Where the council refuse to register, or direct an erasure, the entry shall not be again made except by direction of the council or the order of the supreme court or a judge thereof (ib., s. 24).
Five days’ notice of the meeting of the council for the hearing of an appeal under sec. 2 must be served on the person charged, embodying a copy of the charges or a statement of the inquiry and the time and place of meeting (ib., s. 25).
Rights of Registered Persons.—Every person licensed or registered under the act is entitled according to his qualifications to practise medicine, surgery, and midwifery, or any of them, as the case may be, and recover with costs his reasonable charges for professional aid, advice, and visits, and the cost of medicines or medical and surgical appliances rendered or supplied by him to his patient (ib., s. 26).
Limitations.—Twelve months is established as the period of limitations for an action from negligence or malpractice against a person registered (ib., s. 27).
Evidence.—The registrar is required, under the direction of the council, to print and publish once in two years a register of the names of all persons registered, with the residence and medical title, diploma, and qualification conferred by any college or body, with the dates thereof, as existing on the day of the publication. A copy of such register, for the time being, purporting to be so printed and published, is prima facie evidence that the persons specified are registered. The absence of a name from such copy is prima facie evidence that such person is not registered.
In case a name does not appear in the copy, a certified copy, under the hand of the registrar of the council, of the entry of a name is evidence that such person is registered (ib., s. 28).
Fraudulent Registration.—If a person be registered by false or fraudulent representations the registrar may, on the receipt of sufficient evidence thereof, report the matter to the council, and on the order of the council erase his name from the register and make known the fact and cause by a notice in the newspaper or newspapers on Prince Edward Island (ib., s. 29 [1]).
Offences and Penalties.—Wilfully procuring or attempting to procure registration by false or fraudulent representation is punishable with a penalty not exceeding $50. Knowingly aiding and assisting therein is punishable with a penalty of from $10 to $25 for each offence (ib., s. 29 [2]).
Without registration or license, practising for hire or hope of reward or advertising to give advice in medicine, surgery, or midwifery is punishable with a penalty not exceeding $25 (ib., s. 30).
Wilfully or falsely pretending to be a physician, doctor of medicine, surgeon, or general practitioner, or assuming a title, addition, or description not actually possessed, or pretending to be recognized by law as a physician, accoucheur, or a licentiate in medicine, surgery, or midwifery, is punishable with a penalty not exceeding $25 (ib., s. 31).