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Under the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance (Chapter 138), the Department of Health's Drug Office is responsible for drug registration in Hong Kong. All drugs sold in Hong Kong are required to be registered with a number, which consists of the prefix 'HK' followed by five digits (e.g. HK-05628). [7]
Draft laws, regulations and rules and policy plans on the administration and supervision of food (including food additives and health food, the same below) safety, drugs (including traditional Chinese medicines and ethno-medicines, the same below), medical devices and cosmetics; formulate normative documents, and facilitate the establishment and implementation of the food safety responsibility ...
The Association of Licentiates of Medical Council of Hong Kong (ALMCHK) is an independent, non-profit, professional medical organisation [1] established in 1995 representing the licentiate doctors in Hong Kong (LMCHK doctors). [2] It is the first of its kind designated for all non-local graduated licentiate doctors in Hong Kong. [3]
The Hong Kong Medical Association (The HKMA; Chinese: 香港醫學會) is a doctors’ association in Hong Kong. Established in 1920 as the Hong Kong Chinese Medical Association, it was renamed to its current name in 1970. [1]
Hong Kong has about 1.9 doctors per 1000 people, which is the same ratio as in Taiwan. [10] Of the over 14,600 doctors in Hong Kong, about 60% work in private practice and the remaining 40% work in the public service. [11] The majority of doctors in Hong Kong, graduated from one of the 2 local medical schools.
The Hong Kong Medical Licensing Examination (HKMLE) is a required assessment for doctors that graduated from medical schools outside of Hong Kong and forms part of the pathway to medical licensure in Hong Kong. [1] The HKMLE is stipulated by the Medical Registration Ordinance. [2] The HKMLE is held twice per year.
Illegal drug use in Hong Kong is regarded as a narcotics offence, and if caught penalties include imprisonment for seven years and a fine of HK$1,000,000. [11] From the statistics of drug offences in 2015 released by The Secretary for Security, Lai Tung-Kwok, there are 1855 serious drug offences in total. 414 offences less compared to 2013 nearly 450 young adults were arrested because of ...
The Medical Licentiate Society of Hong Kong (Licentiate Society, Chinese: 香港執照醫生醫學會, and branded also as LMCHK SOC) is an independent, non-profit, recognized professional body representing doctors that have graduated from medical schools outside of Hong Kong and that have attained (or are in the process of attaining) medical licensure in Hong Kong. [1]