Committees and Manual

There are 6 Committees formed under the Council of the HKANM to carry out specific functions for the Academy as below:

Accreditation Committee

To set, monitor and enforce the standards of Academy Colleges.
To recommend to the HKANM Council, the criteria for the accreditation of professional organizations to be Academy Colleges.
To recommend to the HKANM Council the procedures, documentations and fees payable for accreditation of Academy Colleges.
To conduct accreditation processes for Academy Colleges and make recommendations to the HKANM Council.
To keep under review the existing policy and process of accreditation, and to make recommendations to the HKANM Council for improvement when necessary.

Community, Promotion and Public Relations Committee

To organize activities to promote and publicize the HKANM.
To establish networks with external parties/stakeholders.
To promote image of HKANM through publications or other communication strategies.

Education Committee

Coordinating and monitoring the programs of postgraduate education and training of the Colleges to ensure that they are of the standards set by the HKANM;
Ensuring the proper organization and conduct of examinations;
Advising the HKANM Council on education and training policy of the HKAN, and on any other matters concerning postgraduate education and training.

Fund Raising Committee

To strengthen community networking through community activities (such as community health promotion, advanced nursing practice and healthcare research);
To organize activities to raise funds for HKANM.

Professional Development Committee

To recommend guidelines for establishing defined areas of specialty and subspecialty;
To develop the Code of Professional Conduct and Code of Ethics for specialist nursing practice in accordance with international standard;
To identify trends and support educational activities in overall advanced nursing practice and education in collaboration with concerned parties;
To advise and recommend to the Council on guidelines, frameworks and policies relevant to advanced nursing practice and
To advise the Council on the needs of continuing education of nursing specialists and to recommend the Council on the guideline of membership renewal.

Registration and Membership Committee

To assess the applications for entering the Institutional Membership, Ordinary Membership and Fellow Membership and to recommend approval or rejection of these applications.
To assess the applications for recertification into the Institutional Membership, Ordinary Membership and Fellow Membership and to recommend approval or rejection of these applications.
To assess the applications for the restoration of names to the Institutional Membership, Ordinary Membership and Fellow Membership and to recommend approval or rejection of these applications.
To assess the applications for the removal of names from the Institutional Membership, Ordinary Membership, Fellow Membership and Honorary Fellow Membership and to recommend approval or rejection of these applications.
To keep and update the Specialist Registry of all academy’s membership.
To consider the various matters relating to the issuing of the specialist certificate.