Malaysia legislation
Section 33
Section 33
Offences
(a)
wilfully and falsely pretends to be registered under this Act or to be qualified to practise medicine or surgery;
(b)
wilfully and falsely takes or uses the name or title of physician, doctor of medicine, licentiate in medicine and surgery, bachelor of medicine, surgeon, general practitioner or apothecary;
(c)
wilfully and falsely takes or uses any name, title, addition or description implying that he is registered under this Act, or that he is recognized by law as a physician or surgeon or licentiate in medicine and surgery or a practitioner in medicine or an apothecary;
(d)
wilfully and falsely takes or uses any name, title, addition or description, or uses any instrument, calculated to induce any person to believe that he is qualified to practise medicine or surgery according to modern scientific methods;
(e)
practises medicine or surgery;
(f)
uses the term “clinic” or “dispensary” or “hospital” or the equivalent of any of these terms in any other language in the signboard over his place of practice in purported practice of medicine or surgery as a person registered under this Act; or
(g)
uses a symbol designed by the Council for the use of registered medical practitioners only, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and shall, on conviction, be liable in respect of a first offence to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years and in respect of a second or subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.
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(2)
For the purposes of subsection (1)—
(a)
the taking or using by any person of the term “doctor” or
“clinic” or “dispensary” or “hospital” or the equivalent of any of these terms in any other language in relation to the practice of medicine or surgery shall be deemed to be the taking or using of a name, title, addition or description calculated to induce any person to believe that he is qualified to practise medicine or surgery according to modern scientific methods;
and
(b)
subject to regulations made under paragraph 36(2)(p), the using by any person in the practice of medicine or surgery of a sphygmomanometer, stethoscope, hypodermic syringe or other instrument used by persons qualified to practice medicine or surgery according to modern scientific methods, shall be deemed to be the using of instruments calculated to induce a person to believe that he is qualified to practise medicine or surgery according to modern scientific methods.
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