Chương II Thông tư liên tịch 51/2015/TTLT-BYT-BNV: Phòng y tế

Chapter II

HEALTH AUTHORITIES

Article 4. Positions and functions

1. Health authority is a specialized agency affiliated to the People’s Committee of the district, and meant to assist the People's Committee of the district in performing state management of health, including: preventive medicine; medical diagnosis and treatment, rehabilitation; traditional medicine; reproductive health; medical equipment; pharmaceutical products; cosmetics; food safety; health insurance; population and family planning within a district.

2. Each health authority is under the direction and management of the People's Committee of the district regarding organizational structure, payroll and operations and is under the direction and guidance and subject to specialized inspection of the Department of Health.

Article 5. Tasks and entitlements

Each health authority has the following tasks and entitlements:

1. Request the People’s Committee of the district to promulgate decisions and directives; long-term, 5-year or annual planning and plans and other documents; programs and solutions for administrative reform concerning healthcare sector  under the management of the People’s Council and People’s Committee of the district.

2. Organize the implementation of legal documents, planning and plans approved by the competent authority; disseminate information and laws; supervise law enforcement within its jurisdiction.

3. Assist the People’s Committee of the district in and take responsibility for appraising, applying for and issuing healthcare sector-related licenses and certificates within its power as prescribed by law and as assigned by the People's Committee of the district.

4. Assist the People’s Committee of the province in performing state management of enterprises, collective and private business entities; provide guidelines and inspect operations of associations and non-governmental organizations involved in healthcare services within the district as prescribed by law.

5. Provide professional guidelines for the fields under its management for officials of communes.

6. Organize the application of scientific and technological advances; establish an information and archiving system to serve state management and professional operations related to the assigned fields.

7. Provide information and submit reports on performance of assigned tasks to the People’s Committee of the district and Department of Health on a periodic or ad-hoc basis.

8. Inspect the implementation of laws by organizations and individuals upon their performance of assigned tasks; settle complaints and denunciations; prevent and fight against corruption, practice thrift and fight against wastefulness as prescribed by law and as assigned by the People's Committee of the district.

9. Manage organizational structure, job positions, payroll and ranks of officials; implement salary regimes and policies on preferential treatment, commendation and reward, and impose disciplinary penalties against officials under its management as prescribed by law and as assigned by the People’s Committee of the district.

10. Manage and take responsibility for finance and allocated assets as prescribed by law soft and as assigned by the People’s Committee of the district.

11. Perform other tasks as assigned by the People’s Committee of the district and as prescribed by law.

Article 6. Organizational structure and payroll

1. Organizational structure

a) A health authority includes the head and no more than 02 deputy heads and officials;

b) The head is responsible to the People’s Committee of the district and President of the People’s Committee of the district and law for operations of the health authority;

c) The deputy heads assist the head in directing performance of some tasks and is responsible to the head and law for the fulfillment of their tasks. In the head’s absence, a deputy head authorized by the head shall manage the operations of the authority;

d) The President of the People’s Committee of the district shall decide to dismiss, reassign, reward, impose disciplinary penalties against, give permission for resignation and provide benefits to the head and deputy heads.

2. Payroll

a) Payroll of a health authority is assigned on the basis of job positions according to its functions, tasks and scope of operation and included in the payroll of authorities of the People’s Committee of the district that is assigned by the competent authority;

b) According to the functions, tasks, list of jobs and ranks of officials approved by a competent authority, the health authority shall prepare an annual plan for making payroll as prescribed by law.