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Service Providers: Registered Professional Engineers

According to the Code of Practice for Private Hospitals and the Code of Practice for Day Procedure Centres, the design and installation of healthcare engineering systems in a hospital or a day procedure centre must be certified by a registered professional engineer (RPE) to ensure that the systems are in compliance with the requirements and acceptable standards as set out in the relevant code of practice. As a transitional arrangement for day procedure centres, the requirements of the healthcare engineering systems as specified in section 1.6 of the Code of Practice for Day Procedure Centres will take effect from 1 January 2028.

For dental compressed air and vacuum systems (DAVS) in a day procedure centre, registered professional engineer may, under an advisory role in nature, be appointed to carry out examination of these systems, and certify that the design and installation of these systems are in compliance with the clauses and standards as suggested at Annex III of the Code of Practice for Day Procedure Centres (i.e. Guidelines for Dental Compressed Air and Vacuum Systems).

The registered professional engineer may be directly appointed by the healthcare facility, referred by the engineering consultants or the engineering contractors. The disciplines of registered professional engineer for certifying healthcare engineering systems in accordance with codes of practice are summarized in the following table.

Templates of certificates of compliance with healthcare engineering requirements for use by hospitals or day procedure centres can be downloaded from the "Important Documents" on this website. If verification of the registration status (electrical, mechanical or building services discipline) of a registered professional engineer is considered necessary, the website of the Engineers Registration Board (ERB) can be referred.