Chương III Thông tư 22/2013/TT-BYT: Tổ chức, quản lý đào tạo liên tục

Chapter III

ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CONTINUOUS TRAINING

Article 10. Code of continuous training facilities

1. Code A includes professional educational facilities/ medical vocational facilities and other educational facilities training in branch code of health science branch group.

2. Code B includes hospitals, institutes with hospital beds; research institutions at Central level; professional associations operating nationwide and centers of training medical human resource, which are eligible to do mission of continuous training.

3. Code C includes the Health Departments of provinces and central-affiliated cities, and units under Health Departments; medical units of Ministries and sectors.

Article 11. Procedures for granting codes of continuous training facilities

The Ministry of Health shall appraise conditions for ensuring quality of training before issuing a decision on grant of the continuous training code to the training facilities, specified as follows:

1. The continuous training facilities send a dossier requesting for grant of code to the Ministry of Health. Duration for appraisal and grant of code does not exceed 30 days after receiving valid dossiers according to seal of the receipt dispatch of the Ministry of Health. In case where dossier fails to be eligible for grant, the Ministry of Health must have notice in writing in which clearly state reason thereof.

2. Dossier requesting for grant of continuous training code includes:

a) Description of professional capability;

b) Program on training;

c) Documents for teaching and learning respective with the training program;

d) Brief list of teachers, in conformity with structure and qualification;

dd) Plan on organization and management of continuous training, in which clearly specify name of responsible leaders, specialized officers and councils;

e) Description of material facilities, practice facilities, equipment for the continuous training.

Article 12. Formulating and approving the plan on continuous training

1. The continuous training facilities shall be liable for formulating plans to submit them to the competent authorities for approval.

2. Competence for approving the plan on continuous training:

a) Minister of Health shall approve or authorize for approving the plan on 5-year continuous training of the Ministry of Health and the continuous training facilities under the Ministry of Health.

b) People’s Committees of provinces and central-affiliated cities shall approve or authorize for the provincial Health Departments for approving the plan on 5-year continuous training of provinces and the continuous training facilities under the provincial Health Departments.

c) Ministers, heads of Ministries and sectors shall approve the plan on 5-year continuous training of the continuous training units under Ministries and sectors.

d) Heads of continuous training facilities shall organize formulation of and, approve the annual plan of continuous training of units on the basis of 5-year plans which have been approved by the competent authorities.

Article 13. Carrying out the continuous training

1. After the annual plan on continuous training of units have been approved, the continuous training facilities shall notify publicly, widely about courses organized by units so that learners may take initiative in selecting and arranging plan for participation.

2. The continuous training facilities shall report to the competent authorities about the organization plan, name of courses, tentative number of learners, programs and documents for training.

3. The continuous training course may be carried out only when there were full the approved programs and documents; full lecturers; managers; equipment for teaching and learning which meet requirements of programs and after reporting the plan to the competent agencies.

Article 14. Certifying participation in continuous training

1. Certifying participation in continuous training will be performed by one of two following forms:

a) The continuous training facilities will issue certificate of continuous training to learners meeting requirements of course at continuous training facilities recognized by the Ministry of Health.

b) Certificate of participation in continuous training under forms specified in Clauses 2, 3, 4 Article 6 of this Circular.

2. To promulgate together this Circular the form of certificate of continuous training. This certificate has value to certificate continuous duration of updating medical knowledge as prescribed in the Law on medical examination and treatment.

3. The Ministry of Health, the provincial Health Departments shall consider and recognize certificate of continuous training issued by foreign facilities to medical officers under their management on the basis of this Circular.

Article 15. Responsibilities in managing the continuous training mission

1. The Ministry of Health shall conduct unified management of the continuous training in health sector nationwide.

2. The Science, Technology and Training Department shall:

a) Appraise for the approval, store the training programs and documents of the continuous training facilities specified in Clause 3 of Article 8;

b) Manage the training codes, carry out work of quality assurance, and formulate the national the database on continuous training in medical sector.

c) Manage the continuous training activities, grant of certificates of continuous training, for case where the training courses are organized by agencies of the Ministry of Health.

3. The provincial Health Department shall:

a) Assign functional divisions to be responsible for managing the continuous training of localities, in which leaders of the provincial Health Department shall take main responsibilities, and included officers who act as specialized or part-time work;

b) Manage programs and documents of continuous training which are appraised and approved by the provincial Health Departments; programs and documents for teaching and learning of their affiliated continuous training facilities;

c) Manage codes of certificates issued to the training facilities by the provincial Health Departments.

d) Formulate, update the provincial continuous training database and put into the national the database on continuous training of the health sector.

dd) Manage dossiers of courses and issue certificates for training courses which are organized by the provincial Health Department.

4. The continuous training facilities shall:

a) To appoint officers in charge of continuous training organization and management of units in which leaders of units shall take main responsibility and included the staff as assistants.

b) Organize the continuous training as prescribed in this Circular.

c) Manage and store programs and documents of continuous training courses of units.

d) Manage dossiers of courses (included list of learners and lecturers).

dd) Manage blank prints and issue certificates of continuous training in accordance with this Circular.

Article 16. Quality management of continuous training facilities

1. The Ministry of Health shall promulgate regulations on standard to ensure quality of the continuous training facilities in health sector.

2. Directors of the provincial Health Department shall organize implementation of regulations on ensuring quality and take responsibility for the continuous training quality of the provincial Health Departments and their affiliated units.

3. Heads of the continuous training facilities shall organize implementation of regulations on ensuring quality and take responsibility for quality of the continuous training conducted by their facilities.

4. The Ministry of Health shall recognize, re-recognize quality of the continuous training facilities on a cycle of 5 years once and assign the Science, Technology and Training Department to preside over, organize appraisal of quality of continuous training facilities, and submit to the Minister of Health for promulgating decisions on recognition.

Article 17. For the national target programs, domestic and foreign projects in medical sector

1. The continuous training activities specified in Clause 1 Article 6 of the national target programs, projects of medical sector shall be carried out under the plans approved by the competent authorities and comply with this Circular.

2. The continuous training courses applied to 2 or more provinces/cities must report to the Ministry of Health for approving the programs and documents before organization.

3. The national target programs and projects managed by central agencies must report to the Ministry of Health, projects managed by provinces/ centrally-run cities must report to the provincial Health Department about the continuous training plans for coordination in implementation.

Article 18. Expenditure for continuous training

1. Expenditure for continuous training is covered from the following sources:

a) Contribution of learners;

b) State budget;

c) Other legal revenues.

2. Expenditure for training is calculated on the practice costs of courses in the principle which revenues are sufficient for expenditures, not for profit purpose and comply with current regulations of State. The training facilities must publicize expenditure of courses before implementation for learners to select.

Article 19. The reporting regime

1. Every year, the continuous training facilities shall report periodically on a basis of twice: 6 first months of year (before July 15) and entire year (before January 15 of the next year).

2. The continuous training facilities under provinces shall report to the provincial Health Departments for summing up and reporting to the People’s Committees of provinces and central-affiliated cities, and the Ministry of Health.

3. Health units of Ministries, sectors and agencies under the Ministry of Health shall report to the Ministry of Health.

4. Content of report: Results of courses, number of learners, number of the issued certificates, organization, management and quality assurance of continuous training