Social Welfare Department - Residential Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Service

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
As at 1 October 2011, 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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Licensing Scheme for Treatment Centres

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 organizations 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) (Acrobat Document)
-	How to Apply for a Licence Under the Drug Dependent Persons Treatment and Rehabilitation Centres (Licensing)ordinace (Revised in October 2006) (Acrobat Document)
-	Notes for Renewal Application for a Licence or Certificate of Exemption (Acrobat Document)
-	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] (Acrobat Document) (MS Word Document)
-	Fit Person Statement [LODTC 1 Annex A] (Acrobat Document) (MS Word Document)
-	Employees Record [LODTC 2] (Acrobat Document) (MS Word Document)
-	Skeleton Volunteers Record [LODTC 2(a)] (Acrobat Document) (MS Word Document)
-	Notification of Convictions & Authorisation Form [LODTC 5 & Annex A1] (Acrobat Document) (MS Word Document)
-	Certificate of Accepted Building Materials and Products, and Schedule of Building Materials and Products (Revised in October 2010) [LODTC 6 & Annex A2/A3] (Acrobat Document) (MS Word Document)
-	Certificate of Completion/ Annual Inspection/ Maintenance of Gas Installations (Acrobat Document) (MS Word Document)
-	Quarterly Statistics (Eng) (Revised as at 6_2011) (Acrobat Document) (MS Excel Document)
-	Application For Extension of Grace Period [LODTC 7] (Acrobat Document) (MS Word Document)
-	Progress Report on Extension of Grace Period [LODTC 8] (Acrobat Document) (MS Word Document)
-	Guidelines on Licensing Requirements for a Treatment Centre Operating on a Ship (Acrobat Document)
-	Checklist for Durg Dependent Persons Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre for Obtaining a Licence (April 2010 Revised Edition) (Acrobat Document)
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
-	Buildings Department
-	Fire Services Department
-	Q & A (Acrobat Document) (MS Word Document)
Power point presentations and Q & As in the Experience Sharing Session held on 13 February 2004:
-	Social Welfare Department
-	Buildings Department (MS Word Document)
-	Fire Services Department (Chinese only) (MS Word Document)
-	Lands Department (Chinese only)
-	Planning Department
-	Narcotics Division
-	Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission (Chinese only)
-	Q & A (Acrobat Document) (MS Word Document)
Power point presentation of Social Welfare Department in the Experience Sharing Session held on 24 January 2007 (Chinese only)(power point file)
Power point presentations in the Sharing Session held on 27 April 2010:
-	Social Welfare Department (Chinese only)
-	Lands Department (Chinese only)
-	Planning Department
-	Narcotics division (Chinese only)

Sample Record Forms for DTRCs' reference only

- Report on Drug Management
(MS Word Document)

- Report on Fire, Accident and Emergency
(MS Word Document)

- Report on Resident's Property
(MS Word Document)

- Fire Drill Report
(MS Word Document)

Important Circular Letters to DTRCs

- Confirmation of a human case of avian influenza (H5) infection (18.11.2010)
(Acrobat Document)

- The Minor Works Control System (27.1.2011)
(Acrobat Document)

- Update on Influenza Situation (9.2.2011)
(Acrobat Document)

- Statutory Minimum Wage (SMW) (30.3.2011)
(Acrobat Document)

- Anti-mosquito Measures (18.5.2011)
(Acrobat Document)

-
Increase in Activity of Adenoviruses and Parainfluenza Viruses (9.6.2011) (Acrobat Document)

- Prevention of Scarlet Fever (10.6.2011)
(Acrobat Document)

- Be vigilant against Scarlet Fever (23.6.2011)
(Acrobat Document)

Licensing Office of Drug Dependents Treatment Centres (LODTC)

Means of Contact:

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

Tel. No.: 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.)

Fax No.: 2119 9057

Email: lodtcenq@swd.gov.hk

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.


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