### Medical Registration Ordinance 《醫生註冊條例》

14B. Temporary registration
(1) Where a specified institution intends to engage a person— (Amended 37 of 2021 s. 9)
(a) who does not have any of the qualifications for registration referred to in section 8; or 
(b) who has a qualification that qualifies him for registration referred to in section 8 but it is impracticable for him to obtain registration under section 14 in the circumstances, 
exclusively in performing clinical teaching or research for the institution, the institution shall apply to the Council in such form as specified by the Council on behalf of the person for temporary registration of the person and shall supply such further information about the person as required by the Council. 
(2) (Repealed 37 of 2021 s. 9)(3) Where the Academy of Medicine supports the engagement by a private hospital of a person referred to in subsection (1) exclusively in performing clinical teaching or research in the private hospital, the Department of Health may, at the request of the Academy of Medicine and upon such conditions as the Department thinks fit, apply to the Council in such form as specified by the Council for temporary registration of the person and the Academy of Medicine shall supply such further information about the person as required by the Council. 
(4) The Council may determine and promulgate the details to be supplied under subsection (1) or (3). 
(5) Where the Council is satisfied that it is appropriate and necessary for the person, the subject of an application under subsection (1) or (3), to be registered under this section to enable him to perform the clinical teaching or research concerned, the Council may direct the Registrar to register him as a medical practitioner with temporary registration for a period not exceeding 14 days. 
(6) No certificate or licence is issued on a registration under this section. 
(7) The Council may delegate its power under this section to a committee or the Registrar. 
(Added 7 of 1996 s. 11)

### Medical Registration Ordinance 《醫生註冊條例》

14D. Meaning of qualifying place

14E. Special registration—validity period and employment
(1) The special registration of a person is in force until the earliest of the following—
(a) the expiry of a period not exceeding 3 years beginning on the date of the grant or renewal (as the case may be) of the special registration specified by the Registrar in the person’s certificate of special registration issued under section 14C(9);
(b) the termination of the person’s employment as a medical practitioner with special registration in the offering institution;
(c) the removal of the person’s name from the General Register under an order made under section 19, 21(1)(i) or (ii) or 21A(1)(a) or (b).
(2) A person with special registration may be engaged as a medical practitioner only in the offering institution.
(3) In this section—
offering institution (提聘機構), in relation to a person with special registration, means the specified institution mentioned in the person’s application for the grant or renewal of the special registration under section 14C for meeting the requirement specified in section 14C(3)(b) or (4)(a).
(Added 37 of 2021 s. 10)

14F. Establishment and function of Special Registration Committee
(1) A committee is established with the name “Special Registration Committee” in English and “特別註冊委員會” in Chinese for making recommendations independently to the Registrar direct on the medical qualifications to be recognized (or no longer to be recognized) for the purposes of section 14C.
(2) The Special Registration Committee is established under the Council so that the Council may provide the administrative, secretarial or other services the Committee requests for performing its functions under this Ordinance.
(3) The Special Registration Committee may only recommend a medical qualification—
(a) that is at the level of degree or higher;
(b) that is awarded by a body in a place outside Hong Kong that is broadly comparable to any local university in terms of international rankings; and
(c) that is broadly comparable to the medical qualifications awarded by any local university in terms of—
(i) curriculum of the programmes leading to the award of the medical qualifications;
(ii) medium of instruction of the programmes; and
(iii) any other aspects the Committee considers appropriate.
(4) If the Secretary for Health considers that the public interest so requires, the Secretary for Health may issue to the Special Registration Committee directives about the Committee’s performance of its functions under this Ordinance. (Amended L.N. 144 of 2022)
(5) In this section—
local university (本地大學) means a university specified in Schedule 1.
(Added 37 of 2021 s. 10)

### Medical Registration Ordinance 《醫生註冊條例》

14G. Composition of Special Registration Committee etc.
(1) The Special Registration Committee is to consist of the following members—
(a) the Director or a representative of the Director;
(b) the Chief Executive of the Hospital Authority, or a representative of the Chief Executive of the Hospital Authority;
(c) the Chairman;
(d) the President of the Academy of Medicine;
(e) the Dean of Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of The University of Hong Kong;
(f) the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of The Chinese University of Hong Kong;
(g) not more than 3 persons, who are members of the Council, to be appointed by the Chief Executive; and
(h) not more than one other person to be appointed by the Chief Executive.
(2) The Chief Executive is to appoint a member of the Special Registration Committee to be the chairperson of the Committee (chairperson

14H. Recognition of medical qualifications etc.
On receiving a recommendation made by the Special Registration Committee on the medical qualifications to be recognized (or no longer to be recognized) for the purposes of section 14C, the Registrar must, by amending Schedule 1A by notice published in the Gazette—
(a) recognize the medical qualifications; or
(b) revoke the recognition of the medical qualifications.
(Added 37 of 2021 s. 10)

14I. Amendment of Schedule 1B
The Secretary for Health may, by notice published in the Gazette, amend Schedule 1B.
(Added 37 of 2021 s. 10. Amended L.N. 144 of 2022)