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The following is issued on behalf of the Chinese Medicine Council of Hong Kong:
The Chinese Medicine Practitioners Board of the Chinese Medicine Council of Hong Kong today (September 7) announced that applications for the 2013 Chinese Medicine Practitioners Licensing Examination would open on September 17, 2012.
Applicants applying for the examination for the first time should submit their application by October 31, while listed Chinese medicine practitioners and repeaters who wish to undertake the examination in 2013 should submit their enrolment by March 29, 2013.
The 2013 examination consists of the Part I Written Examination, and the Part II Clinical Examination. The written examination will be held in June 2013 while the clinical examination will be held in August 2013.
According to the Chinese Medicine Ordinance (Cap. 549 of the Laws of Hong Kong), any person who wishes to apply for registration as a registered Chinese medicine practitioner must first undertake and pass the Chinese Medicine Practitioners Licensing Examination.
Other than listed Chinese medicine practitioners who are required by the Chinese Medicine Practitioners Board to undertake the examination, a person is eligible to undertake the Chinese Medicine Practitioners Licensing Examination if he/she has satisfactorily completed an undergraduate degree training course in Chinese medicine practice or its equivalent as approved by the Chinese Medicine Practitioners Board.
The undergraduate degree courses in Chinese medicine of no less than five years' duration offered by the universities and institutes stated in Table 1 of the "Candidates' Handbook of the 2013 Chinese Medicine Practitioners Licensing Examination" are recognised by the Chinese Medicine Practitioners Board. Other than the clinical internship and clinical practice, the course must be fully conducted in the school awarding the bachelor's degree in Chinese medicine.
The "Candidates' Handbook for the 2013 Chinese Medicine Practitioners Licensing Examination", application form and enrolment form are distributed by the Secretariat of Chinese Medicine Council of Hong Kong, Room 2201, 22/F Wu Chung House, 213 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong. They can be downloaded from the council's homepage (www.cmchk.org.hk) or obtained by fax at the telephone enquiry hotline 2574 9999 of the Department of Health's Chinese Medicine Division.
Ends/Friday, September 7, 2012
Issued at HKT 12:31
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