and surgical practitioner and such. person and no other shall be registered and such registration

shall be made upon production of a certificate under the nand of the Registrar of the said Medical Council for Canada certifying that such person is duly registered in the said Medical Register for Canada, and upon satisfactory proof of the identity of such person; provided that such person may be required to pay such fee for such registration in the Territories as the Medical Council for the Territories may impose in that behalf and provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply to or affect any person duly registered under the said Ordinance at the time The Canada Medical Act 1902 becomes operative.]

FEES.

fee

33. The fee for registration under any section of this Ordi- Registration nance shall be $50. C.O., c. 52, s. 33.

membership

34. Each member shall pay to the registrar or to any per- Annual son deputed by the registrar to receive it, such annual fee as fee may be determined by by-law of the council [not exceeding] $2 towards the general expenses of the college which last mentioned fee shall be payable on the first day of January in each year; and such fee shall be deemed to be a debt due by each member of the college and shall be recoverable with the costs of suit in the name of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the North-West Territories:

Provided that the council may in any case in which it deems expedient remit any annual fees due to the college by. any member who is or has been resident out of the Territories during the period in respect of which such fees became due. C.O., c. 52, s. 34; 1903, 1st session, c. 12, s. 3.

GENERAL POWERS OF COUNCIL.

Council to regulate

examinations

35. The council shall from time to time as occasion may require make orders, regulations or by-laws for regulating the register and register to be kept under this Ordinance and shall from time to time make rules and regulations for the guidance of the examiners and may prescribe the subjects and modes of examination and generally make all such rules and regulations in respect of examinations not contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance as the council may deem expedient and necessary. C.O., c. 52, s. 35.

36. The council may from time to time make, alter or General rules amend and repeal rules and regulations for the well being and discipline of the council, the conduct of its affairs and the promotion of medical and surgical knowledge and the disposition of the funds of the council, provided such rules and regulations be not repugnant to the provisions of this Ordinance. C.O., c. 52, s. 36.

Central examining board

CENTRAL EXAMINING BOARD.

37. The council shall have power to establish conjointly with the council or councils of any college or colleges of physicians and surgeons incorporated under any act of .the legislature of any province of Canada and possessing powers similar to those conferred on the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the North-West Territories a central examining board and to delegate to such board all powers possessed by the said council respecting the examination of candidates for admission to practise medicine and surgery:

Provided that such power shall not be exercised unless the persons passing any examination of such central examining pective councils in other respects be entitled to registration as board shall on complying with the laws and rules of the reslegally qualified medical practitioners in the provinces whose councils may have conjointly with the said council established such central examining board:

Provided that any examinations conducted by such central examining board shall be held in at least one place within the Territories simultaneously with such examinatons held in any province. C.O., c. 52, s. 37.

Misconduct of registered practitioner

Inquiry

DISCIPLINARY.

38. If any registered medical practitioner shall be convicted of any indictable offence or shall after due inquiry be judged by the council to have been guilty of infamous conduct in any professional respect, such council may if it sees fit direct the registrar to erase the name of such practitioner from the register and the name of such person shall be erased by the registrar from the register. C.O., c. 52, s. 38.

39. The council may and upon the application of any three registered medical practitioners shall cause inquiry to be made into the case of a person alleged to be liable to have his name erased under the preceding section and on proof of such conviction or infamous or unprofessional conduct shall cause the name of such person to be erased from the register:

Provided that the name of a person shall not be erased under this or the last preceding section on account of his adopting or refraining from adopting the practise of any particular theory of medicine or surgery nor on account of a conviction for a political offence out of Her Majesty's dominion nor on account of a conviction for an offence which though within the provisions of the last preceding section ought not in the opinion of the council or the committee hereinafter named either from the trivial nature of the offence or from the circumstances under which it was committed, to disqualify a person from practising medicine or surgery. C.O., c. 52, s. 39.

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