Operating conditions applicable to medical establishments in Vietnam

Operating conditions applicable to medical establishments in Vietnam (Internet image) 

Regarding this matter, LawNet would like to answer as follows: 

1. Forms of organization of medical establishments in Vietnam

Forms of organization of medical establishments according to Article 48 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2023 are as follows:

- Medical establishments may take the following forms:

+ Hospitals;

+ Sick houses under People’s armed forces;

+ Maternity wards;

+ Clinics;

+ Traditional medicine clinics;

+ Subclinical service centers;

+ Health stations;

+ Out-of-hospital emergency care facilities;

+ Family medicine centers;

+ Other forms of organization of medical establishments regulated by the Government.

- Where medical assessment centers, forensic examination establishments, forensic mental health facilities, medical centers or institutes with hospital beds, medical agencies, units, organizations or facilities having different names provide healthcare services, they shall be required to apply for operating licenses according to licensing procedures pertinent to respective forms of organization of medical establishments specified in clause 1 of Article 48 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2023.

2. Operating conditions applicable to medical establishments in Vietnam

Operating conditions applicable to medical establishments in Vietnam according to Article 49 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2023 are as follows:

- They have obtained operating licenses from competent agencies.

- They meet basic quality standards defined in point a of clause 1 of Article 57 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2023 during their operation.

3. Regulations on operating licenses of medical establishments in Vietnam

Regulations on operating licenses of medical establishments in Vietnam according to Article 50 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2023 are as follows:

- Each medical establishment may hold an operating license for indefinite term. If a medical establishment has its branches at other locations, each of these branches must hold an operating license separately.

- An operating license shall include but not limited to the following information:

+ Name of the medical establishment;

+ Form of organization;

+ Operating address;

+ Scope of professional operations;

+ Office hours.

- Applicants for issuance, re-issuance, revision or modification of operating licenses shall be required to pay fees defined in law on fees and charges, except as it is the fault of an agency having jurisdiction to issue operating licenses that an operating license needs to be issued, re-issued, revised or modified.

- Within 05 working days from the date of issuance, re-issuance, modification or revision of an operating license, the agency having jurisdiction to grant operating licenses must publish updated information related to issuance, re-issuance, modification or revision of operating licenses on the healthcare management information system.

- The Government shall impose detailed regulations pertaining to cases, conditions, dossiers of and procedures for issuance, re-issuance, modification or revision of operating licenses applicable to specific forms of organization of medical establishments specified in Section 1; shall promulgate regulations pertaining to templates and designs of operating licenses of medical establishments, and special conditions applied to medical establishments under the People's armed forces.

4. Principles for registration of ractice of medicine in Vietnam

Principles for registration of ractice of medicine according to Article 36 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2023 are as follows:

- A medical practitioner may register for his/her practice of medicine at different medical establishments provided that his/her working hours at these medical establishments do not overlap.

- A medical practitioner may hold one or more professional positions listed hereunder on registration with a medical establishment on condition that he/she is required to perform well in his/her assignments:

+ Providing medical services according to his/her practising license;

+ Being in charge of a specialized department;

+ Assuming professional responsibilities at his/her employing medical establishments.

- A medical practitioner may practice medicine without being required to apply for registration for practice of medicine if:

+ he/she provides emergency care off the premises, except out-of-hospital emergency care;

+ he/she is mobilized and dispatched by the competent body or person to participate in medical examination and treatment activities in response to a natural disaster, calamity, group-A infectious disease or a state of emergency;

+ he/she takes part in humanitarian outreach healthcare campaigns organized at intervals;

+ he/she temporarily provides medical care during the period of transfer of professional and technical expertise in healthcare or technical assistance at another medical establishment;

+ Other circumstances regulated by the Minister of Health arise.

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