Section No :  
Legislative Enactments
MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS, PHARMACISTS, MIDWIVES, AND NURSES
Marginal Notes
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Medical Ordinance.
2. Jury service.
3. College Council to manage the Medical College.
4. Cost of maintenance.
5. Constitution of College Council.
6. Procedure of College Council
7. Certificates, & c.
8. Fees.
9. Appointments.
10. Professors & c., of College to be public servants.
11. Power to make regulations
12. Constitution and duties of Ceylon Medical Council.
13. Members of Medical Council to be medical practitioners.
14. Tenure of office of members.
15. Vacation of seat by member of Medical Council.
16. Filling up of vacancies
17. Registrar and other officers.
18. Appeals to Minister.
19. Power to make regulations.
20. Registers to be kept by registrar.
21. Punishment for fraudulently procuring persons to be registered.
22. Continuance of existing registers.
23. Change of residence.
24. Change of qualification.
25. Power to erase name from register and to restore any name to register.
26. Registrar to keep each register up to date.
27. Publication of registers in Gazette,
28. Proof of contents of registers.
29. Registration as medical practitioners. [ 3, 23 of 1955]
30. Medical officers of Navy, Army or Air Force deemed to be registered medical practitioners.
31. Certain Government medical officers deemed to be registered medical practitioners. [ 2, 14 of 1949]
32. Certificate of experience in prescribed hospitals or institutions. [ 5, 23 of 1955]
33. When may medical practitioner's name be erased from register.
34. Meaning of " legally qualified medical practitioner", & c.
35. Registered medical practitioners entitled to practice medicine and surgery.
36. Right to recover charges for medical or surgical advice, &c
37. Medical certificates.
38. Restrictions on practice by unregistered persons.
39. Rights of persons provisionally registered as medical practitioners.[ 6, 23 of 1955]
40. Saving for vederalas.
41. Saving for Government apothecaries, and estate dispensers,
42. Women medical missionaries.
43. Qualifications for registration as dentist.
44. Dentists of the Navy, Army, or Air Force deemed to be registered dentists.
45. When may dentist's name be erased from register.
46. Meaning of " legally qualified dentist", &c.
47. Registered dentists entitled to practice dentistry and dental surgery.
48. Right to recover charges for dental operation, &c. [ 4, 27 of 1949]
49. Restrictions on practice by unregistered persons.
50. Persons holding special licence issued under the Dentists Registration Ordinance, No. 3 of 1915.*
51. Qualifications for registration as midwife.
52. When may midwife's name be erased from register.
53. Use of title " registered midwife".
54. Restriction on practice of midwifery by unauthorized persons.
55. Regulation of the practice of midwifery by midwives.[ 6, 45 of 1941.]
56. Qualifications for registration as pharmacist.
57. When may pharmacist's name be erased from register.
58. Unlawful pretence to be a pharmacist.
59. Restriction on practice of pharmacy by unqualified persons.
60. Name and qualification of pharmacist to be exhibited in shop.
61. Advisory board.[ 4, 10 of 1949 ]
62. Register of nurses to be in separate parts.[ 4, 10 of 1949]
63. Conditions of admission to register.[ 4, 10 of 1949]
64. Erasure of names from register of nurses.[ 4, 10 of 1949]
65. Unlawful pretence to be a nurse, &c. [ 4, 10 of 1949]
66. Restriction on practice of nursing by unregistered persons.[ 4, 10 of 1949]
67. Regulation of the practice of nursing.[ 4, 10 of 1949]
68. General penalty.
69. Abetment and attempts.
70. Fees,
71. Variation of Schedules.
72. Regulations.[ 7, 45 of 1941]
73. Expenses of Ordinance.
74. Interpretation .