Chương XII Luật khám bệnh chữa bệnh 2023: Điều khoản thi hành

Chapter XII

IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS

Article 119. Amendments and supplements to a number of Articles of several laws regarding medical examination and treatment

1. Amending and supplementing clause 10 of Article 4 in the Law on Corporate Income Tax No. 14/2008/QH12 which has been amended and supplemented by several Articles of the Law No. 32/2013/QH13, the Law No. 71/2014/QH13 and the Law No. 61/2020/QH14 as follows:

“10. The undistributed part of income of medical establishments retained for investment in development of those medical establishments; the undistributed part of income of private health facilities which are not medical establishments providing medical examination and treatment services, and the undistributed part of income of private facilities in the education – training, other sectors needing the private-sector involvement that is retained to invest in those facility’s development in accordance with laws on education – training, health, and other sectors needing the private-sector involvement; the undistributed part of income forming assets of cooperatives that are established and operated in accordance with the Law on Cooperatives.”

2. Replacing the phrase "Law on Medical Examination and Treatment No. 40/2009/QH12” by the phrase “the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment No. 15/2023/QH15” at point 26 of Appendix II, regarding the List of technical or specialized planning schemes of the Law on Planning No. 21/2017/QH14.

Article 120. Entry in force

1. This Law is coming into force as from January 01, 2024, except as defined in clause 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of this Article.

2. The Law on Medical Examination and Treatment No. 40/2009/QH12 already amended and supplemented by the Law No. 21/2017/QH14 shall be superseded from the effective date of this Law.

3. Vietnam’s National Medical Council (VNMC) shall have the duty to conduct qualification tests in accordance with the following regulations:

a) The qualification test shall be held for the title of doctor from January 1, 2027;

b) The qualification test shall be held for the title of physician assistant, nurse or midwife from January 1, 2028;

c) The qualification test shall be held for the title of medical technician, clinical nutritionist, out-of-hospital paramedic or clinical psychologist from January 1, 2029.

4. The Vietnamese language proficiency conditions applied to foreigners that are set out in point c of clause 1 of Article 19 and point c of clause 2 of Article 30 herein shall be in force on January 1, 2032.

5. Regulations pertaining to information technology infrastructure that are set forth in point d of clause 2 of Article 52 herein shall be implemented as follows:

a) From January 1, 2027, these regulations shall be applied to application packages for operating licenses that are submitted from January 1, 2027;

b) By January 1, 2029 at the latest, these regulations shall be applied to medical establishments awarded operating licenses prior to January 1, 2027.

6. Quality standards specified in point a of clause 1 of Article 57 herein shall be applied as follows:

a) These quality standards shall be applied to hospitals from January 1, 2025;

b) These quality standards shall be applied to other forms of organization of medical establishment from January 1, 2027.

7. Regulations on levels of professional and technical expertise in healthcare set out in Article 104 herein shall be in force as from January 1, 2025.

8. The healthcare management information system shall be completely built and put to use ahead of January 1, 2027.

9. Health bodies of provincial People’s Committees shall issue, re-issue, modify or revise, revoke or withdraw operating licenses of private hospitals from January 1, 2027.

Article 121. Grandfather clauses

1. Practicing certificates issued before January 1, 2024 shall be converted into practicing licenses according to the conversion roadmap approved by the Government, and shall be renewed every 5 years from the date of conversion as prescribed in this Law.

2. Issuing practicing certificates according to application packages submitted before January 1, 2024 shall comply with the regulatory provisions of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment No. 40/2009/QH12, which was amended and supplemented by the Law No. 21/2017/QH14.

3. Practising certificates issued under clause 2 of this Article shall be converted into practising licenses, and renewed in accordance with clause 1 of this Article.

4. Regulations on use of language in licensing and practising medicine applied to foreigners and overseas Vietnamese under the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment No. 40/2009/QH12 amended and supplemented by the Law No. 21/2017/QH14 shall apply until the end of December 31, 2031.

5. Suspension and revocation of practising certificates granted under the regulatory provisions of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment No. 40/2009/QH12 which was amended and supplemented by the Law No. 21/2017/QH14 shall be subject to regulations on suspension and revocation of practising licenses laid down in this Law.

6. Applicants submitting application packages for practising licenses for the title of doctor from January 1, 2024 to the end of December 31, 2026 shall not be required to take the qualification test prescribed in this Law.

7. Applicants submitting application packages for practising licenses for the title of physician assistant, nurse or midwife from January 1, 2024 to the end of December 31, 2027 shall not be required to take the qualification test prescribed in this Law.

8. Applicants submitting application packages for practising licenses for the title of medical technician, clinical nutritionist, out-of-hospital paramedic or clinical psychologist from January 1, 2024 to the end of December 31, 2028 shall not be required to take the qualification test prescribed in this Law.

9. Holders of practising licenses defined in clause 1, 2, 6, 7 and 8 of this Article shall comply with regulations pertaining to practice of medicine under this Law.

10. Persons awarded intermediate physician assistant diplomas after December 31, 2026 shall not be granted practising licenses for the title of physician assistant.

11. Medical establishments that have been granted operating licenses under the provisions of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment No. 40/2009/QH12, which was amended and supplemented by the Law No. 21/2017/QH14, may continue to operate without having to apply for re-issuance of their operating licenses.

12. Application packages for operating licenses submitted before January 1, 2024 shall be processed and handled under the regulatory provisions of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment No. 40/2009/QH12, which was amended and supplemented by the Law No. 21/2017/QH14.

13. Operating licenses shall be issued according to application packages for operating licenses submitted from January 1, 2024 to the end of December 31, 2026 according to regulations on forms of organization, conditions, procedures and issuance authority set down in this Law, except for the regulatory provisions on conditions set out in point d of clause 2 of Article 52, and the regulatory provisions on authority laid down in clause 9 of Article 120 herein. Issuance, re-issuance, modification or revision, and revocation or withdrawal of operating licenses of private hospitals from January 1, 2024 to the end of December 31, 2026 shall be undertaken by the Minister of Health.

14. Suspension and revocation of operating licenses granted under the regulatory provisions of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment No. 40/2009/QH12 which was amended and supplemented by the Law No. 21/2017/QH14 shall be subject to regulations on suspension and revocation of operating licenses laid down in this Law.

15. The Government shall elaborate on this Article; shall promulgate conditions for award of practising licenses mentioned in clause 6, 7 and 8 of this Article.