Can a doctor be the head of two different departments In Vietnam?
In Vietnam, can a doctor be the head of two different departments? In Vietnam, what is the order of registration for medical examination and treatment practice? I want to ask about a doctor of my hospital who wants to register to practice as the dean of two departments, the Department of Otolaryngology and Pediatrics, is it possible? Thanks for your guidance.
<subquestion>In Vietnam, can a doctor be the head of two different departments?</subquestion>
Pursuant to Article 12 of Decree 109/2016/ND-CP stipulating the principles of registration of medical examination and treatment practice as follows:
1. A healthcare practitioner shall work as a chief physician of only one healthcare facility.
2. A healthcare practitioner shall register to work as a person taking charge of only one department of one healthcare facility. A healthcare practitioner must not take charge of more than one department of one or multiple healthcare facilities.
3. A healthcare practitioner being the chief physician of a healthcare facility may also take charge of a department of such facility in accordance with the practice scope specified in the issued practice certificate.
4. A healthcare practitioner working at a healthcare facility may register to being a chief physician of a healthcare facility which operates overtime.
5. A healthcare practitioner working at a state-owned healthcare facility must not register to be the head of a private hospital or a healthcare facility established and operated according to the Law on Enterprise or the Law on Cooperatives unless he/she is appointed by a competent authority to participate in the management and/or direction of a state-owned healthcare facility.
6. Any healthcare practitioner having registered to work as a chief physician of a healthcare facility may register to work overtime at another healthcare facility.
7. Any healthcare practitioner may register to work at one or multiple healthcare facilities, provided that he/she does not register to work in a period of time at multiple healthcare facilities and the total amount of overtime work does not exceed 200 hours as prescribed in the Labor Code. The healthcare practitioner must ensure the reasonability of the travel between the registered places of practice.
8. If a healthcare practitioner having registered to work at a healthcare facility carries out healthcare activities in an alternate mode between humanitarian healthcare and healthcare on contract between healthcare facilities, he/she is not required to registered to practice at such facilities.
<subquestion>In Vietnam, what is the order of registration for medical examination and treatment practice?</subquestion>
Pursuant to Article 14 of this Decree, the order of registration for medical examination and treatment practice is as follows:
1. Time of practice registration:
a) Regarding healthcare facilities applying for operation licenses, the registration of practice for practitioners shall be carried out at the time of application for operation licenses;
b) Regarding healthcare facilities having operation licenses which have changes in staff members, within 10 working days from the day on which the change is made, the chief physician working for such healthcare facilities shall notify the authority receiving the application for practice registration specified in clause 2 of this Article.
2. Receipt of application for practice registration in case of change in practitioners:
a) The Ministry of Health is responsible for receiving applications for practice registration from healthcare facilities affiliated to the Ministry of Health;
b) Departments of Health are responsible for receiving applications for practice registration of healthcare facilities located in the areas under their management, excluding healthcare facilities specified in point a of this clause.
