What are the regulations on the application form for reissuance of healthcare practice certificates applicable to foreigners in Vietnam?
- What is the application form for re-issuance of healthcare practice certificates applicable to foreigners?
- Where do I submit the application for the issuance or reissuance of healthcare practice certificates in Vietnam?
- What are the procedures for issuance or reissuance of healthcare practice certificates in Vietnam?
What is the application form for re-issuance of healthcare practice certificates applicable to foreigners?
The application form for reissuance of healthcare practice certificates applicable to foreigners is Form 10 specified in Appendix I issued together with Decree No. 109/2016/ND-CP. Below is a picture of the application form for reissuance of healthcare practice certificates applicable to foreigners:
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Where do I submit the application for the issuance or reissuance of healthcare practice certificates in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 9 of Decree No. 109/2016/ND-CP stipulating where to submit applications for issuance or reissuance of healthcare practice certificates:
- The submission of an application for issuance/reissuance of a practice certificate specified in Articles 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Decree No. 109/2016/ND-CP shall be carried out as follows:
+ The applicant for issuance/reissuance of a practice certificate of cases specified in points a, b and c clause 1 Article 26 of the Law on Medical examination and treatment shall send 01 set of application to the Ministry of Health;
+ The applicant for issuance/reissuance of a practice certificate who is working at a healthcare facility under the management of the Department of Health, excluding cases specified in point a of this clause shall send 01 set of application to the Department of Health.
- If the practitioner having a practice certificate issued by the Ministry of Health or the Department of Health changes his/her workplace, the application for issuance/reissuance of a practice certificate shall be submitted as follows:
+ Any practitioner working at a healthcare facility under the management of the Department of Health shall send the application to the Department of Health of the province where such healthcare facility is located;
+ Any practitioner working at a healthcare facility under the management of the Ministry of Health shall send the application to the Ministry of Health.
- If the healthcare practitioner is not working for a healthcare facility by the time of application for issuance/reissuance of the practice certificate, the application shall be sent to the Department of Health of the province where he/she registers the permanent residence.
What are the procedures for issuance or reissuance of healthcare practice certificates in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 10 of Decree No. 109/2016/ND-CP stipulating the procedures for issuance or reissuance of healthcare practice certificates as follows:
- After receiving an application for issuance/reissuance of a practice certificate, the Ministry of Health or the Department of Health (hereinafter referred to as application-receiving authority) shall issue an application receipt note using the form specified in Annex II enclosed with Decree No. 109/2016/ND-CP. To be specific:
+ If the application is submitted directly at the application-receiving authority and satisfactory according to regulation, the application-receiving authority shall give the applicant an application receipt note;
+ If the application is sent by post, then within 02 days from the day on which the application is received (pursuant to the coming postmark), the application-receiving authority shall send the receipt note to the applicant;
- Within 20 days from the date written on the Receipt note, the application-receiving authority shall conduct the inspection of the application and make an appraisal record).
- If the application is satisfactory, within 10 working days from the day on which the appraisal record is issued, the application-receiving authority shall issue/reissue the practice certificate.
- Regarding unsatisfactory applications:
+ Within 05 working days from the day on which the appraisal record is issued, the application-receiving authority shall send the applicant a written notification containing a request for completion of the application. Such notification must specify the documents subject to supplementation and those subject to modification.
+ After receiving the request for completion of the application, the applicant shall comply with the request and send the revised application to the application-receiving authority. The application-receiving authority shall send the Receipt note for the revised application to the applicant.
+ The application-receiving authority shall continue the procedures as prescribed in clauses 2 and 3 and point a clause 4 of this Article. If the revised application is still unsatisfactory, the application-receiving authority shall continue guiding the applicant on the completion of the application.
+ If the applicant fails to make supplementation or modification of the application within 60 days from the day on which the application-receiving authority’s request for completion of the application is received, the procedures for issuance/reissuance of the practice certificate shall be re-conducted.
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