An entry erased by order of the council shall not be again entered except by order of the council or a judge or court of competent jurisdiction (ib., s. 43).
If the council think fit, they may direct the registrar to restore any entry erased, without a fee, or on payment of a fee not exceeding the registration fee, as the council may fix (ib., s. 44).
The council is authorized to ascertain the facts of any case for the exercise of its powers of erasing and restoring by committee (ib., s. 45).
The act provides in detail for proceedings before such committee (ib., s. 46 to 50).
No action shall be brought against the council or committee for anything done bona fide under the act. Appeal from the decision to erase lies to any judge of the court of Queen’s Bench for Manitoba, and such judge may make such order as to restoration or confirmation of erasure or for further inquiry, and as to costs, as to him may seem right (ib., s. 51).
Evidence.—In a trial under this act the burden of proof as to registration is on the person charged (ib., s. 53).
The production of a certificate that the person named is duly registered, certified under the hand of the registrar, is sufficient evidence of registration, and his signature in the capacity of registrar is prima facie evidence that he is registrar without proof of signature or that he is registrar (ib., s. 54).
The registrar is required to print and publish from time to time under the direction of the council a correct register of the names and residences, with medical titles, diplomas, and qualifications conferred by any college or body, with the date thereof, of all persons appearing on the register as existing on the day of publication (ib., s. 55). The register is called “The Manitoba Medical Register;” a copy thereof for the time being purporting to be so printed and published is prima facie evidence that the persons specified are registered (ib., s. 56).
In the case of any person whose name does not appear in such copy, a certified copy under the hand of the registrar of the council of the entry of the name of such person on the register is evidence that such person is registered (ib., s. 57). The absence of the name of any person from such copy is prima facie evidence that he is not registered (ib., s. 58).
Practitioner’s Rights.—Every person registered is entitled according to his qualifications to practise medicine, surgery, or midwifery, or any of them as the case may be, and to demand and recover full costs of suit, reasonable charges for professional aid, advice, and visits, and the cost of any medicine or other medical appliances rendered or supplied by him to his patient (ib., s. 59).