Hong Kong Ordinances

CHINESE MEDICINE ORDINANCE - SECT 121

Registration of proprietary Chinese medicines

(1) An application for the registration of a proprietary Chinese  medicine
shall be made to the Medicines Board and shall-

   (a)  be in such form and accompanied by such documents, information,
        samples and other materials as the Medicines Board may determine;

   (b)  furnish the particulars of the proprietary Chinese medicine required
        to be registered in accordance with the prescribed requirements; and

   (c)  be accompanied by a prescribed application fee.

(2) Subject to section 122, the Medicines Board may approve the application
and upon payment of a prescribed issue fee, register the
proprietary Chinese medicine and issue a certificate of registration to the
applicant in respect of the proprietary Chinese medicine in such form as it
may determine.

(3) Subject to the certificate of registration being issued, the
Medicines Board may impose such conditions as it thinks fit and may amend,
vary or revoke the conditions if it appears to the Medicines Board that the
conditions should be amended, varied or revoked.

(4) If, having regard to the provisions of the Ordinance, the Medicines Board
considers it necessary in the public interest to do so, it may refuse an
application for registration made under subsection (1) and thereupon notify
the applicant in writing of the reasons for refusal.