Who are the medical practitioners in the Vietnamese People's Armed Forces?

Who are the medical practitioners in the Vietnamese People's Armed Forces?

Based on Clause 1 Article 4 of Decree 16/2024/ND-CP, the medical practitioners and the forms of organization for medical establishments are as follows:

Medical practitioners and the forms of organization for medical establishment:

1. The medical practitioners at the medical establishments within the People's Armed Forces include:

a) Individuals who must possess a license to practice medicine as stipulated in Clause 1 of Article 26 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment.

b) Military nurses who participate in medical examination and treatment activities, but are not required to possess a license to practice medicine as specified in Clause 2 of Article 19 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment.

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Therefore, the medical practitioners within the People's Armed Forces include the following categories:

- Individuals who must possess a license to practice medicine, including:

+ Doctors

+ Physician assistant

+ Nurses

+ Midwives

+ Medical technicians

+ Clinical nutritionists

+ Out-of-hospital paramedic

+ Clinical psychologists

+ Herbalists

+ Holders of folk remedies or therapies

- Military nurses who participate in medical examination and treatment activities but are not required to possess a license to practice medicine.

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When is a new license to practice medicine issued to medical practitioners in the Vietnamese People's Armed Forces?

According to Article 7 of Decree 16/2024/ND-CP, the regulations on issuing, reissuing, and extending license to practice medicine are as follows:

Cases for issuing, reissuing, and extending license to practice medicine:

1. Issuing new license to practice medicine applies to cases specified in point a, and point b of Clause 1 of Article 30 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment, as well as the following cases:

a) Medical practitioners whose license to practice medicine has been revoked due to one of the situations specified in point c of Clause 1, Clause 2, point c of Clause 3, point b of Clause 4, Clause 5, Clause 6, point c of Clause 7 of this Decree.

b) Medical practitioners who have not renewed their license to practice medicine as required in Clause 1 of Article 10 of this Decree for more than 24 months from the expiration date of the previous license.

c) Medical practitioners who have been issued license to practice medicine by competent authorities not belonging to the People's Armed Forces and need to reissue their license to practice medicine after being recruited into the People's Armed Forces, provided that the period from the cessation of practice at medical establishments not belonging to the People's Armed Forces until the submission of the application for a license to practice medicine is more than 60 months.

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Therefore, license to practice medicine for medical practitioners in the People's Armed Forces is issued in the following cases:

- Individuals requesting the issuance of a license to practice medicine for the first time.

- Medical practitioners who change their recorded specialization on the license to practice medicine.

- Medical practitioners whose license to practice medicine have been revoked in the following cases:

+ Revocation due to improper application documents for the license to practice medicine.

+ Revocation due to falsification of documents in the application for the license to practice medicine.

+ Revocation due to incorrect recorded specialization or scope of practice on the license to practice medicine compared to the application documents for the license to practice medicine.

+ Medical practitioners who have not practiced for a continuous period of 24 months, except for participation in specialized training programs.

+ Medical practitioners whose license to practice medicine is revoked by the Professional Council due to significant professional and technical errors.

+ Medical practitioners who, for the second time, are determined by competent state authorities to have violated professional ethics to the extent of professional practice suspension within the validity period of the license to practice medicine.

+ Medical practitioners who, for the second time, are determined by the Professional Council to have significant professional and technical errors to the extent of professional practice suspension within the validity period of the license to practice medicine.

+ Medical practitioners who voluntarily request the revocation of their license to practice medicine.

- Medical practitioners who have not renewed their license to practice medicine.

- Medical practitioners who have been issued license to practice medicine by competent authorities not belonging to the People's Armed Forces and need to reissue their license to practice medicine after being recruited into the People's Armed Forces, provided that the period from the cessation of practice at medical establishments not belonging to the People's Armed Forces until the submission of the application for a license to practice medicine is more than 60 months.

When is the license to practice medicine of medical practitioners in the Vietnamese People's Armed Forces adjusted?

Based on Clause 1 Article 11 of Decree 16/2024/ND-CP, the license to practice medicine for medical practitioners in the People's Armed Forces is adjusted in the following cases:

- The medical practitioner has been granted a license to practice medicine within a specific scope of practice without a specialized field and requests the addition of a specialized field to the scope of practice.

- The medical practitioner has been granted a license to practice medicine within a specific scope of practice with a specialized field but requests the addition of another specialized field that is different from the previously granted specialized field within the scope of practice.

- The medical practitioner has been granted a license to practice medicine within a specific scope of practice with a specialized field, but requests a change in the previously permitted specialized field to another specialized field and will not practice within the previously granted specialized field within the scope of practice.

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