The latest regulation on on-standby medical examination and treatment in Vietnam

The latest regulation on on-standby medical examination and treatment in Vietnam (Internet image) 

Regarding this issue, LawNet responded as follows:

1. Regulation on on-standby medical examination and treatment in Vietnam

Regulations on on-standby medical examination and treatment in Vietnam under Article 67 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2009 are as follows:

- Medical examination and treatment establishments with inpatient treatment and first-aid establishments shall provide on-standby medical examination and treatment outside working hours and on holidays.

Medical examination and treatment establishments with inpatient treatment are encouraged to provide 24-hour medical examination and treatment.

- On-standby medical examination and treatment at a medical examination and treatment establishment includes leaders on standby, clinical standby, paraclinical standby, logistic-standby and guards on standby.

- The head of a medical examination and treatment establishment shall:

= Assign persons on standby, specifically define responsibilities of each level and persons on standby and on-standby regimes:

= Ensure sufficient means of transport for first-aid suited to the form of medical examination and treatment; medical equipment and devices and essential drugs to promptly give first aid to patients;

= Ensure reporting by each on-standby shift.

2. Prohibited acts in medical examination and treatment in Vietnam

Prohibited acts in medical examination and treatment under Article 6 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2009 are as follows:

- Refusing to provide or intentionally delaying first aid for patients.

- Providing medical examination and treatment without a medical practice certificate or during the time subject to suspension from professional practice; providing medical examination and treatment services without an operation license or during the time subject to suspension from operation.

- Practicing medical examination and treatment or providing medical examination and treatment services outside the scope of professional operation under a medical practice certificate or operation license, except cases of emergency.

- Hiring, borrowing, leasing or lending medical practice certificates or operation licenses.

- Practitioners selling drugs to patients in any forms, except herb doctors, herb assistant doctors, herbalists and owners of family remedies.

- Applying medical professional methods and techniques which have not been recognized and using drugs which have not been licensed for circulation, in medical examination and treatment.

- Advertising professional capacity and qualifications untruthfully or beyond the scope of professional operation under medical practice certificates or operation licenses; abusing traditional herbal medicament knowledge or other medical knowledge to advertise treatment methods or drugs untruthfully.

- Using superstitions in medical examination and treatment.

- Practitioners drinking alcohol or beer or smoking or having an alcoholic concentration in blood or breath when providing medical examination and treatment.

- Infringing upon patients' rights; failing to observe professional and technical regulations in medical examination and treatment; taking advantage of positions and powers in medical examination and treatment: abusing the profession to harm the honor, dignity and body of patients: erasing and modifying case history dossiers to falsify information on medical examination and treatment.

- Harming the health, life, honor and dignity of practitioners.

- Obstructing patients in need of compulsory treatment in admitting to medical examination and treatment establishments or intentionally providing treatment for those not in need of compulsory treatment.

- Medical cadres, civil servants and public employees establishing, engaged in the establishment or management and administration of, private hospitals or medical examination and treatment establishments set up and operating under the Enterprise Law or the Law on Cooperatives, unless they are assigned by competent state agencies to manage and administer state-funded medical examination and treatment establishments.

- Bribe giving, taking and broking in medical examination and treatment.

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