Functions and duties of the Central Institute of Forensic Psychiatry under the Ministry of Health of Vietnam

11:55, 05/08/2013

Recently, the Government of Vietnam has issued Decree No. 85/2013/NĐ-CP stipulating in detail and measures to implement the Law on Judicial Expertise of Vietnam.

Viện pháp y tâm thần Trung ương thuộc BYT có các chức năng, nhiệm vụ, Nghị định 85/2013/NĐ-CP

According to Decree No. 85/2013/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, the Central Institute of Forensic Psychiatry under the Ministry of Health has its functions and duties as follows:

- Performing the psychiatric forensic examination as prescribed by the procedural law and the Law on judicial expertise;

- Developing regulations on psychiatric forensic examination for submission to the Minister of Health;

- Developing programs, materials and organizing the guidance on fostering psychiatric forensic professional ability;

- Guiding, directing and inspecting the psychiatric forensic professional ability

- Doing scientific research on psychiatric specialized forensics;

- Performing activities in terms of international cooperation on psychiatric forensic medicine as prescribed by the Ministry of Health;

- Summarizing and making annual report to the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Justice on organization and activities of psychiatric forensic examination and proposing measures to improve the efficiency of psychiatric forensic expertise activities;

- Other duties as prescribed by the Minister of Health.

Note: The Central Institute of Forensic Psychiatry has a Director and Deputy Directors. The Director and Deputy Directors in charge of professional expertise must be judicial experts and appointed by the Minister of Health.

View details at Decree No. 85/2013/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from September 15, 2013.

Ty Na

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