The Residential Care Homes (Elderly Persons) Ordinance (Chapter 459, Laws of Hong Kong) (the Ordinance) and the Residential Care Homes (Elderly Persons) Regulation (Chapter 459 Subsidiary Legislation) provides for the control of residential care homes for the elderly (RCHEs) through a licensing system administered by the Director of Social Welfare, to ensure that the residents of RCHEs receive services of acceptable standards physically, emotionally and socially.

Any person who operates, keeps, manages or in any other way has control of a residential care home for the elderly without a valid licence commits an offence. The maximum penalty on conviction is a fine at level 6 ($100,000 at present) and imprisonment for two years, and in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine of $10,000 for each day can be imposed.

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Code of Practice for Residential Care Homes (Elderly Persons) January 2020 (Revised Edition) Code of Practice for Residential Care Homes (Elderly Persons) – Annexes January 2020 (Revised Edition) Code of Practice for Residential Care Homes (Elderly Persons) January 2020 (Revised Edition) – Form Templates	PDF
Code of Practice for Residential Care Homes (Nursing Homes) for the Elderly	PDF
Guide on Drug Management in Residential Care Homes	PDF(Chapter 1 - Chapter 3)
	PDF(Chapter 4 - Chapter 6)