Functions of the Board

	The Pharmacy and Poisons Board of Hong Kong (the Board) is established under section 3 of the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance (Cap. 138, Laws of Hong Kong) to carry out functions in accordance with the provisions of the said Ordinance and its subsidiary legislation including - (a) registration of pharmacists, including the prescription of training required for registration, the organization of registration examinations and the issue of certificates of registration and annual practising certificates; (b) discipline of pharmacists, through inquiry into their conduct by Disciplinary Committees appointed for the purpose; (c) licensing and regulatory control of retail traders of pharmaceutical products (authorized sellers of poisons and listed sellers of poisons), conducting inspections and test purchases and initiating prosecution of offences and, for authorized sellers of poisons, inquiring into their conduct by Disciplinary Committees appointed for the purpose; (d) licensing and regulatory control of wholesale dealers and manufacturers of pharmaceutical products; (e) regulatory control of the selling, purchasing, compounding and dispensing of pharmaceutical products; and (f) registration and classification of pharmaceutical products.