- Residential Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Services

Residential Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Services

Service Description
The residential drug treatment and rehabilitation services serve those drug abusers who wish to seek voluntary residential drug treatment and rehabilitation for social integration. The department subvents six NGOs providing non-medical residential drug treatment and rehabilitation services through a range of programmes such as religious-based programmes, peer support, intensive counselling, etc.

List of Subvented Residential Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Centres and Halfway Houses
At present, there are 14 residential drug treatment and rehabilitation centres and halfway houses being operated by 6 NGOs, providing a total of 357 subvented places, under the subvention of Social Welfare Department. Addresses and telephone numbers of the centres and halfway houses can be downloaded here:

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The Drug Dependent Persons Treatment and Rehabilitation Centres (Licensing) Ordinance is to take effect starting 1 April 2002. According to this Ordinance, all drug dependent persons treatment and rehabilitation centres (treatment centres) which come into existence and which want to commence operation on or after 1 April 2002 should be subject to regulation by the issue of licences. For treatment centres that have existed before the commencement of the Ordinance, applications for certificates of exemption or licences must be made between 1 April 2002 and 30 June 2002 inclusive to the Licensing Office of Drug Dependents Treatment Centres (LODTC) which is responsible for enforcing the Ordinance. The Ordinance is applicable to subvented, self-financing non-profit-making and private treatment centres.

The Code of Practice for Drug Dependent Persons Treatment and Rehabilitation Centres, which sets out principles, procedures or guidelines for the operation, management or other control of treatment centres, was issued by the Social Welfare Department in December 2001 after about one year of consultation. A briefing session was convened by the Department on 10 January 2002 to facilitate the relevant organisations and treatment centres to have a thorough understanding of the Licensing Scheme and its requirements.  Besides, three sharing sessions with different focuses were arranged on 13 February 2004, 24 January 2007 and 27 April 2010 respectively, during which not only the experience sharing among the relevant organisations and the treatment centres was enhanced, but also professional advice from the relevant government depatments was given in order to facilitate the relevant organisations and treatment centres to comply with all the licensing requirements.

The relevant materials can be browsed or downloaded from the following items:

• Drug Dependent Persons Treatment and Rehabilitation Centres (Licensing) Ordinance
  http://www.legislation.gov.hk/blis_export.nsf/CurAllEngDocAgent?OpenAgent&Chapter=566

• Code of Practice for Drug Dependent Persons Treatment and Rehabilitation Centres (Revised in October 2010)

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• How to Apply for a Licence Under the Drug Dependent Persons Treatment and Rehabilitation Centres (Licensing) Ordinance (Revised in October 2006)

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• Notes for Renewal Application for a Licence or Certificate of Exemption

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• Authorized Persons' Register
  http://www.info.gov.hk/bd/english/inform/index_ap.html
  

• Fire Services Installations and Equipment Contractors
  http://www.hkfsd.gov.hk/home/eng/cert.html
  

• Accepted / Approved Fire Services Installations and Equipment
  http://www.hkfsd.gov.hk/home/eng/accep_eq.html
  

• Application / Renewal Form for a Licence / Certificate of Exemption [LODTC 1]

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• Fit Person Statement [LODTC 1 Annex A]

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• Employees Record [LODTC 2]

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• Skeleton Volunteers Record [LODTC 2(a)]

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• Notification of Convictions & Authorisation Form [LODTC 5 & Annex A1]

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• Certificate of Accepted Building Materials and Products, and Schedule of Building Materials and Products (Revised in October 2010) [LODTC 6 & Annex A2/A3]

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• Certificate of Completion / Annual Inspection / Maintenance of Gas Installations

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• Quarterly Statistics (Eng) (Revised as at 6_2011)

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• Application For Extension of Grace Period [LODTC 7]

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• Progress Report on Extension of Grace Period [LODTC 8]

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• Guidelines on Licensing Requirements for a Treatment Centre Operating on a Ship
  
  

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• Checklist for Durg Dependent Persons Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre for Obtaining a Licence (April 2010 Revised Edition)

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Information on the briefing sessions and sharing sessions can be browsed or downloaded from the following items:

Power point presentations and Q & As in the Briefing Session held on 10 January 2002:

• Social Welfare Department

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• Buildings Department

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• Fire Services Department

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• Q & A

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Power point presentations and Q & As in the Experience Sharing Session held on 13 February 2004: 

• Social  Welfare  Department  (Chinese only)

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• Buildings Department

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• Fire Services Department (Chinese only)

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• Lands Department (Chinese only)

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• Planning Department

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• Narcotics Division  (Chinese only)

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• Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission (Chinese only)

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• Q & A

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Power point  presentation of Social Welfare Department in the Experience Sharing Session held on 24 January 2007  (Chinese only):

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Power point presentations in the Sharing Session held on 27 April 2010:

• Social Welfare Department (Chinese only)

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• Lands Department (Chinese only)

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• Planning Department

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Sample Record Forms for DTRCs' reference only

• Report on Drug Management

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• Report on Fire, Accident and Emergency

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• Report on Resident's Property

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• Fire Drill Report

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• Record of Programmes and Activities

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Important Circular Letters to DTRCs

Confirmation of a Human Case of H5N1 Avian Influenza Infection and Activation of Serious Response Level of Government's Preparedness Plan (4.6.2012)

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 Confirmation of a Human Case of H5N1 Avian Influenza Infection (5.6.2012)

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Additional Payment of Standard Rate for Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Recipients Living in Drug Dependent Persons Treatment and Rehabilitation Centres (3.7.2012) (Chinese only)

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Human cases of Novel Coronavirus Infection (25.9.2012)

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Human cases of Novel Coronavirus Infection (27.9.2012)

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Contact means of Licensing Office of Drug Dependents Treatment Centres:

Room 2353, 23/F., Wu Chung House, 213 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

2116 3592 (During Non-office hours, please leave your message, name and contact phone no. at the voice mail box.  We will contact you on the following working day.)
 

2119 9057

Downloading of the materials for reading and printing can be done through the use of the Adobe(R) acrobat(R) reader software which is available free at the Adobe Systems Inc. Website.