Guidance on 12 contents regarding registration for the practice of medicine in Vietnam under Decree 96/2023/ND-CP

Guidance on 12 contents regarding registration for the practice of medicine in Vietnam under Decree 96/2023/ND-CP (Internet image) 

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The government issued Decree 96/2023/ND-CP on December 30, 2023, providing guidance on the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2023.

1. Guidance on 12 contents regarding registration for the practice of medicine in Vietnam under Decree 96/2023/ND-CP

According to Article 27 of Decree 96/2023/ND-CP, in addition to complying with the principles of professional registration in Article 36 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2023, the registration for the practice of medicine is carried out according to the following guidance:

- Being employed in multiple positions within the same medical facility as assigned by the person responsible for the technical expertise of that medical facility, and must be in line with the scope of practice of the practitioner.

- In cases where the practitioner is working in a full-time position at a hospital, is in charge of a specialized department of a hospital, or is responsible for the technical expertise of a hospital, they are allowed to register for the practice of medicine at another medical facility according to one of the following cases:

+ Being a practitioner of another medical facility that does not operate during the same administrative hours;

+ Being responsible for the technical expertise of another medical facility that does not operate during the same administrative hours.

- In case the practitioner is working in a position as a practitioner at a medical facility that is not a hospital, they are allowed to register for the practice of medicine according to one of the following:

+ Being a practitioner of another medical facility that has already registered for the practice of medicine;

+ Being responsible for the technical expertise of another medical facility that has already registered for the practice of medicine.

- In case the practitioner is working in a position as the person responsible for the technical expertise of a medical facility that is not a hospital, they are allowed to register as a practitioner of another medical facility that has already registered for the practice of medicine.

- In case the practitioner is working in a position as the person responsible for the technical expertise of a health station, they are allowed to register for the practice of medicine according to one of the following cases:

+ Being a practitioner of another medical facility that does not operate during the same administrative hours;

+ Being responsible for the technical expertise of another medical facility that does not operate during the same administrative hours.

- The practitioner is only allowed to be in charge of a specialized department within the same hospital.

- The practitioner who is responsible for the technical expertise of a hospital may also be in charge of a specialized department of that hospital, but it must be in line with the scope of practice.

- The practitioner belonging to a medical facility with multiple locations for medical examination and treatment must register as a practitioner at all locations of that medical facility.

- The practitioner who has registered for the practice of medicine at a medical facility does not need to register for the practice of medicine at another medical facility if they carry out medical examination and treatment according to a contract between the medical facilities.

- If the practitioner registers for the practice of medicine at multiple medical facilities, they must ensure reasonable travel time between the registered practice locations.

- In the event that the person responsible for the technical expertise of a medical facility is absent from the facility due to illness, leave, attending educational activities, or other reasons, they must follow the following procedures:

+ Authorize in writing a person working at that medical facility who has a professional practice license with a scope of practice suitable for one of the specialties that the medical facility is registered to operate and has a minimum practice time of 36 months if the absence from the medical facility is less than 15 days;

+ Authorize as prescribed in point a, clause 10, Article 27 of Decree 96/2023/ND-CP and notify the licensing authority if the absence from the medical facility is from 15 days to less than 90 days;

+ Authorize as prescribed in point a, clause 10, Article 27 of Decree 96/2023/ND-CP and notify the licensing authority, and obtain written approval from the licensing authority if the absence from the medical facility is from 90 days to 180 days;

+ If the absence from the medical facility is over 180 days, the medical facility must prepare documents and procedures to request a change of the person responsible for the technical expertise of the medical facility.

- In case the medical facility experiences changes in personnel or the head of the facility:

+ If the practitioner no longer works at the facility:

== Suspend the provision of medical services within the scope of practice of that practitioner if there is no replacement practitioner available, starting from the time the practitioner ceases to work at the facility.

== Report to the competent authority within 3 days from the time the practitioner ceases to work at the facility.

+ If there is a new addition to the practitioners: registration for the practice of medicine must be carried out in accordance with the provisions of this Decree. The practitioner can only practice after completing the registration procedures.

2. Contents of registration for the practice of medicine in Vietnam

The contents of registration for the practice of medicine according to Article 28 of Decree 96/2023/ND-CP are as follows:

- Registration details:

+ Full name and professional practice license number of the practitioner.

+ Title, position of expertise for the case where the practitioner is the person responsible for the technical expertise of the medical facility or is in charge of a specialized department of a hospital.

+ Place of practice, including the name and address of the registered medical facility.

+ Duration of practice.

+ Scope of practice.

+ Language used by foreign practitioners in medical examination and treatment for cases specified in point a and point b, clause 2, Article 21 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2023.

- The medical facility is responsible for completing the registration list, which is done according to Form 01 Appendix II issued together with Decree 96/2023/ND-CP, and it must be confirmed and stamped (if applicable) by the person responsible for the technical expertise of the medical facility.

- If the registration list of the medical facility includes practitioners who are also practicing at another medical facility, additional information about the practice at that other medical facility must be provided.

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