Vietnam: Level of allowances for performing examination of toxicity of inorganic and organic compounds

According to Circular No. 31/2015/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, level of allowances/examiner/workday (VND) for examiners performing examination of toxicity of inorganic and organic compounds are specified as follows:

- Class A forensic sample: 500,000 VND/examiner/workday;

- Class B forensic sample: 300,000 VND/examiner/workday;

- Neither class A nor class B: 150,000 VND/examiner/workday.

In which: A workday lasts 16 hours.

Besides, Circular No. 31/2015/TT-BYT also stipulates the level of allowances/examiner/workday (VND) for examiners performing examination of toxic volatiles, ethanol, drugs and other elements as follows:

- Class A forensic sample: 500,000 VND/examiner/workday;

- Class B forensic sample: 300,000 VND/examiner/workday;

- Neither class A nor class B: 150,000 VND/examiner/workday.

In which: A workday lasts 04 hours.

Specific guides:

- Class A forensic sample is the sample infected with HIV/AIDS carrying extremely dangerous infectious diseases that are capable of spreading very quickly and widely, causing high fatality or with unknown pathogens or the examination is required to be carried out in the area hit by extremely dangerous infectious diseases of class B as prescribed in Point a, Clause 1, Article 3 of the Law on prevention and treatment of infectious diseases of Vietnam or carried out in polluted environment.

- Class B forensic sample is the sample carrying extremely dangerous infectious diseases that are capable of spreading very quickly and causing fatality or the examination is required to be carried out in the area hit by extremely dangerous infectious diseases of class B as prescribed in Point b, Clause 1, Article 3 of the Law on prevention and treatment of infectious diseases of Vietnam; or the examination requires exposure and contact with radioactive substances as prescribed by the Ministry of Science and Technology, hazardous chemicals as defined in the list of chemicals enclosed with the Government’s Decree No. 108/2008/ND-CP dated October 07, 2008 providing instructions on the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Chemicals, the Government’s Decree No. 26/2011/ND-CP dated April 08, 2011 amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 108/2008/ND-CP (hereinafter referred to as Decree No. 108/2008/ND-CP and Decree No. 26/2011/ND-CP) according to law provisions.

View more details at Circular No. 31/2015/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, effective from December 01, 2016.

Le Hai

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