Is it permissible to grant medical practice certificate to senior students in Vietnam?
Is it permissible for senior students to be granted medical practice certificate in Vietnam? What are requirements for Vietnamese to obtain a medical practice certificate?
Hi Lawnet. I am a senior student of a medical university in Ho Chi Minh City. I am planning to speed up the progress of my studies so that I can go to work early. Could you please let me know if a senior student can obtain a medical practice certificate? Thanks for your advice.
<subquestion>Is it permissible for senior students to be granted medical practice certificate in Vietnam?</subquestion>
Pursuant to Article 17 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment in 2009 stipulating applicants for medical practice certificates in Vietnam as follows:
1. Doctors, assistant doctors.
2. Nurses.
3. Midwives.
4. Technicians.
5. Herbalists.
6. Owners of family herbal remedies or treatment methods.
As regulations above, you are a senior student, so you are not permissible to obtain a medical practice certificate.
<subquestion>What are requirements for Vietnamese to obtain a medical practice certificate?</subquestion>
Pursuant to Article 18 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment in 2009 stipulating requirements for Vietnamese to obtain a medical practice certificate as follows:
1. To possess any of the following diplomas and certificates relevant to the form of medical practice:
a/ Professional diplomas in health granted or recognized in Vietnam:
b/ Certificates of herbalists;
c/ Certificates of owners of herbal remedies or treatment methods.
2. To possess a written certification of the practice duration, except for herbalists and owners of herbal remedies or treatment methods.
3. To possess a health certificate for practicing medical examination and treatment.
4. Not to fall into cases of being banned from professional practice or work related to the medical or pharmaceutical profession under court rulings or decisions; being examined for penal liability: serving penal sentences or rulings of courts or administrative sanction decisions on confinement to educational or medical treatment establishments: being disciplined by caution or a higher level related to professional medical examination and treatment; or losing civil act capacity or having civil act capacity restricted.
As regulations above, Vietnamese shall meet all above requirements to obtain a medical practice certificate.
