Hanoi-Vietnam: Guidelines for processing applications for medical assessment under Circular 52/2016/TT-BYT

The Standing Agency of the Medical Assessment Council in Vietnam shall examine the received application and organize the medical assessment within the time limit prescribed by law. To be specific:

 If an application is refused, within 10 (ten) working days from the receipt of the application, the Standing Agency of the Medical Assessment Council shall give written response, in which reasons for refusal must be specified, to the introducing agency and/or the patient, and assume responsibility for its refusal.

- In case an application is beyond the specialized capacity of a Provincial Medical Assessment Council:

+ In case the Provincial Medical Assessment Council does not yet carry out the medical assessment, within 10 (ten) working days from the receipt of the application, the Standing Agency of the Provincial Medical Assessment Council shall report the case to the Council’s Chairperson to hold a meeting to reach the conclusion on the assessment case beyond its specialized capacity, transfer the application and letter of introduction of the patient to the Central Medical Assessment Council;

+ In case the Provincial Medical Assessment Council has carried out the medical assessment and reached the conclusion that the case is beyond its specialized capacity, within 07 (seven) working days from the date of the Council’s meeting, the Standing Agency of the Provincial Medical Assessment Council shall complete the medical assessment report and transfer the received application and letter of introduction of the patient to the Central Medical Assessment Council for carrying out the final reassessment.

- In case a competent authority disagrees with the conclusion given by the Medical Assessment Council, it shall send a written request to the Department of Medical Service Administration for final or special reassessment as prescribed.

Other cases may be found in Circular 52/2016/TT-BYT effective from March 1, 2017.

- Thanh Lam -

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