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Circular No. 13/1999/tt-Byt: Guide The Implementation Of The Ordinance, The Medical Practice Of Private Medicine In Field Of Medical Practice, Traditional Medicine.

Original Language Title: Thông tư 13/1999/TT-BYT: Hướng dẫn thực hiện Pháp lệnh Hành nghề y, dược tư nhân thuộc lĩnh vực hành nghề y, dược cổ truyền.

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Circulars implementing Ordinance on medical practice, medicine in the field of private medical practice, traditional medicine _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the French base of private medical practice command on 13/10/1993;
Pursuant to Decree 04/CP on January 29, 1994 the Government materialize some things in medical practice Ordinance.
Pursuant to Decree No. 12/CP on 5/1/1995 of government regulations on goods, services and trade business prohibited goods, services business conditions in the domestic market.
This circular instruction specific to medical practice, traditional medicine privately.
Chapter I GENERAL PROVISIONS article 1. Those titles of medical practice, traditional private pharmaceutical guidelines in this circular are interpreted as follows: 1. General health: Salary has enough expertise on traditional medicine to patients, the medical certificate medical general wage.
2. medical specialist Salary: as people have sufficient expertise on traditional medicine to the diagnosis and treatment using traditional medicine for the sick in specialist (internal, foreign, children's, accessories, acupuncture massage relieves xoâ...), the Ministry of Health issued a certificate.
3. The practice by traditional post: is the tv family for its home post specializes in curing a disease for high productivity. People practice by traditional post must be post drug ingredients, how to join, how to reduce the dosage, dosage (dosage, indications and contraindications), how certain diseases and must be the Department of health or the Ministry of Health issued a certificate "clinical practitioners by traditional post" after the opinion of the YHCT the , central cities.
4. the herbalists who have knowledge of traditional medicinal argument, pharmaceutical, pharmacy, engineering, effects feature processing and manufactures the drug, form traditional medicine is The medical certification of herbalists.
5. The sale, apothecary and smoking traditional medicine: is the growth of traditional medicinal argument, grasp the features and effects of methods apothecary lives (new medicinal through preliminary processing) into smoking, are the Department of health, the central cities qualified certification business and apothecary.
6. The purchase and sale of the drug life: Is the person who has the ability to identify and categorize the types of medicinal herbs, are the Department of health, the central city in the certification qualified drug business lives.
7. The traditional drug dealers: is the person to grasp the features of the form of traditional medicine are the Department of health, the central cities qualified certification agent smoking traditional medicine.
8. The salary for the y, y, * YHCT: doctor who is knowledgeable about the YHCT not yet qualified and conditions established practice traditional medicine include:-private nurse, doctor YHCT, Liang y, herbalists enough seniority to registration.
-Doctor, nurse YHCT learned YHCT in the training program.
-Who is attending the classes of YHCT due to the health sector in collaboration with the province, the YHCT society of the province, the city of centrally held, be herbalists, medicine salary received traditional mentoring guidelines.
-Nurse, pharmacist high school have knowledge about YHCT but not sufficient condition to establish standards and practice traditional medicine privately.
The object on the right is the Department of health, the central city in the certification review "the maid".
Article 2. This circular applies to the types of traditional medicine practitioners the following: private-private YHCT hospital.
-Diagnosis treatment YHCT private.
-The basis of treatment services, nursing, rehabilitation by the method of acupuncture; xoâ therapy relieves; nursing students; qigong; drug YHCT's sauna.
Production facilities, business smoking traditional medicine have lower equity capital consists of:-base high drug production business, simple, complete, concur (YHCT products).
-Business establishments, smoking, YHCT products.
-Business establishments, smoking live (not medicinal products).
-YHCT products dealer base.
Article 3. Each person who is registered to practice in only one place and just be acting within the scope of the provisions of the license.
Article 4. The promotion of healthcare and medicine traditional medicine on all mass media to be the Ministry of health or the Department of health, the central cities browse allows according to the regulations.
Article 5. In the course of practice, practitioners must keep learning advanced professional level, to master the rules of the industry, the law of the State. The base of the local demand, the Ministry of health will coordinate with the central Vietnam YHCT study, the Guide for the salary class y, herbalists.
Chapter II DEFINES the PROFESSIONAL LEVEL article 6. The Ministry of Health issued a certificate of salary salary, medical specialists, Medical Herbalists. The Director of the Health Department of the province, the city of centrally issued a certificate for the other titles as defined in article 1 of this circular.
Article 7. Who are certified medical salaries, payroll specialist, medical herbalists herewith are registered to practice in the country.
The certificate qualification was the Department of health, the central-level cities according to the instructions in the circular No. 09/TT-BYT on 23/4/1991. Circular 13/TT-BYT on 15/5/1993; Circular 8/BYT-TT on 2/5/1994 of the Ministry of health has the value registered locally; If the person is certified according to the above mentioned circular want to change certificate herewith then must apply for a certificate and change resumes, a self-assessment process the practice of sending Medical Facility. The Department of health, the city list and resume those please change the certificate submitted to the Ministry of health (YHCT) to be reviewed and resolved.
Article 8. Those who are certified medical salaries, payroll specialist, medical herbalists herewith must reach the qualifying exam results by health organizations. Who are the other certificate prescribed in this circular are completing exams results achieved by the Department of health of the city, centrally organized.
Applicants must have sufficient qualifications and conditions: 1. cultural proficiency: applicants registered drug business life must have a certificate through the base, other objects must have a high school diploma or equivalent.
2. Specialty: must have the certificate of the subjects under the program and the documentation of the Ministry of health in collaboration with the Central traditional Vietnam medicine issued by the medical school, in collaboration with the YHCT and the YHCT hospital in the province, the central cities of training.
a-standard is considering attending medical general salary:-certificate of basic theory of traditional medicine.
-Certificate about the pathology and treatment of diseases in internal medicine.
-Certificate about the pathology and treatment of surgical diseases.
-Certificate of the pathology and treatment of Pediatric diseases.
-Certificate about the pathology and treatment of gynaecological diseases.
-Certificate about the pathology and treatment of the disease is active.
-The certificate of treatment with the non-drug methods.
-Certificate in pharmaceutical sciences.
-The certificate of patent studies.
-Certificate for the ages.
b-standard wage specialist medical exam:-certificate of basic theory of traditional medicine.
-Certificate in pathology and treatment specialists would sign contest.
-Certificate in pharmaceutical sciences.
-The certificate of patent studies.
-Certificate for the ages.
c-pageant herbalists:-certificate of basic theory of traditional medicine.

-Certificate in medicinal herbs (medicinal, herbal medicine and the use of each drug).
-The certificate of patent studies.
-Certificate for the ages.
-The certificate of engineering quality control for traditional medicines and medicinal.
d-pageant of drug business.
-A certificate of basic theory of traditional medicine.
-Certificate in pharmaceutical sciences.
-The certificate of patent studies.
-Certificate for the ages.
-Certificate about preserving traditional medicine pills.
standard-takers open drug dealer of traditional medicine:-certificate of basic theory of traditional medicine.
-Certificate for the ages.
-Certificate about preserving traditional medicine pills.
e-standard takers to open base business smoking live: have learned about medicinal herbs (sorting, processing, preserving, ...) time 3 months or more.
Article 9. Registrants must make application for the contest, send the Health Department records, the central cities, records including:-application form for competition to recognize the professional qualifications.
-Personal resume.
-A copy of high school diploma or equivalent (notarized).
-A copy of the certificate of expertise section corresponding to each position as specified.
-Two envelopes stamped and two Photo 4 x 6 size.
The title by the Ministry of Health issued a certificate, the Department of health will assess the profile, make a list and submit a resume profile on Ministry of health (YHCT).
Article 10. Board Exam 1. Establishment of Board Exam: after the unification with the Exchange YHCT the same level, the Ministry of health or the Department of health decision to establish the Board Exam.
2. the examination Board has the duty to:-review of records, make a list and inform those who are eligible for competition.
-Organization contest: + each year will organize contest from 1 to 2 times.
+ On notice now.
+ Organized competition and considered the contest according to the regulation.
-Test: exam written exam (theoretical) and practice (clinical).
Salary of medical examinations, medical specialist salary, herbalists do health examination, other objects due to the medical examination, the central cities.
-Organization of examination, set the minutes stating the score each test of each person.
-Report to the Minister of health or the Director of the Department of health list of successful people and list of people contest is not required (if any).
-The Minister of health or the Director of the Department of health will issue certificates to those who achieve the requirements.
Chapter III standards, CONDITIONS and SCOPE of PRACTICE of the BASE of PRACTICE TRADITIONAL medicine and private: article 11. Criteria and conditions established, the scope of practice of the private YHCTDT hospital: 1. Applicants of establishment of private YHCT hospital to be doctor YHCT or Liang y has had time to practice at the base YHCT from 5 years or over and not subject to being banned under the law.
2. organizations, labour norms, the equipment of the private YHCT hospital revenue follow prescribed functions and organization of the YHCT hospital in the city, Health Department centrally attached to decision No 1529/1999/QD-BYT of the Minister of health.
3. the private YHCT hospital at a minimum must have the following departments: + Ophthalmology and outpatient treatment.
+ Faculty of inpatient treatment.
+ Faculty of Pharmacy and medical service Room + equipment-administrative-service-supplies.
4. Design of the private YHCT hospital following "typical design mission hospitals of traditional medicine online province" attached to decision No 165/BXD/VTC on 3 July 1995 by the Minister of construction.
5. Get enough clean water sources for domestic staff and patients.
6. Operating range:-medical examination, treatment, nursing and rehabilitation for inpatient, outpatients with the method of YHCT and YHCT combined with YHHĐ.
-Manufactures produce traditional medicine treatment directly to patients, outpatients.
Article 12. Standards, conditions and scope of practice of diagnosis treatment YHCT:-home base to be doctors of medicine, YHCT or Liang y (specialty, General) had time to practice from 2 years upwards; have enough health and other standards as prescribed by the law.
-The doctor must separate layout (not shared with family activities or other business activities). The doctor has a minimum area of 10 square meters.
-If there selling drugs and manufactured some high, single form, perfect, concur to serve directly to patients, they must have adequate facilities and means of production, the manufacturer has manufactured enough equipment and production, medical evaluation to be confirmed.
+ CDMA or medicine cabinet drug packaging vials with lid racks, labeled clearly, to a cool place and ensure hygiene.
-Scope of practice: + outpatient treatment according to the qualification stated in the license (not listed on the Save beds).
+ Apothecary lamina to serve directly for the patient.
+ The case has produced form high, simple, perfect, then you have to register the drug post formula, manufacturing process (the base and attached equipment), uses, dosage and contraindications with the Health Department. The Department of health will consider if eligible, were manufactured and drugs only to serve his patients directly, do not circulate on the market.
+ The practice of only traditional subjects with treatment by traditional post.
+ Y, the doctor YHCT be combined using the means of YHHĐ to improve the quality of diagnosis.
+ Home base of practice must bear full responsibility for the safety, the effect of the drug before the law.
Article 13. Standards, conditions and scope of practice of treatment services facility, nursing, health recovery by acupuncture, aromatherapy massage relieves, diet, qigong, sauna and YHCT drugs.
1. Home Base must be the doctor YHCT, or general medical salary medical specialist salary of acupuncturist, massage relieves, have seniority from 2 years upwards, have enough health and other standards as prescribed by the law.
2. the base housing and equipment fit the content please practice.
There are rooms for massage, acupuncture relieves; high drain; clean; cool; on average each bed must have 4 square meter building.
Acupuncture, massage bed relieves 70 cm minimum width, height 70 cm, length 3 metres.
Acupuncture tools: autoclave needle, needle invisible trays; khau useful microbial metal containers; Cotton containers clean and dirty cotton containers; each patient has a set of needles; Kose, clamp your acupuncture (if available).
Saunas and steam system (if open registration, steam smoking YHCT service).
3. scope of practice: using the methods of the YHCT match the level of expertise and technical equipment has invested to treat and improve the health of everyone.
Article 14. Standard terms and conditions of business practice range smoking live (new medicinal through preliminary processing):-home base must be knowledgeable about medicinal herbs are the Ministry of health or the Department of health, the central cities.
-Have clear business addresses, business area (shops) at least to ensure 10 square metre, aeration, hygienic, qualified preservation of medicinal herbs.
-Repository.
-Scope of practice: the professional medicinal business life.
Article 15. Standards, conditions and scope of business registration of drugs, smoking, smoking YHCT products (no production of the drug product YHCT).
-Server basis to qualified pharmaceutical school and older have learned about traditional medicine or who was the Department of health or the Department of health, the central city in the certification qualified drug business of traditional medicine; have enough health and other standards under the law.

-Have clear business addresses, business area at least 10 square meters, clean, airy, clean, has divided the medicine cabinet or box lid to contain vials of medication to put on the shelves. On the box or bottle must specify the name of the drug.
-Have the area and equipment to manufacture medicinal herbs into smoking.
-Scope of practice are made into medicinal drugs and selling the kind of traditional medicine products has been the Ministry of Health issued the registration number for the production of circulation.
Article 16. Standards, conditions and scope of practice of the business establishments (manufacture, production and trafficking) drug product YHCT.
1. Home Base pharmacist degree College, doctor of traditional medicine or medical herbalists, salary; have enough health and other standards as prescribed by the law.
2. The facility manufactures, manufacture and business must have the following components:-the repository of raw materials (products and medicinal): to open, there are shelves stats to avoid mold, termites, specify the name to avoid confusion.
-The area of manufactured production: + must have a preliminary area and check the medicinal standards before putting into production.
+ Preliminary processing, manufacture and production.
+ Quality inspection of finished products.
+ Room package.
+ Finished products Warehouse.
-Introduction and drug products of his measurement.
Manufactured production areas are arranged according to the principles of a PM, but closed in charge are insects and dust. The room manufactured and produced, packaged and quality inspection of finished products, the wall is white enamel tiling 2 metres high or over the tiled background, men, paint ceiling white. The warehouse of finished products is wide enough, sealed to avoid insects, ventilated, clean has no shelves to smoking in contact with the floor and the wall to avoid the drug being mold, termites.
-Have a clean water system, hygiene standards are inspected regularly to serve the production of drugs.
-Have the appropriate equipment according to the application for registration of drug production has been granted the registration number.
-Fire system, prescribed fire.
Scope of practice: production, opening the drug business into traditional medical products of his base was the Ministry of Health issued the registration number allows the production of circulation; was contracted to provide for the needs of use or business function; are exported to countries in need.
Article 17. Standards, conditions and scope of practice of traditional drug dealer base.
-Home base must have a certificate of qualified expertise to open drug dealer YHCT base due to the Director of the Health Department of the province of central-level cities, have enough health and other criteria as prescribed by law.
-Have a clear location, an area of business at least 10 square metres; There are enough tools to process the Pack and storage of drugs.
-Scope of practice: is contracted to receive wholesale, retail of medicinal products of traditional medicine has been the Ministry of Health issued the registration number for the production of circulation.
Chapter IV PROCEDURES and AUTHORITY GRANTED CERTIFICATE of STANDARD TERMS and CONDITIONS ESTABLISH the BASIS of medical practice, TRADITIONAL PRIVATE PHARMACY (referred to as qualified certificates and practising conditions) Article 18. Applicants of establishment of private hospitals must make application for establishment, records include: + application established the private YHCT hospital.
+ Resume and list of each Member the Board of Directors (or Board).
+ Certified health votes to qualify.
+ Certificate does not have the money, the money of individual members of the Board of Directors.
+ The Charter operations of the hospital.
+ Economic justification.
Article 19. The type of YDCT other private practice, records include:-an application for establishment of the practice of traditional medicine. If staff members are working, only registered practitioners outside of the Agency's management and to the opinion of the heads. Application must specify the type of practice established content, please please please place, practice practice.
-Resume and photo of Ward town where litigants domiciled or of the head of the unit where litigants the equivalent task.
-Copy of diploma, professional qualification certificate (notarized).
-A declaration about the facilities, technical equipment, capital.
-Active projects.
-Verification of time practicing.
-Resume and copy of certificate of qualification (notarized) of those involved, those who help the (if any).
-Health Votes are certified eligible for the health of the litigants, who join, the maid.
-A personal check order on the process of practice of the opinion of the heads of units or of the Medical Center Director or Chairman of the YHCT district, County, or town.
Article 20. Application for the establishment of the private YHCT hospital and formed the basis of application made in production and trafficking of finished products of traditional medicine was sent the Department of health, the central cities. The Department of health evaluation and comments in writing include records of the Ministry of health (YHCT).
Private profile please founded the private YHCT hospital, before the Ministry of health, the Department of health to the provincial people's Committee, the central cities please comments and people's committees should be allowed to establish in writing.
Article 21. The certification authority eligible for and conditions of practice.
1. The Minister of health will issue qualified certificates and conditions of practice for the private YHCT hospital, manufacturing and sales of finished products to private YHCT drug.
The Ministry of Health established the Advisory Council helps the Minister in consideration to qualified certificates and the conditions for the practice of traditional medicine hospital, private, production facilities and sales of finished products to private YHCT drug. The composition of the Council has: He Deputy Minister in charge of the field YDHCT-President of the Council.
He was Director of the YHCT-Deputy Chairman of the Council.
Leadership representative Service treatment-fellow.
Leadership representative Service legislation-fellow.
Representatives of the financial and accounting Service-Commissioner.
Leadership representative Service personnel-fellow.
Leadership representative to Vietnam-Drug Administration Commissioner.
Leadership representative Service equipment-health-fellow.
Representing the central Vietnam-YHCT Commissioner.
A Professional Service YHCT-secretariat of the Council.
2. The Director of the Department of health, the central cities qualified certification and practice conditions for the practice of traditional medicine and other private as stipulated in article 2 of this circular.
The Department of Health established the Advisory Council to help the Director of the Department of health in consideration to qualified certification and practice conditions for the practice of traditional medicine and other private as stipulated in article 2 of this circular.
The composition of the Council include representatives of relevant departments of the Department of health, represented the society YHCT province, central cities, represented YHCT Hospital Board of Directors led by Deputy Director of the Health Department in charge of work on YHCT as the President of the Council.
3. After you have the certificate of the qualified and practising conditions, home base to conduct the procedures for permission to set up and register the business under the provisions of the law.
Article 22. After three years from the date of the certification standard and conditions of practice, if the hospital is not active, the Ministry of health will revoke this certificate.
Article 23. Qualified certificates and the conditions for the practice of hospitals to private traditional medicine worth 5 years (five years) from the date granted. Before the expiration of the 6 months, if the requirement continues to operate the home base to do the registration records through the Department of health sent The medical evaluation, please review the certification.

Qualified certificates and conditions of practice for the base manufactures, manufacture and trafficking of finished products worth YHCT 3 years (three years) from the date granted. Before the expiration of 3 months, if the requirement continues to operate the home base to do the next level application through Department of health sent Health Ministry please appraise.
Qualified certificates and the conditions established by the types of traditional medicine and other practice specified in article 2 of this circular are worth 3 years (three years) from the date granted. Before the expiration of 3 months, if asked to continue operation, owners must submit medical records the central cities, please verify the certification review.
Article 24. For the physician's minority ethnic people registered to practice examination and treatment by YHCT in the mountainous Township, Islands, the Department of health based on:-application for permit,-professional level, process statements of practice are the YHCT, the City Council confirmation, health check-certified eligible for health , To review the certification standards and conditions established clinical practice facility by YHCT for litigants. Who is this certification are only allowed to practice in the Central range of mountains, islands where registered.
Chapter V a SPECIFIED NUMBER of PROFESSIONAL article 25. The private YHCT hospital, the basis of traditional medical practice established by private business law is contracted to hire experts or foreign physician into practice by traditional medicine in their base under the provisions of the labor law, Vietnam and the Vietnam Ministry of health should be allowed to practice writing.
Article 26. For the clinical practice by the private YHCT: 1. The practice of examination by the private YHCT have to strictly implement the regulations by the Ministry of Health issued and only used the methods and means of examination of YHCT was the Ministry of health allowed. Nurse, the doctor can use the YHCT method to combine YHCT with YHHĐ to improve the quality of diagnosis and treatment.
Implement strictly the regulations of myriad bacteria, antiseptic of the Ministry of health to avoid cross-infection and contagion caused by the treatment.
2. write the prescription for the patient to follow the form prescribed.
3. Weigh the drug must weigh in the order stated in the menu. Weight loss herbs would mark the. Can weight the amount of each drug and then divided equally for each ladder.
For the poison table A, table B must then weigh each and scored two invoices. A Bill to save at the store for at least a year, an invoice delivered to the patient.
4. Medications must be stored in cabinets of CDMA, in a jar with a lid, write the name on the outside. The poison must be preserved in accordance with the regulations of the poison of the Ministry of health. Not be counterfeit drugs do not ensure quality (mold, termites, ...) for the patient. Prohibits the sale of drugs.
-Apothecary life (medicinal herbs) into smoking (smoking lamina) is in the correct dosage of YHCT method.
-The production of form high, simple, complete, concur to serve directly to patients (not in circulation on the market) are in the correct processes are the Department of health.
5. The practice of private medicine and must have full operating follow-up books and record daily, monthly. Quarterly are summarized reports with the Department of health and Department of health Health Ministry report synthesis (YHCT service).
Article 27.
1. The practice of traditional medicine on the private subject to the governance of the Ministry of health, the Department of health, the central cities and subject to inspection, the Inspector of the competent authorities under the provisions of the law.
2. The Ministry of Health Affairs for the Health Department of the province, pardeep central cities is responsible for the direct management the basis of medical practice, private traditional medicine locally.
Article 28. For the production facility, traditional medicine business: 1. equipment and instruments used in manufacture must match each type of item, not with the tool, do not affect the quality of the drug.
2. the products life (medicinal herbs) into smoking (smoking lamina) is in the correct dosage of YHCT method.
3. Production of high medication form, simple, complete, concur to follow the production process and ensure quality standards were Ministry of health granted the registration number for the production of circulation.
4. Must have a track record of production, quality and results of operations: + Window appears, enter the material.
+ The shared process of manufactured production.
+ The shared quality standards.
+ The shared quality control of raw materials and finished products.
+ Window import finished products.
+ Tracking Book Sales.
The window must be fully documented, clear.
5. Only be launched to the market, buying and selling those pharmaceutical quality assurance and the drug product YHCT quality standards were Ministry of health granted registration number for production, circulating in Vietnam.
Article 29. About signage: content: uniform scored as follows: + 1st Line: name type of practice (print) as defined in article 2 of this circular.
+ The second Line: brand name (if any).
+ 3rd Line: name of the person registered.
+ The 4th Line: scope of practice (credited as in the license).
+ The 5th Line: address where to practice. Phone number (if available).
+ The 6th Line: number of licenses-hour of practice.
(With accompanying signage templates).
Chapter VI article 30 INSPECTIONS Inspector: regulators, State health inspectors are responsible for coordinating with relevant departments held regular check, inspection and guidance the basis of medical practice, private traditional medicine done properly the provisions of this circular and the other provisions of the law.
Article 31. The basis of medical practice, traditional private pharmacy is responsible for implementing the requirements and facilitates the management, inspection, checking completed tasks and strictly implement the decision of the competent authority.
Chapter VII ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS Article 32. This circular applies to the practice of medicine, traditional medicine privately.
Article 33. This circular effect after 15 days from the date of signing, and replaced the circular No. 09/TT-BYT on 23/4/1991, circular 05/TT-BYT on 15/5/1993. Circular 8/BYT-TT on 2/5/1994 of the Ministry of health.
Article 34. The Ministry of Health Affairs for the Director of traditional medicine in collaboration with the Service, the relevant Bureau Guide, monitor, examine the implementation of this circular.
Article 35. The Director of the Health Department of the province or city level, heads of subdivisions responsible organization implementing this circular and periodically report the results to the Ministry (YHCT). In the process, if there is difficulty required to report in writing on The (YHCT Case) to study the resolution.
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