### Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance 《藥劑業及毒藥條例》

4B. Codes of conduct and codes of practice
(1) The Board may issue codes of conduct and codes of practice that it considers suitable for providing practical guidance in respect of this Ordinance.
(2) A code of conduct or code of practice—
(a) may consist of a code, standard, rule, specification or any other documentary form of practical guidance prepared by the Board or any other body or authority; and
(b) may apply, incorporate or refer to a document that has been formulated or published by a body or authority either as in force at the time when the document is so applied, incorporated or referred to or as amended, formulated or published from time to time.
(3) If a code of conduct or code of practice is issued, the Board must by notice published in the Gazette—
(a) identify the code; and
(b) specify the date on which the code is to take effect.
(4) The Board may from time to time revise the whole or any part of a code of conduct or code of practice.
(5) If a code of conduct or code of practice is revised, the Board must by notice published in the Gazette—
(a) identify the code or part revised; and
(b) specify the date on which the revision is to take effect.
(6) The Board must make a copy of every code of conduct and code of practice available for inspection by the public free of charge—
(a) at the office of the Secretary during normal office hours; and
(b) in any other manner the Board thinks fit.
(7) A code of conduct, code of practice and notice published under subsection (3) or (5) are not subsidiary legislation.

(8) To avoid doubt, different codes of conduct or codes of practice may be issued under this section for different purposes of this Ordinance.
(Added 2 of 2015 s. 6)

5. The register of pharmacists
(1) The Board shall cause the Secretary to enter in a register (in this Ordinance referred to as the register of pharmacists

6. Evidence of registration
A certificate purporting to be under the seal of the Board and signed by the Chairman or the Secretary, or a copy of the Gazette containing a copy of the register of pharmacists printed within the preceding 12 months, shall, until the contrary is proved, be evidence in any court that the persons whose names are set out in such certificate or copy of the Gazette were registered as pharmacists at the date shown on such certificate or Gazette.
[cf. 1954 c. 61 s. 6 U.K.]

### Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance 《藥劑業及毒藥條例》

7. Correction of register
(1) The Secretary may amend the register of pharmacists as to the address or any other particulars relating to a pharmacist whose name appears therein, if satisfied that such amendment is necessary for the purposes of preserving the accuracy of the register.
(2) The Secretary shall make such entries in the register of pharmacists as the Board in the exercise of its powers under this Ordinance may direct.
(3) The Board may direct the deletion of any entry in the register of pharmacists relating to a pharmacist who—
(a) requests in writing that his name be so deleted;
(b) has died;
(c) has been absent from Hong Kong for a period of not less than 2 years without giving to the Secretary or the Board notice of his intention to return; (Amended 60 of 2000 s. 3)
(d) the Board is satisfied obtained registration by fraudulent means;
(e) being a person required to be the holder of a practising certificate, has practised as a pharmacist in Hong Kong for a period exceeding 6 months without having obtained such a certificate; (Added 50 of 1977 s. 3)
(f) is no longer practising as a pharmacist in Hong Kong. (Added 50 of 1977 s. 3)
[cf. 1954 c. 61 s. 13 U.K.]

### Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance 《藥劑業及毒藥條例》

8. Qualifications for registration as pharmacists
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, there may be registered as a pharmacist any person who—
(a) holds a diploma in pharmacy of the University of Hong Kong;
(b) is duly registered as a pharmaceutical chemist or chemist and druggist with the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain;
(c) holds a certificate of a Commonwealth pharmaceutical institution which has entered into an agreement for reciprocity of registration with the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain;
(d) has successfully completed a course of training and study and who has passed any examinations thereon that may have been prescribed by the Board; or (Amended 32 of 2000 s. 48)
(e) holds any diploma or certificate, other than a certificate to which paragraph (c) refers, and who has satisfied the Board by examination or otherwise that he has the skill and experience in pharmacy equivalent to that possessed by a person to whom paragraphs (a) to (d) relate.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1), the Board may require any applicant for registration to pass such examinations as it may determine or to undergo such period of training as the Board may specify. (Replaced 50 of 1977 s. 4)
(3) For the purposes of conducting examinations on behalf of the Board, there shall be a committee of examiners consisting of the following persons—
(a) 1 person qualified in pharmacology who is on the full time teaching staff of the University of Hong Kong or The Chinese University of Hong Kong and appointed by the Board; (Replaced 58 of 1986 s. 4)
(b) the Government Chemist;
(c) the Assistant Director of Health in the Drug Office of the Department of Health; (Replaced 2 of 2015 s. 8)
(d) 1 medical officer in the Department of Health appointed by the Board; and (Amended L.N. 76 of 1989)
(e) 1 registered pharmacist (not being a public officer) appointed by the Board.
[cf. 1954 c. 61 ss. 3 & 4 U.K.]

### Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance 《藥劑業及毒藥條例》

9. Certificate of registration as a pharmacist
(1) Upon the registration of a person as a pharmacist the Secretary shall issue to him a certificate of registration as a pharmacist in the specified form. (Amended 31 of 1972 s. 3; 2 of 2015 s. 9)
(2) If a certificate issued under subsection (1) is lost or destroyed, or if for any other reason a registered pharmacist requires a duplicate certificate to be issued, the Secretary shall, on being satisfied that the original certificate of registration has been lost or destroyed or that a duplicate certificate is required for good reason, and upon payment of a prescribed fee (if any), issue to the pharmacist a certified duplicate of the certificate of registration.
(3) If the name of any pharmacist is removed from the register of pharmacists in accordance with a direction of a Disciplinary Committee under section 16, that pharmacist shall forthwith return to the Secretary the certificate of registration and any certified duplicate thereof (if any), or if the said certificate or duplicate has been lost or destroyed the pharmacist shall deliver to the Secretary a signed statement to that effect.
[cf. 1954 c. 61 s. 5 U.K.]

9A. Certificate of good standing
The Secretary may, upon application and upon payment of the prescribed fee, issue to a person whose name has been entered on the register of pharmacists under section 5 a certificate of good standing.
(Added 68 of 1995 s. 26)

10. Misuse of certificates of registration
(1) Any person who, with intent to deceive—
(a) forges, or uses, or lends to or allows to be used by any other person a certificate of registration as a pharmacist or any other certificate issued under any enactment, whether of Hong Kong or elsewhere, relating to pharmacy; or (Amended 60 of 2000 s. 3)
(b) makes or has in his possession a document so closely resembling any such certificate as aforesaid as to be calculated to deceive,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) In this section, the expression forges (偽造) has the same meaning as in Part IX (forgery and related offences) of the Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200).
(Amended 2 of 2015 s. 10)[cf. 1954 c. 61 s. 20 U.K.]