PART I

INTRODUCTION

This pamphlet is only a guide and is by no means exhaustive and will be updated from time to time. It is not a legal document.

MEANING OF

"MISCONDUCT IN A PROFESSIONAL RESPECT"

The definition of "misconduct in a professional respect" can be broadly defined as "If a medical practitioner in the pursuit of his/her profession has done something which will be reasonably regarded as disgraceful, unethical or dishonourable by his/her professional colleagues of good repute and competency, then it is open to the Medical Council of Hong Kong, if that be shown, to say that he/she has been guilty of professional misconduct".

The seriousness of misconduct will be judged by the rules, be they written or unwritten, of the profession itself.

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