Qatar Council for Healthcare Practitioners Circular No. 14/2015

Policy of Registration/Licensing of Visiting Doctors (Physicians/ Dentists)

From	Qatar Council for Healthcare Practitioners (QCHP)
To	All Healthcare Practitioners – Visiting Doctors in the State of Qatar (Governmental/Private Sectors) All Focal Points in the State of Qatar (Governmental/Private Sectors)
Subject	Policy of Registration/Licensing of Visiting Doctors (Physicians/ Dentists)
Date	8 July 2015

“The Registration department in Qatar Council for Healthcare Practitioners presents to you its compliments”

In the Registration Department's pursuit to improve the services provided for healthcare practitioners, unify them and facilitate the procedures based on standard policies, the Permanent Licensing Committee (PLC) in its 8^th meeting dated 13/05/2015, has approved a policy regarding the registration/licensing of visiting doctors (physicians/dentists) as follow:

The doctor who is applying for a visiting license shall be holding a specialist certificate from the list of the approved specialization certificates by QCHP.
In case the specialist certificate is not from the approved list, the application will be evaluated by a specialized committee as per the followed procedures in the Registration Department.
The doctor (physician/dentist) must be working as a specialist/consultant for the last five years for the physician, and three years for the dentist.