Can nurses apply for medical practice certificates in Vietnam? What are the conditions for Vietnamese to obtain a medical practice certificate?
Can nurses apply for medical practice certificates in Vietnam?
According to the provisions of Article 17 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2009, regulations on applicants for medical practice certificates are specifically as follows:
Applicants for medical practice certificates
1. Doctors, assistant doctors.
2. Nurses.
3. Midwives.
4. Technicians.
5. Herbalists.
6. Owners of family herbal remedies or treatment methods.
Thus, nurses are one of the applicants for medical practice certificates according to the provisions of law.
Can nurses apply for medical practice certificates in Vietnam? What are the conditions for Vietnamese to obtain a medical practice certificate?
What are the conditions for Vietnamese to obtain a medical practice certificate?
Pursuant to Article 18 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2009, conditions for Vietnamese to obtain a medical practice certificate are as follows:
Conditions for Vietnamese to obtain a medical practice certificate
1. To possess any of the following diplomas and certificates relevant to the form of medical practice:
a/ Professional diplomas in health granted or recognized in Vietnam:
b/ Certificates of herbalists;
c/ Certificates of owners of herbal remedies or treatment methods.
2. To possess a written certification of the practice duration, except for herbalists and owners of herbal remedies or treatment methods.
3. To possess a health certificate for practicing medical examination and treatment.
4. Not to fall into cases of being banned from professional practice or work related to the medical or pharmaceutical profession under court rulings or decisions; being examined for penal liability: serving penal sentences or rulings of courts or administrative sanction decisions on confinement to educational or medical treatment establishments: being disciplined by caution or a higher level related to professional medical examination and treatment; or losing civil act capacity or having civil act capacity restricted.
Thus, based on the above regulations, the conditions for Vietnamese to obtain a medical practice certificate include:
- To possess any of the following diplomas and certificates relevant to the form of medical practice:
+ Professional diplomas in health granted or recognized in Vietnam:
+ Certificates of herbalists;
+ Certificates of owners of herbal remedies or treatment methods.
- To possess a written certification of the practice duration, except for herbalists and owners of herbal remedies or treatment methods.
- To possess a health certificate for practicing medical examination and treatment.
- In addition, not to fall into cases of:
+ being banned from professional practice or work related to the medical or pharmaceutical profession under court rulings or decisions; being examined for penal liability:
+ serving penal sentences or rulings of courts or administrative sanction decisions on confinement to educational or medical treatment establishments:
+ being disciplined by caution or a higher level related to professional medical examination and treatment;
+ or losing civil act capacity or having civil act capacity restricted.
How long does a nurse have to practice before obtaining a medical practice certificate in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 24 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2009, regulations on confirmation of practice process are as follows:
Certification of the practice duration
1. Before obtaining a medical practice certificate, holders of professional diplomas in health granted or recognized in Vietnam must practice at the following medical examination and treatment establishments for:
a/ 18 months at hospitals or research institutes with patient beds (below referred to as hospitals), for medical doctors:
b/ 12 months at hospitals, for assistant doctors:
c/ 9 months at hospitals with obstetrics wards or obstetrics clinics, for midwives:
d/ 9 months at medical examination and treatment establishments, for nurses and technicians.
2. Heads of medical examination and treatment establishments shall certify in writing the practice duration and professional capacity and ethics for practitioners at their establishments.
Thus, according to the above regulations, nurses must have a practice period of 9 months at medical examination and treatment establishments to be granted a practice certificate.
Heads of medical examination and treatment establishments shall certify in writing the practice duration and professional capacity and ethics for practitioners at their establishments.
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