A fine of 5,000,000 VND imposed for making charges for diagnosis and treatment of viral hemorrhagic fevers in Vietnam?

12:01, 11/07/2024

According to the provisions of the Law on Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases 2007, patients suffering from dengue fever, classified under Group A, are entitled to free medical examination and treatment. Consequently, anyone who charges a fee will be subject to administrative penalties of up to 5 million VND.

Law on Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases 2007 categorizes infectious diseases into the following groups:

- Group A includes exceptionally dangerous infectious diseases that can spread very quickly, widely, and have a high mortality rate or have unknown pathogens. This includes poliomyelitis; influenza A-H5N1; plague; smallpox; viral hemorrhagic fevers caused by Ebola, Lassa or Marburg viruses;...

- Group B includes dangerous infectious diseases that can spread quickly and potentially cause death. This includes diseases caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV/AIDS); diphtheria; influenza; rabies; pertussis; pulmonary tuberculosis; mumps; Dengue fever, Dengue viral hemorrhagic fevers; malaria;... From March 2, 2016, the Zika virus disease was added.

- Group C includes less dangerous infectious diseases with slow spreading capabilities. This includes syphilis; trachoma; tapeworm infections; liver fluke disease; lung fluke disease; intestinal fluke disease;...

At the same time, the Law also mentions regulations that individuals infected with diseases belonging to Group A are provided free medical examination and treatment. Therefore, patients with viral hemorrhagic fevers caused by Ebola, Lassa, or Marburg viruses will receive free medical examination and treatment.

According to Point b, Clause 3, Article 11 of Decree 176/2013/ND-CP: A fine ranging from 2-5 million VND shall be imposed for acts of charging fees for medical examination and treatment of infectious diseases in Group A.

Also according to Decree 176, violations related to viral hemorrhagic fevers (Group A) are handled as follows:

No.	Violation	Penalty
1	Failure to register health monitoring with the commune health station of the residence of a person infected with viral hemorrhagic fevers (Group A) after being discharged from a healthcare facility.	100 - 300 thousand VND
2	Failure to report upon discovering a person infected with viral hemorrhagic fevers (Group A)	200 - 500 thousand VND
3	Concealing the status of one's own or another person's viral hemorrhagic fevers infection (Group A)	500 thousand - 1 million VND
4	Failure to conduct tests to detect viral hemorrhagic fevers (Group A) as required by a competent state agency	500 thousand - 1 million VND
5	Failure to monitor the health of physicians and healthcare workers directly involved in the care and treatment of persons infected with viral hemorrhagic fevers (Group A)	1 - 2 million VND
6	Failure to participate in pandemic prevention as ordered by the Pandemic Prevention Steering Committee	2 - 5 million VND
7	Failure to organize the implementation of medical isolation for persons infected with infectious diseases in Group A	5 - 10 million VND
8	Refusal or evasion of the competent state authority's decision on medical isolation or forced medical isolation of a person infected with viral hemorrhagic fevers (Group A), health quarantine subject at the border infected or carrying pathogens of viral hemorrhagic fevers (Group A)
9	Failure to adhere to or fully implement legal regulations on hygiene in the preservation, embalming, transportation, storage of the remains, or burial of persons who died from viral hemorrhagic fevers
10	Failure to handle the remains of persons who died from viral hemorrhagic fevers
11	Failure to disinfect, sterilize waste, clothing, implements, surrounding environment, or transportation means used for persons infected with viral hemorrhagic fevers (Group A)	7 - 10 million VND
12	Failure to implement medical isolation, forced medical isolation, or medical handling of persons, means of transport, goods carrying pathogens of viral hemorrhagic fevers (Group A)	15 - 20 million VND
13	Refusal to admit persons infected with viral hemorrhagic fevers (Group A) to healthcare facilities	20 - 30 million VND
14	Failure to implement measures to prevent the spread of disease in persons infected with viral hemorrhagic fevers (Group A)
15	Conducting tests to detect pathogens of viral hemorrhagic fevers (Group A) without a certificate of biosafety standards issued by a competent state health authority
16	Failure to comply with protocols and techniques for testing, collecting, transporting, storing, preserving, using, researching, exchanging, and destroying specimens related to pathogens of viral hemorrhagic fevers (Group A)

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