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Box 4.2
Brief summary of Cap. 633 Private Healthcare
Facilities Ordinance
Background:
• Enacted into Law in November 2018
• Provides a new regulatory regime for private healthcare facilities (PHFs)
with registered medical practitioners and/or dentist practice
Key licensing requirements:
• Appointing a Chief Medical Executive
• Complying with the requirements of the Ordinance, Conditions of Licence
and Code of Practice issued by the Director of Health
• Implementing a Complaints Management System
• Adopting measures on price transparency as follows:
Day
Hospital Procedure Clinic
Centre
Provision of Fee Schedules /
Price Information
Provision of Budget Estimate – –
Disclosure of Historical Bill – –
Sizes Statistics
Source: DH, 2019
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