CONCLUSION DOCTORS MUST HAVE TIME OF PRACTICING TREATMENT OF AT LEAST 54 MONTHS
On May 06, 2013, the Ministry of Health issued the Circular No. 14/2013/TT-BYT guiding medical examination, of which, promulgating the strict regulations on personnel conditions for medical examination and treatment establishments permitted to perform medical examination.
Specifically, according to the previous regulations, the Ministry of Health regulated the relevant people who concluded and signed the health certificate, medical examination book are the head of medical examination and treatment establishments or the persons authorized by the head of the medical examination and treatment establishments. However, under this Circular, the conclusion person must meet the be doctors possessing the practicing certificate of medical examination and treatment and having time of medical examination and treatment of at least 54 months; be assigned by competent persons of medical examination establishments so as to make health conclusions, to sign in the medical examination certificate and periodical medical examination book. The assignment must be performed in writing and affixed with a legal seal of medical examination and treatment establishments.
Besides, the person performing clinical examination, preclinical examination must has the practicing certificate of medical examination and treatment as prescribed by Law on medical examination and treatment in line with specialty which such person is assigned task of examination. In case the person performing preclinical examination techniques that law not requires to have to have the practicing certificate of medical examination and treatment, he/she must have specialized degrees in line with the assigned job.
For medical examination establishments serving foreigners, Vietnamese persons residing in foreign country and Vietnamese persons going abroad for work under contract, the persons who perform clinical examination, the conclusion persons must be the specialized doctors at grade I or medical masters or higher. The conclusion person must be the specialized doctors at grade I or medical masters or higher.
This Circular shall take effect on June 22, 2013 and replace the Circular No. 13/2007/TT-BYT dated November 21, 2007; the Joint Circular No. 10/2004/TTLT-BYT-BLĐTBXH-BTC dated December 16, 2004
