Qatar Council for Healthcare Practitioners Circular No. 11/2020

Approval of “Assistant Psychologist” scope within the “Allied Health Practitioners” scopes list

From

Department of Healthcare Professions /Ministry of Public Health

To

  • All Healthcare Practitioners in the state of Qatar

  • All Healthcare Facilities/focal points in the state of Qatar

Subject

Approval of “Assistant Psychologist” scope within the “Allied Health Practitioners” scopes list

Date

22 July 2020

“Department of Healthcare Professions presents to you its compliments”.

In the Department of Healthcare Professions' pursuit to cope up with the best regional and international practices in the field of the registration/licensing, and after presenting this issue to the Permanent Licensing Committee in their 10th meeting of the year 2020, which was held on 6/7/2020; the “Assistant Psychologist” scope of practice has been approved within the “Allied Health Practitioners” scopes list.

Accordingly, it is mandatory to obtain a medical license issued by the Department of Healthcare Professions to practice this scope as per the attached registration/licensing requirements.