Conditions for granting medical practice certificates in Vietnam

Conditions for granting medical practice certificates in Vietnam (Internet image)

1. Applicants for medical practice certificates in Vietnam

Medical practice certificate means a document granted by a competent state agency to a person eligible for professional practice under the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2009 (Clause 4, Article 2 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2009)

According to Article 17 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2009, applicants for medical practice certificates include:

- Doctors, assistant doctors.

- Nurses.

- Midwives.

- Technicians.

- Herbalists.

- Owners of family herbal remedies or treatment methods.

2. Conditions for granting medical practice certificates in Vietnam

2.1. Conditions for Vietnamese to obtain a medical practice certificate in Vietnam

According to Article 18 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2009, the conditions for Vietnamese to obtain a medical practice certificate are as follows:

- 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.

2.2. Conditions for foreigners and overseas Vietnamese to obtain a medical practice certificate in Vietnam

To apply for a medical practice certificate in Vietnam, foreigners and overseas Vietnamese must satisfy the conditions specified in Article 19 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2009, specifically as follows: after:

- To meet all the conditions specified in Section 2.1

- To meet requirements on language skills in medical examination and treatment specified in Article 23 of this Law.

- To have judicial history records certified by competent authorities of their own countries

- To possess a work permit granted by a competent Vietnamese state agency in charge of labor under the labor law.

3. Cases of revocation of medical practice certificate in Vietnam

According to Clause 1, Article 29 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2009, a medical practice certificate shall be revoked when:

- It is granted ultra vires;

- It contains contents contrary to law:

- The practitioner fails to practice for 2 consecutive years;

- The practitioner is confirmed to have committed professional and technical mistakes causing serious consequences to the health or life of patients;

- The practitioner fails to update medical knowledge for 2 consecutive years;

- The practitioner fails to meet health requirements for professional practice:

- The practitioner falls into any of the cases specified in Clause 4, Article 18 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2009.

Thanh Rin

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