Main Service Areas

1. Issue of licences to control the possession, dealing in or with, and use of radioactive substances or irradiating apparatus.
2. Issue of permits to transport radioactive substances in Hong Kong.
3. Organises pre-employment and periodic health surveillance of radiation workers and provides personnel and environmental radiation monitoring services.
4. Organising radiation safety and health education programmes and providing health counselling.
5. Performing safety analysis and inspection of radiation facilities, characterisation and quantification of radiation devices and standardisation of radiological instruments.
6. Dealing with adverse radiation incidents and providing advice on radiological safety and assessment of health effects.
7. Serving as Government's adviser on radiation health matters.

For further information about the Radiation Health Division, please visit https://www.rhd.gov.hk/.