Regulations on leave of absence from medical internship for professional title in Vietnam

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1. Regulations on leave of absence from medical internship for professional title in Vietnam

Regulations on leave of absence from medical internship in Vietnam according to Article 4 of Decree 96/2023/ND-CP are as follows:

- Medical interns will work according to working regimes of the instructing facility. Due to health conditions of the medical intern or in the event of force majeure, a medical internship may be suspended for a maximum period of 12 months while results of completed internship contents of the medical intern will be kept unchanged.

- Leave of absence procedures:

+ The medical intern will submit an application for leave of absence and support documents indicating his/her reasons for such leave;

+ The head of the instructing facility will consider the received application and decide whether or not to approve the application. If the application is refused, written reasons for refusal shall be given;

+ Within 30 days upon the expiry of the leave of absence period, if the medical intern submits neither a written request for permission to resume internship nor an application for extension of leave of absence period, his/her internship results will be invalidated. Total leave of absence period shall not exceed 12 months.

2. Instructing facilities accepting medical interns in Vietnam

Instructing facilities accepting medical interns in Vietnam according to Article 5 of Decree 96/2023/ND-CP as follows:

* Instructing facilities for doctors:

- For medical doctors and preventive medicine doctors: health facilities that have been granted operating license in the form of hospitals;

- For traditional medicine doctors: health facilities that have been granted operating license in the form of hospitals and whose scope of operation includes traditional medicine;

- For odonto-stomatology doctors: health facilities that have been granted operating license in the form of hospitals and whose scope of operation includes odonto-stomatology specialty.

* Instructing facilities for physician assistants:

- For general physician assistants: health facilities that have been granted operating license in the form of hospitals; polyclinics; health stations of communes, wards or commune-level towns (hereinafter referred to as “commune health stations”);

- For traditional medicine physician assistants: health facilities that have been granted operating license in the form of hospitals or polyclinics or commune health stations. Traditional medicine must fall within the scope of operation of these facilities.

* Instructing facilities for nurses: health facilities that have been granted operating license in the form of hospitals.

* Instructing facilities for midwives: health facilities that have been granted operating license in the form of hospitals or maternity wards or commune health stations. If instructing facilities are hospitals or commune health stations, obstetrics must fall within their scope of operation.

* Instructing facilities for medical technicians:

- For medical technicians in medical laboratory technology: health facilities that have been granted operating license in the form of hospitals or clinics or testing facilities. The scope of operation of these facilities must be appropriate to the medical laboratory technology;

- For medical technicians in medical imaging: health facilities that have been granted operating license in the form of hospitals or clinics or medical imaging facilities. The scope of operation of these facilities must be appropriate to the medical imaging technique;

- For medical technicians in dental technology: health facilities that have been granted operating license in the form of hospitals or clinics or dental technology facilities. The scope of operation of these facilities must be appropriate to the dental technology;

- For medical technicians in ophthalmic refraction: health facilities that have been granted operating license in the form of hospitals or clinics or corrective spectacle stores performing refraction tests. The scope of operation of these facilities must be appropriate to the ophthalmic refraction techniques;

- For medical technicians in rehabilitation: health facilities that have been granted operating license in the form of hospitals or clinics or rehabilitation facilities. The scope of operation of these facilities must be appropriate to the rehabilitation technique.

* Instructing facilities for clinical nutritionists: health facilities that have been granted operating license in the form of hospitals, and have nutrition departments.

* Instructing facilities for out-of-hospital paramedics: health facilities that have been granted operating license in the form of hospitals or out-of-hospital emergency care facilities.

* Instructing facilities for clinical psychologists: health facilities that have been granted operating license in the form of hospitals or clinical psychology centers. If instructing facilities are hospitals, their scope of operation must include psychiatry or clinical psychology departments must be established.

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