The Accredited Registers Scheme for Healthcare Professions ("AR Scheme")

Independent Accreditation Agent

An independent Accreditation Agent (“AA”) is the organisation appointed by the Government to conduct the accreditation process upon application by the healthcare professional organisations.

The administrative and secretarial support is provided by an Accreditation Office under the AA.  Upon receiving application, a Survey Team will evaluate the application information and supporting documents submitted by the applying healthcare professional organisations.  The AA will set up an Accreditation Panel, which comprises a Chairman who chairs panel meetings to endorse accreditation results and recommendations from the Survey Team. The AA will recommend the accreditation results for acceptance by the Department of Health.

The roles of the AA include the following -

• Setting the standards and developing the process of accreditation (in the course of the Pilot Scheme);
• Carrying out the accreditation process;
• Providing relevant training to healthcare professions; and
• Handling complaints about accredited healthcare professional bodies where appropriate

The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong has been appointed as the AA for the Pilot Scheme.