Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act · 1984 Revised Edition
Section 14
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Every medical practitioner registered under this Act or exempted from such registration under section 14 shall be entitled to practise medicine, surgery, and midwifery, and every dentist registered under this Act or exempted from such registration under section 18 shall be entitled to prac-tise dentistry, and to demand, sue for, and recover in any court, with full cost of suit, reasonable charges for profes-sional aid, advice, and visits, and the value of any medicine or any medical or surgical appliance rendered or supplied by him to his patients.
medical practitioner
"medical practitioner" means any person profes-sing to practise medicine or surgery, or holding himself out as ready and willing to treat patients for gain;
Terms defined in s 2
dentist
Defined · s 2"dentist" means any person professing to practise dentistry or holding himself out as ready and will-ing to treat patients for gain;
medical practitioner
Defined · s 2"medical practitioner" means any person profes-sing to practise medicine or surgery, or holding himself out as ready and willing to treat patients for gain;