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MEDICAL ACT 1858

MEDICAL ACT 1858 - LONG TITLE

An Act to regulate the Qualifications of Practitioners in Medicine
and Surgery.{1}
[2nd August 1858]
Preamble rep. by SLR 1892

MEDICAL ACT 1858 - SECT 1
Short title.

1. This Act may for all purposes be cited as "The Medical Act."

Ss.246 rep. by 1859 c.21 s.2; SLR 1875; 1886 c.48 s.28 sch.; 1921
c.37 s.4(1) sch.2; 1946 c.13 (NI) s.16(3) sch.; 1950 c.29 ss.12,
19, 37(3); 1954 c.9 (NI) s.29 sch.7; SLR (NI) 1954; 1956 c.76
s.57(1) sch.5

MEDICAL ACT 1858 - SECT 47
New charter may be granted to the College of Physicians of London.

47. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty to grant to the corporation
of the Royal College of Physicians of London a new charter, and
thereby to give to such corporation the name of "The Royal College
of Physicians of England," and to make such alterations in the
constitution of the same corporation as to Her Majesty may seem
expedient; and it shall be lawful for the said corporation to
accept such charter under their common seal; and such acceptance
shall operate as a surrender of all charters heretofore granted to
the said corporation, except the charter granted by King Henry the
Eighth, and shall also operate as a surrender of such charter and
of any rights, powers, or privileges conferred by or enjoyed under
an Act of the session holden in the fourteenth and fifteenth years
of King Henry the Eighth, chapter five, confirming the same, as far
as such charter and Act respectively may be inconsistent with such
new charter:

Proviso spent

Her Majesty may grant power to College of Surgeons to institute
examinations, &c. for dentists.

MEDICAL ACT 1858 - SECT 48

48. It shall, notwithstanding anything herein contained, be lawful
for Her Majesty, by charter, to grant to the Royal College of
Surgeons of England power to institute and hold examinations for the
purpose of testing the fitness of persons to practise as dentists
who may be desirous of being so examined, and to grant certificates
of such fitness.

MEDICAL ACT 1858 - SECT 49
New charter may be granted to College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

49. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty to grant to the corporation
of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh a new charter, and
thereby to give to the said College of Physicians the name of "The
Royal College of Physicians of Scotland"; and it shall be lawful
for the said Royal College of Physicians, under their common seal,
to accept such new charter, and such acceptance shall operate as a
surrender of all charters heretofore granted to the said corporation.

MEDICAL ACT 1858 - SECT 50
College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Faculty of Physicians, &c. of
Glasgow may be amalgamated.

50. If at any future period the Royal College of Surgeons of
Edinburgh and Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow agree to
amalgamate, so as to form one united corporation, under the name of
"The Royal College of Surgeons of Scotland," it shall be lawful for
Her Majesty to grant, and for such college and faculty under their
respective common seals to accept, such new charter or charters as
may be necessary for effecting such union; and such acceptance shall
operate as a surrender of all charters heretofore granted to such
college and faculty; and in the event of such union it shall be
competent for the said college and faculty to make such arrangements
as to the time and place of their examinations as they may agree
upon, these arrangements being in conformity with the provisions of
this Act, and subject to the approval of the general council.

MEDICAL ACT 1858 - SECT 51
New charter may be granted to the King and Queen's College of
Physicians in Ireland.

51. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty to grant to the corporation
of the King and Queen's College of Physicians in Ireland a new
charter, and thereby to give such corporation the name of "The
Royal College of Physicians of Ireland," and to make such
alterations in the constitution of the said corporation as to Her
Majesty may seem expedient; and it shall be lawful for the said
corporation to accept such charter under their common seal; and such
acceptance shall operate as a surrender of the charter granted by
King William and Queen Mary, so far as it may be inconsistent with
such new charter.

MEDICAL ACT 1858 - SECT 52
Charters not to contain new restrictions in the practice of medicine
or surgery, &c.

52. Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall extend to
authorize Her Majesty to create any new restriction in the practice
of medicine or surgery, or to grant to any of the said
corporations any powers or privileges contrary to the common law of
the land or to the provisions of this Act; and that no such new
charter shall in anywise prejudice, affect, or annul any of the
existing statutes or byelaws of the corporations to which the same
shall be granted, further than shall be necessary for giving full
effect to the alterations which shall be intended to be effected by
such new charters and by this Act in the constitution of such
corporation.

S.53 rep. by SL(R) 1977. S.54 rep. by 1950 c.29 s.23(6). S.55 rep.
by 1956 c.76 s.57(1) sch.5