Conditions for issuance of medical practice certificates in Vietnam

Medical practice certificates shall be granted for the following persons:

- Doctors, assistant doctors.

- Nurses.

- Midwives.

- Technicians.

- Herbalists.

- Owners of family herbal remedies or treatment methods.

In order to be granted with medical practice certificates, the above-mentioned persons must meet the following conditions:

- 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.

- 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.

View more details at the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2009 of Vietnam, effective from January 01, 2011.

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