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The public hospitals are managed by the department's <a href="/wiki/Hospital_Authority" title="Hospital Authority">Hospital Authority</a>. The department reports to the <a href="/wiki/Health_Bureau_(Hong_Kong)" title="Health Bureau (Hong Kong)">Health Bureau</a>. </p><p>The department is headed by the Director of Health, a position currently held by Dr. Ronald Lam Man Kin. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <p>In the past, health and medical issues (including hospital management) fell under the purview of the Medical and Health Department. This changed with reforms to Hong Kong's healthcare system in the late 1980s. In October 1987, Governor <a href="/wiki/David_Wilson,_Baron_Wilson_of_Tillyorn" title="David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn">David Wilson</a> officially announced the government's intention to establish a new, semi-independent <a href="/wiki/Hospital_Authority" title="Hospital Authority">Hospital Authority</a>, which would be administered by a new Hospital Services Department (HSD).<sup id="cite_ref-policiespeople_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-policiespeople-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 1989, the Medical and Health Department was split into the Department of Health and the Hospital Services Department.<sup id="cite_ref-routledgehandbook_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-routledgehandbook-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Hospital Authority was set up in 1990. </p><p>In March 2021, the Department of Health terminated a vaccination agreement with a private clinic, after its doctor claimed that the Sinovac vaccine had a bad reputation and that he would not take it himself.<sup id="cite_ref-govtdumps_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-govtdumps-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 November 2022, Chief Executive <a href="/wiki/John_Lee_Ka-chiu" title="John Lee Ka-chiu">John Lee</a> said that Financial Secretary <a href="/wiki/Paul_Chan_Mo-po" title="Paul Chan Mo-po">Paul Chan</a> would have to take a PCR test upon arrival in Hong Kong, and will have to isolate if he tests positive; Lee stressed that Chan would not be allowed any exemptions.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Department of Health, in a press release issued at 11:57pm on 1 November 2022, said Chan was a "recovered case and was not contagious, and isolation was not required," but did not specify if Chan tested negative on his PCR test.<sup id="cite_ref-:20_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:20-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The press release also stated that Chan will attend the <a href="/wiki/Global_Financial_Leaders%27_Investment_Summit" title="Global Financial Leaders' Investment Summit">Global Financial Leaders' Investment Summit</a> but "will not take part in meals," and did not specify the reason behind that if he had "recovered."<sup id="cite_ref-:20_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:20-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 2 November 2022, <i>SCMP</i> reported that Chan tested positive with his PCR test, but did not have to isolate, contradicting Lee's earlier remarks.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2></div> <p>The Department of Health provides its broad range and diverse services to <a href="/wiki/Hongkongers" title="Hongkongers">Hongkongers</a> through different divisions, offices, and centres. The following is a list of them: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Centre_for_Health_Protection" title="Centre for Health Protection">Centre for Health Protection</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.chp.gov.hk">[3]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Child Assessment Service <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.dhcas.gov.hk">[4]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chinese Medicine </td></tr> <tr> <td>Clinical Genetic Service </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dental Service </td></tr> <tr> <td>Elderly Health Service <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.elderly.gov.hk">[5]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Family Health Service </td></tr> <tr> <td>Forensic Pathology Service </td></tr> <tr> <td>Medical Device Control Office <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.elderly.gov.hk">[6]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Methadone Clinics </td></tr> <tr> <td>Office for Registration of Healthcare Institutions </td></tr> <tr> <td>Pharmaceutical Service <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110430192214/http://psdh.gov.hk/">[7]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Port Health </td></tr> <tr> <td>Professional Development and Quality Assurance <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.pdqa.gov.hk/">[8]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080303040550/http://www.pdqa.gov.hk/">Archived</a> 3 March 2008 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Radiation Health Unit </td></tr> <tr> <td>Registration of Health Professionals </td></tr> <tr> <td>Student Health Service <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.studenthealth.gov.hk">[9]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tobacco Control Office <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.tco.gov.hk">[10]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Drug_registration_in_Hong_Kong">Drug registration in Hong Kong</h2></div> <p>Under the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance (Chapter 138), the Department of Health's Drug Office is responsible for drug registration in Hong Kong. All <a href="/wiki/Drugs" class="mw-redirect" title="Drugs">drugs</a> 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).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Immunisation_Programme_in_Hong_Kong" title="Immunisation Programme in Hong Kong">Immunisation Programme in Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Society_of_Medical_Informatics" title="Hong Kong Society of Medical Informatics">Hong Kong Society of Medical Informatics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_Bureau_(Hong_Kong)" title="Health Bureau (Hong Kong)">Health Bureau (Hong Kong)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-policiespeople-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-policiespeople_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFQuonFong1987" class="citation news cs1">Quon, Ann; Fong, Bernard (8 October 1987). 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