| (Cap 138, section 4) [1 January 1938] (8 of 1937 First Schedule) Cap 138C reg 1 REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION AS AN APPRENTICE OR STUDENT Every applicant for registration as an apprentice or student must have entered into Articles of Pupilage with a registered pharmacist or with a body corporate entitled to become an authorized seller of poisons, or with a pharmacist jointly with either the committee of a hospital or similar institution or the owner of a pharmaceutical manufacturing laboratory: Provided that where a person is engaged on a full time agreement in a Government hospital or other Government institution under the direction of a qualified pharmacist, such agreement shall be accepted in the place of Articles of Pupilage. Cap 138C reg 2 REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION AS AN APPRENTICE OR STUDENT At the time of making an application for registration as an apprentice or student the applicant shall- (a) lodge with the registrar a certificate of having passed the Matriculation Examination of the University of Hong Kong or such other equivalent examination as the registrar shall approve; (G.N.A. 187 of 1952) (b) pay the prescribed fee for registration; (c) lodge with the registrar a copy of his Articles of Pupilage. Cap 138C reg 3 QUALIFYING EXAMINATION-GENERAL The Qualifying Examination shall be styled "The Chemist and Druggist Qualifying Examination". Cap 138C reg 4 QUALIFYING EXAMINATION-GENERAL The Qualifying Examination shall be in two parts, the first part the Intermediate Examination and the second part the Final Examination. Cap 138C reg 5 Requirements for entry to the Intermediate Examination TRAINING AND REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO THE QUALIFYING EXAMINATION The Intermediate Examination shall be held twice a year in June and December. When applying to enter for the first time, the candidate shall- (a) have been registered as an apprentice or student; (b) pay the prescribed fee; (c) lodge with the registrar a certificate on the official form obtainable from the registrar signed by the applicant's principal or his authorized deputy that, subsequent to registration as an apprentice or student, he has attended a course of approved instruction at a recognized educational institution over a period of one year full time study or two years' attendance at evening classes. Cap 138C reg 6 Requirements for entry to the Intermediate Examination Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 60 of 2000 s. 3 The subjects of the Intermediate Examination shall be Chemistry, Physics and Biology and the examination shall be conducted in accordance with the syllabus as approved from time to time by the Chief Executive in Council. The registrar shall supply, without fee, a copy of the syllabus to any person on application. (60 of 2000 s. 3) Cap 138C reg 7 Requirements for entry to the Intermediate Examination A person who has been registered as an apprentice or student and who satisfies the registrar that he has passed one of the examinations set out in Appendix 1 shall be deemed to have passed the Intermediate Examination provided that the subjects include Chemistry, Physics and Biology. If the subjects include two only of those prescribed in these regulations he shall be deemed to have passed the examination in such two subjects. Cap 138C reg 8 Requirements for entry to the Intermediate Examination A candidate shall present himself for examination in all of the subjects of the examination except that a candidate who shall be deemed to have passed the examination in two of the subjects only may present himself for examination in the one remaining subject. Cap 138C reg 9 Requirements for entry to the Intermediate Examination A candidate who has failed to satisfy the Examiners in one subject only may, subject to the permission of the Examiners, present himself for examination in that one subject only. Before be applies to enter again for the examination a candidate who has failed to satisfy the Examiners shall produce satisfactory evidence to the Examiners that he has complied with any conditions made by them concerning his presenting himself for examination in the subject in which he failed to satisfy the Examiners. Cap 138C reg 10 Requirements for entry to the Intermediate Examination Except in the following circumstances no fee or portion of a fee shall be returned- (a) a candidate who withdraws before the last date of entry for the examination shall receive back the fee paid; (b) a candidate who has entered for the examination but fails to present himself and submits proof satisfactory to the registrar that his absence was due to illness or other unavoidable cause shall receive back the fee paid. Cap 138C reg 11 Requirements for Entry to the Final Examination The Examination shall be held twice a year in March and October. When applying to enter the Examination for the first time a candidate shall- (a) have passed or be deemed to have passed the Intermediate Examination; |
