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Health worker registration fee revised
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The registration fee of health workers will be revised from $150 to $164 with effect from May 31, 1996.
The revision is set out in the Residential Care Homes (Elderly Persons) (Amendment) Regulation 1996 which was published in the Government gazette today (Friday).
The Residential Care Homes (Elderly Persons) Ordinance, with the exception of Section 6, has come into operation on April 1, 1995.
"The Ordinance aims at applying a uniform regulatory framework and a set of minimum standards to all residential care homes for the elderly, to ensure that these homes can provide services of a reasonable standard and that the welfare of the elderly residents is safeguarded," a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said.
The Residential Care Homes (Elderly Persons) Regulation stipulates requirements relating to the staffing, space, location, design, structure, safety precautions and quality of care to the residents.
"In relation to the staffing requirement, nurses or health workers have to be employed to render health care to the residents.
"Any person who has completed a course of training approved by the Director of Social Welfare in writing can apply to the department for registration as a health worker for the purpose of employment at a residential care home," the spokesman said.
A fee of $150 is now payable for the registration in accordance with Section 38 of the Regulation.
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