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What are the conditions for granting medical practice certificates from January 1, 2024?

This article provides detailed information on the conditions required to obtain a medical practice certificate from January 1, 2024. It helps readers better understand the standards and requirements that medical practitioners must meet to ensure quality and safety in the medical examination and treatment process. The article also emphasizes the importance of complying with these conditions to maintain the reputation and responsibility of medical practitioners. Understanding these regulations will help doctors and medical staff better prepare for the process of applying for a medical practice certificate.

Article 30 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2023 stipulates the issuance of new medical practice certificates (licenses to practice medical examination and treatment) as follows:

Subjects of medical practice certificate issuance

Conditions for granting medical practice certificates

Titles of doctor, physician, nurse, midwife, medical technician, clinical nutritionist, paramedic and clinical psychologist

- Assessed to have sufficient professional capacity through a medical practice capacity assessment test or have a recognized practice license;

- Be healthy enough to practice;

- Meet Vietnamese language proficiency requirements for foreigners as prescribed by the Government;

- Not falling into one of the cases of being banned from practicing medicine or being administratively sanctioned for the act of examining and treating medicine without a practice license but the license has not expired is considered not to have been administratively sanctioned.

Titles of traditional medicine practitioner, person with traditional medicine or traditional treatment method

- Have a certificate of traditional medicine practitioner or a certificate of a person with a traditional medicine prescription or a certificate of a person with a traditional treatment method;

- Be healthy enough to practice;

- Meet Vietnamese language proficiency requirements for foreigners as prescribed by the Government;