The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (HKSAR) offers a Licentiate of the Medical Council of Hong Kong ([[Licentiate of the Medical Council of Hong Kong|LMCHK]]).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mchk.org.hk/e_index.html|title=The Medical Council of Hong Kong – Home|website=www.mchk.org.hk|access-date=2019-11-26}}</ref> This licentiate is required of non-locally trained doctors in order to register as a medical practitioner in Hong Kong.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elegislation.gov.hk/checkconfig/checkClientConfig.jsp?applicationId=RA001|title=Hong Kong e-Legislation|website=www.elegislation.gov.hk|access-date=2019-11-26}}</ref> The LMCHK qualification forms part of the pathway towards registration to practice medicine in Hong Kong for those that graduated from medical schools outside of Hong Kong. [https://www.almchk.org.hk/ The Association of Licentiates of Medical Council of Hong Kong (ALMCHK)] is the first independent, non-profit, professional medical organisation established in 1995, designated for all non-local graduated licentiate doctors in Hong Kong.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The Association of Licentiates of Medical Council of Hong Kong (ALMCHK)|url=https://www.almchk.org.hk/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> The [[Medical Licentiate Society of Hong Kong|Licentiate Society]] is an independent, non-profit professional body formed to help candidates with the challenges of attaining the [[Licentiate of the Medical Council of Hong Kong|LMCHK]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lmchk.org|title=The Medical Licentiate Society of Hong Kong|last=|first=|date=13 Dec 2019|website=The Medical Licentiate Society of Hong Kong|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
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Medical graduates from schools outside of Hong Kong must obtain a medical license directly form the Medical Council of Hong Kong before they are able to register to practice medicine in Hong Kong. The qualification is known as the Licentiate of the Medical Council of Hong Kong ([[Licentiate of the Medical Council of Hong Kong|LMCHK]]).<ref name=":0" /> The '''LMCHK''' is awarded after such doctors undergo careful vetting, passing the [[Hong Kong Medical Licensing Examination|HKMLE]] exam, and completing a period of assessment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lmchk.org/lmchk|title=Process of attaining LMCHK|last=|first=|date=|website=The Medical Licentiate Society of Hong Kong|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=13 Dec 2019}}</ref> The licentiate doctors are represented by an independent, non-profit professional body, known as the [https://www.almchk.org.hk/ The Association of Licentiates of Medical Council of Hong Kong (ALMCHK)]<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The Association of Licentiates of Medical Council of Hong Kong (ALMCHK)|url=https://www.almchk.org.hk/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> and [[Medical Licentiate Society of Hong Kong|Licentiate Society]].
