The Private Healthcare Facilities Ordinance (Cap. 633) (the Ordinance) mainly regulates premises where registered medical practitioners and registered dentists practise.

Under the Ordinance, four types of private healthcare facilities (PHFs) are subject to regulation, namely hospitals, day procedure centres, clinics and health services establishments. Operators of the above four types of PHFs are required to obtain licences or letters of exemption. Applications for hospital licence, day procedure centre licence and clinic licence have commenced. Requests for letter of exemption for small practice clinics have also commenced.

The Private Healthcare Facilities Register (the Register) is established and maintained under the Ordinance. The Register lists the information of PHFs with valid licence / letter of exemption for public inspection.

Licensed PHFs

• Hospitals
• Day Procedure Centres
• Clinics

Exempted PHFs

• Small Practice Clinics
• Scheduled Nursing Homes

The Register is also available for public inspection at the Office for Regulation of Private Healthcare Facilities during office hours.