Guidelines For Healthcare Practitioners Licensed Under Healthcare Services Agencies

Guidelines for healthcare practitioners licensed under Healthcare Services Agencies

Guideline Purpose:

  • In the pursuit of the Department›s role to monitor and follow up the performance of healthcare practioners, as well as to insure their practicing within the licensed scope and approved surgical/clinical privileges in public & private Healthcare facilities to enforce high quality of healthcare services delivered to Public and maintian patient safety; the Department of Healthcare Professions (DHP) obliges all concerned healthcare practitioners and Healthcare Services Agencies to comply with the below guidelines.

Guideline Context:

  • For Physicians:

  • Physicians who have been licensed on Health Services Agencies Can be assigned to provide their services in a wide variety of settings, which will follow the below limitations based on Scope of Practice.

  • For Dentists:

    • Dentists can only be assigned to work in fully equiped licensed healthcare facilities.

    • Public health General dentists can be assigned to work in schools, nurseries and companies.

  • For Nurses:

  • Nurses -who have been licensed on Health Services Agencies- Can be assigned to provide their services in a wide variety of settings, which will follow the below limitations based on Scope of Practice:

  • For Pharmacists: