Qatar Council for Healthcare Practitioners Circular No. 15/2023

Regulation of Home nursing in Qatar and adding a new scope of practice "Home Nurse" and its registration/licensing standards within nursing scopes regulated by the Department of Healthcare Professions.

From

Department of Healthcare Professions / Ministry of Public Health

To

  • All nurses from various scopes in the health sector in Qatar

  • Qatar population (citizens and residents)

Subject

Regulation of Home nursing in Qatar and adding a new scope of practice "Home Nurse" and its registration/licensing standards within nursing scopes regulated by the Department of Healthcare Professions.

Date

6 July 2023

Greetings from the Department of Healthcare Professions (DHP)

In response to some requests received by DHP from patients or their families who are in urgent need of home care, to license nurses who are sponsored by them personally for providing home care nursing.

Therefore, to deal with the expansion of long-term care and home care that becomes more convenient and acceptable to elderly people, children, and other categories of patients with disabilities or chronic diseases, DHP has decided that: