HK Pharmacist Registration study guide
HK Pharmacist Registration · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Registration Examination (for non-locally trained applicants) is the route by which pharmacists trained outside Hong Kong demonstrate to the Pharmacy and Poisons Board of Hong Kong that they meet the knowledge standard required for registration. The Board itself is established under section 3 of the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance (Cap. 138, Laws of Hong Kong) and carries out its functions under that Ordinance and its subsidiary legislation. The examination is governed by the Course of Training, Study and Examination for Applicants for Registration as Pharmacists Regulations, one of the regulations listed on the Board's website alongside the Pharmacy and Poisons Regulations, the Poisons List Regulations and the disciplinary and appeal tribunal regulations. Topics on this exam: Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance (Cap. 138) and subsidiary legislation and Pharmacy practice and professional conduct. The HK Pharmacist Registration study guide has 2 sections and about 949 words.
01Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance (Cap. 138) and Subsidiary Legislation
This domain tests how the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance (Cap. 138) controls poisons, pharmacists, pharmacy premises, and pharmaceutical products in Hong Kong. The exam expects you to know which registration or licence authorises each activity, how the subsidiary regulations fill in the procedural detail, and where the boundary lies between a registered pharmacy and a licensed seller of poisons. 138 establishes the Pharmacy and Poisons Board and gives it functions that include registering pharmacists, registering retail pharmacies, licensing manufacturers and wholesale dealers, and registering pharmaceutical products.
489 words, about 2 min02Pharmacy Practice and Professional Conduct
This domain tests the standards expected of a registered pharmacist in everyday practice: the Board's Code of Professional Conduct, patient-centred duties, confidentiality, consent, conflicts of interest, advertising, supervision, and the disciplinary consequences of misconduct. Questions often place you in a realistic dispensing or counselling scenario and ask what a reasonable pharmacist should do. Competence and continuing development: practise within your competence, keep knowledge current, and meet the Board's CPE requirements for practising certificate renewal. Patient-centred care: assess the prescription, counsel on proper use, warn of significant side effects, and refer when the medicine or situation is outside your competence.
460 words, about 2 min