Medical Practitioners (Ascension) Ordinance, 1910

ASCENSION REVISED EDITION OF THE LAWS 2017 PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS (ASCENSION) ORDINANCE, 19101 Ordinance SH 1 of 1910 In force 4 February 1910 Applied to Ascension by Cap. 5 of the 1951 Revised Edition, and by s.3 of the Interpretation (Ascension) Ordinance, 1968 (original definition of ‘medical practitioner’). Amended by SH Ordinances 4 of 1935, 3 of 2001, 14 of 2017. (Ord. SH14/2017 applied by L.N.A4/2017 w.e.f. 19 December 2017.) The text also modifies the St Helena Ordinance to the circumstances of Ascension as required by section 2(2) of the St Helena Law (Application to Ascension) Ordinance, 19882. SH subsidiary legislation: MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS REGULATIONS, 1951 Legal Notice 2 of 1951 MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS (QUALIFICATIONS) REGULATIONS, 2009 Legal Notice 20 of 2009 Amended by L.N. 14/2012, L.N. 32/2013, L.N. 37/2013, L.N. 16/2014, L.N. 11/2017 Ascension subsidiary legislation: MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS (ASCENSION) REGULATIONS, 1973 Legal Notice A3/1973 _______________________ MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS (ASCENSION) ORDINANCE, 1910 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 1. Short title 2. Qualification for practice of medicine or surgery 3. Penalty 1 This text is not authoritative but was prepared by the Law Revision Commissioner under section 14 of the Revised Edition of the Laws Ordinance, 1999 as stating the law at 19 December 2017. 2 “(2) The said law of St Helena applies to Ascension only in so far as it is applicable and suitable to local circumstances, and subject to such modifications, adaptations, qualifications, and exemptions as local circumstances render necessary.” 2 4. Certificate of indemnity AN ORDINANCE relating to the practice of medicine and surgery in St Helena. Short title 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Medical Practitioners (Ascension) Ordinance, 1910. Qualification for practice of medicine or surgery 2. (1) A person may practise medicine in Ascension if he or she is qualified to practise medicine  (a) anywhere in the United Kingdom; or (b) in a place specified in regulations (which the Governor is hereby empowered to make); and is approved by the Governor, on the recommendation of the Senior Medical Officer, by notice in the Gazette as qualified to practise medicine. (2) A person who is not qualified under subsection (1) must not practise medicine in Ascension. Penalty 3. A person who practises medicine or surgery contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance commits an offence. Penalty: A fine of £20 or imprisonment for 1 month, or both. Certificate of indemnity 4. (1) If the Governor is satisfied that a person who possesses appropriate qualifications for the practice of medicine and surgery but does not possess any of the qualifications mentioned in section 2(1) has contravened this Ordinance either inadvertently, or at the request of the Senior Medical Officer, or of any person acting for the Senior Medical Officer, the Governor may issue a certificate of indemnity in respect of the contravention. (2) A person to whom a certificate referred to in subsection (1) has been issued is not liable for any penalty under this Ordinance, nor to any civil action to which the person would not be liable if he or she possessed the qualifications prescribed by this Ordinance. ___________ MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS ORDINANCE, 1910 MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS REGULATIONS, 1951 (Section 2(1)(b)) Citation 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Medical Practitioners Regulations, 1951. 3 Medical qualifications 2. A person who holds the medical qualifications specified in the Schedule to these regulations may practise medicine or surgery and prescribe medical and surgical treatment in St Helena or Ascension. SCHEDULE (Regulation 2) 1. Diploma of Doctor of Medicine, University of Innsbruck ___________ MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS ORDINANCE, 1910 MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS (QUALIFICATIONS) REGULATIONS, 2009 (Section 2(1)(b)) Citation 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Medical Practitioners (Qualifications) Regulations, 2009. Qualifications of medical practitioners 2. The places specified in the Schedule are hereby specified for the purposes of section 2(1)(b) of the Ordinance. SCHEDULE (Regulation 2) - Guatemala - India - Italy - Pakistan - Republic of Ireland - Saudi Arabia - South Africa - Sweden - United States of America ____________________ MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS (ASCENSION) REGULATIONS, 1973 (Section 2) Citation 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Medical Practitioners (Ascension) Regulations 1973. 4 Qualifications 2. The qualifications set out in the Schedule to these Regulations entitle the holders thereof to practise medicine and surgery, and to prescribe medical and surgical treatment in Ascension. SCHEDULE (Regulation 2) Diploma of Doctor of Medicine— Medical College of Alabama, Birmingham University of Arkansas School, Little Rock Loma Linda University School, Loma Linda #California College of Medicine, Irvine University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles Stanford (Leyland Stanford Junior) University School of Medicine, Palo Alto University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington Howard University College of Medicine, Washington University of Miami School of Medicine, Coral Gables University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainsville Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta Medical College of Georgia, Augusta The Chicago Medical School, Chicago Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago Strich School of Medicine, Chicago University of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis State University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Harvard Medical School, Boston Tufts University Medical School, Boston The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor Wayne State University College of Medicine, Detroit University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis 5 Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis The Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover Seton Hall College of Medicine, Jersey City Albany Medical College Union University, Albany Albert Einstein College of Medicine Yeshiva University, New York State University of New York Downstate Medical Centre, Brooklyn University of Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York Cornell University Medical College, New York New York Medical College Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospitals, New York New York University School of Medicine, New York The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester State University of New York Upstate Medical Centre, Syracuse University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill Duke University School of Medicine, Durham The Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest College, Winston-Salem University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Grand Forks University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City University of Oregon Medical School, Portland Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston State University of South Dakota School of Medicine, Vermillion University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis School of Medicine Meharry Medical College, Nashville Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas The University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine, Galveston Baylor University College of Medicine, Houston University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville Medical College of Virginia, Richmond University of Washington, Seattle West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, (formerly the Marquette University School of Medicine). # NB: M.D. Degree only recognised when granted on or after 1st January, 1968 6 ___________________