Qatar Ministry of Public Health Circular No. 3/2021

Update on Short Notice Applications for Visiting Practitioners to Include Allied Healthcare Practitioners

From

Department of Healthcare Professions/Ministry of Public Health

To

  • All Healthcare Practitioners in the State of Qatar (Governmental & Private sector)

  • All Healthcare Facilities/focal points in the state of Qatar (Governmental & Privet sector)

Subject

Update on Short Notice Applications for Visiting Practitioners to Include Allied Healthcare Practitioners

Date

4 May 2021

Greetings from the Department of Healthcare Profession at the MoPH,

In the DHP pursuit to facilitate and accelerate the procedures of healthcare practitioners' regulatory practices in the State of Qatar without compromising the quality of healthcare services, it was decided to allow healthcare practitioners from Allied Healthcare Practitioner category to provide healthcare services as visiting practitioners for a 'short notice' according to the following conditions:

  • 1. The visiting practitioner who is requested by the health facility to visit Qatar to provide health services to patients.

  • 2. The visiting healthcare practitioner should be working in an advanced level with minimum of 5 years of recent experience without interruption.

  • 3. The period for one visit does not exceed one week, and it can be extended for another week.