### Hospital Authority Ordinance 《醫院管理局條例》

19. Governing body of prescribed hospital specified in Schedule 2 may enter into agreement referred to in section 5(a), etc.
(1) The governing body, by whatever name called, of a prescribed hospital specified in Schedule 2 may, notwithstanding the provisions of any specified document applicable to the governing body or prescribed hospital, enter into, and carry out, an agreement referred to in section 5(a) to such extent, and subject to such terms and conditions, as are agreed between the governing body and the Authority.
(2) Where the governing body, by whatever name called, of a prescribed hospital specified in Schedule 2 enters into an agreement referred to in section 5(a)—
(a) the provisions of any specified document applicable to the governing body or the prescribed hospital shall not apply to—
(i) the governing body;
(ii) the prescribed hospital;
(iii) the Authority; or
(iv) any other person specified by the Chief Executive, by notice in the Gazette, for the purposes of this section, (Amended 60 of 2000 s. 3)
to the extent that the provisions of any such specified document are inconsistent with the provisions of that agreement or this Ordinance; and
(b) the governing body may, at the same time as it enters into that agreement, or subsequently, and notwithstanding the provisions of any specified document applicable to the governing body or prescribed hospital, assign to the Authority, with the acceptance of the Authority, any contract, agreement or other obligation entered into by the governing body in relation to the prescribed hospital.
(3) In this section, specified document (指明文件) means—
(a) any enactment other than this Ordinance;
(b) any articles of association; or (Amended 28 of 2012 ss. 912 & 920)
(c) any constitution or rules.

20. Amendment of Schedules 1, 2 and 3
The Chief Executive may by order amend Schedule 1, 2 or 3 but any order to amend Schedule 3 shall be subject to the approval of the Legislative Council.
(Amended 60 of 2000 s. 3)

### Hospital Authority Ordinance 《醫院管理局條例》

21. Bylaws
(1) The Authority may make bylaws not inconsistent with this Ordinance regulating the conduct of persons within any specified property.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of bylaws which may be made under subsection (1), such bylaws may provide for all or any of the following—
(a) the control of trading and advertising in any specified property;
(b) the preservation of good order in any specified property;
(c) the prevention of nuisances in any specified property; and
(d) the eviction of trespassers from any specified property.
(3) The following provisions shall apply in relation to bylaws made under this section—
(a) any bylaw so made may provide that a contravention of specified provisions shall be an offence and may prescribe penalties not exceeding a fine at level 1 and imprisonment for 3 months for the offence;
(b) without prejudice to any Ordinance relating to the prosecution of criminal offences or to the powers of the Secretary for Justice in relation to the prosecution of criminal offences, prosecutions under any bylaw so made may be brought in the name of the Authority; (Amended L.N. 362 of 1997)
(c) the Authority shall cause to be printed copies of all of its bylaws which shall be kept at its principal office and at each public hospital and be available for sale to any person at a reasonable cost.
(4) For the purposes of this section, specified property (指明物業) means—
(a) any public hospital; and
(b) any other property—
(i) the management and control of which have been vested in the Authority under an agreement referred to in section 5(a); and
(ii) specified in bylaws made under this section as being property to which such bylaws shall apply.

(Amended E.R. 2 of 2014)

22. Public hospitals to be public places, etc.
(1) Each public hospital shall be deemed to be a public place for the purposes of the Summary Offences Ordinance (Cap. 228) and the Public Order Ordinance (Cap. 245).
(2) For the purposes of the Road Traffic (Parking on Private Roads) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg. O), the Authority shall be deemed to be the owner, within the meaning of the Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap. 374), of each private road, within the meaning of that Ordinance, comprised within the boundaries of a public hospital.

### Hospital Authority Ordinance 《醫院管理局條例》

23. Protection of members of Authority, etc.
(1) No member of the Authority or of any committee, acting in good faith, shall be personally liable for any act done or default made—
(a) by or on behalf of the Authority; or
(b) by or on behalf of any committee,
in the performance or purported performance of the functions, or the exercise or purported exercise of the powers, imposed or conferred on the Authority under this Ordinance.
(2) The protection conferred under subsection (1) on members of the Authority or of a committee in respect of any act or default shall not in any way affect the liability of the Authority for that act or default.

24. (Omitted as spent—E.R. 2 of 2014)

### Hospital Authority Bylaws 《醫院管理局附例》

1. Citation
These bylaws may be cited as the Hospital Authority Bylaws.

2. Interpretation
In these bylaws, unless the context otherwise requires—
hospital (醫院) means a public hospital;
member of the staff (院方職員) means any member of the staff of a hospital, authorized by the Authority; (L.N. 436 of 1991)
patient (病人) means any person who is in a hospital and who has been registered as a patient by the hospital, but does not include any patient who has subsequently been discharged by that hospital;  (L.N. 436 of 1991; E.R. 4 of 2020)
public hospital (公營醫院) includes any area the management and control of which has been vested in the Authority under an agreement referred to in section 5(a) of the Ordinance and any road within a hospital.

3. Control of trading
No person shall, in a hospital, sell or offer or expose for sale or hire any refreshment, commodity or article or offer for reward any amenity, facility or service without the permission in writing of the Authority and in accordance with any conditions imposed by it.

4. Control of advertising
No person shall, in a hospital, exhibit any notice or advertisement without the written permission of the Authority and in accordance with any conditions imposed by it. 

5. Hospital roads
(1) The Authority may, without prejudice to its powers under the Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap. 374), erect notices prohibiting the entry of persons or otherwise regulating the use of roads by persons within the hospital.
(2) Any person who contravenes a notice erected in accordance with paragraph (1) commits an offence.

6. Refusal of entry into a hospital
(1) The Authority may regulate the visiting times for persons visiting patients in a hospital and may refuse entry to a hospital to any visitor outside such times.
(2) A member of the staff may refuse entry into a hospital to any person (other than a person seeking admission as a patient) who, in his opinion, is—
(a) under the influence of drink or drugs;
(b) offensively unclean in person or dress;
(c) indecently or insufficiently dressed; or
(d) likely to cause a nuisance.
(3) The Authority may close any part of a hospital to the public and no person, unless authorized by the Authority to do so, shall enter such part.