§ Amendments reported (according to Order).
§ Further Amendments made on the the Motion of the LORD PRESIDENT.
§ Clause 3 (Necessity of obtaining qualifying certificate from Medical Board, and obligatory establishment of Board), in line 3, after ("licentiate") the words ("in medicine, surgery, and midwifery") inserted.
§ Clause 15 (Examination rules for securing uniformity of examinations for qualification), in sub-section 3, after ("examinations") the words ("including the production of evidence of good character") inserted.
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Clause 16 (Scheme for establishing Joint Medical Board for conducting medical examinations), after line 25 insert as a separate paragraph—
("Every scheme made in pursuance of this Act shall he laid before both Houses of Parliament as soon as may be after it is confirmed if Parliament be then sitting, and if not, as soon as may be after the commencement of the then next session of Parliament").
§ Clause 19 (General provisions as to scheme for Medical Board), line 14, after ("board") words ("which 1987 fees shall be of the same amount in every part of the United Kingdom"), inserted.
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Clause 21 (Power of medical authorities to constitute medical diplomacy), at end of clause insert—
("But if any such new medical diploma is constituted by a medical authority for the said purpose, that diploma shall he the only diploma granted by such authority for the purpose of attaching to such authority with a view to registration persons who have obtained qualifying certificates under this Act").
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After Clause 31, insert the following clause:—
(Saving for right of Archbishop of Canterbury.)
Nothing in this Act shall interfere with any right of the Archbishop of Canterbury to grant, as heretofore, the degree of doctor in medicine as an honorary distinction, so, however, that such degree be granted only to a person who is registered in the medical register, or who, having been so registered, continues to be entitled to be registered in the medical register.
§ Verbal and consequential Amendments made.
§ Bill to be read 3a on Monday next; and to be printed, as amended. (No. 37.)
§ House adjourned at a quarter past Eight o'clock, to Monday next, Eleven o'clock.