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The following is issued on behalf of Chinese Medicine Council of Hong Kong:
The Chinese Medicine Practitioners Board of Chinese Medicine Council of Hong Kong announced today (September 2) that applications for the the 2006 Chinese Medicine Practitioner Licensing Examination would be open from September 16, 2005, to October 28, 2005 (both dates inclusive).
The 2006 Licensing Examination consists of Part I Written Examination, and Part II Clinical Examination. The written examination will be held in June 2006, and the clinical examination in August 2006.
People who passed the written examination but not the clinical examination of the Licensing Examination should enrol for sitting the 2006 Licensing Examination ¡V Part II Clinical Examination on or before March 31, 2006.
For those listed Chinese medicine practitioners who wish to undertake the 2006 Licensing Examination, they should submit their enrolments from September 16, 2005, to March 31, 2006.
According to Chinese Medicine Ordinance (Cap. 549 of the Laws of Hong Kong), other than listed Chinese medicine practitioners who are required by the Chinese Medicine Practitioners Board to undertake the Licensing Examination, any person who wishes to apply for registration as a registered Chinese medicine practitioner must first undertake and pass the Licensing Examination. A person is eligible to undertake the Licensing Examination if he has satisfactorily completed an undergraduate degree training course in Chinese medicine practice or its equivalent as is approved by the Chinese Medicine Practitioners Board.
The Chinese Medicine Practitioners Board recognises the undergraduate degree courses in Chinese medicine of no less than five years' duration offered by the 31 universities and institutes stated in Table 1 of the Candidates' Handbook as recognised courses for undertaking the 2006 Chinese Medicine Practitioners Licensing Examination. Other than the clinical internship and clinical practice, the course must be fully conducted in the school awarding the bachelor degree in Chinese medicine.
For the eligibility, list of schools offering courses recognised by the Chinese Medicine Practitioners Board and other details of the 2006 Chinese Medicine Practitioners Licensing Examination, please refer to the "Candidates' Handbook for the 2006 Chinese Medicine Practitioners Licensing Examination".
Application forms and the "Candidates' Handbook for the 2006 Chinese Medicine Practitioner Licensing Examination" are distributed at the Secretariat of Chinese Medicine Council of Hong Kong at 37/F Wu Chung House, 213 Queen¡¦s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong. They can be downloaded from the Council's homepage (www.cmchk.org.hk). The handbook can also be obtained by fax at the telephone enquiry hotline 2574 9999 of Department of Health.
Ends/Friday, September 2, 2005
Issued at HKT 14:55
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