Qatar Ministry of Public Health Circular No. 9/2023

Sick Leave Issuance by “Assistant Specialty”, “GP (Supervised)” and “GD (Supervised)”

From:	Department of Healthcare Professions / Ministry of Public Health
To:	All Physicians and Dentists in the state of Qatar (Governmental & Private sector) All Healthcare Facilities/ focal points in the state of Qatar (Governmental & Private sector)
Subject:	Sick leave issuance by “Assistant Specialty”, “GP (Supervised)” and “GD (Supervised)”
Date:	7 May 2023

Greetings from the Department of Healthcare Professions,

In reference to Qatar Ministry of Public Health Circular No. 7/2023, Qatar Council for Healthcare Practitioners Circular No. 22/2020 and Qatar Council for Healthcare Practitioners Circular No. 12/2021 regarding Assistant Specialty, GP (Supervised) and GD (Supervised) categories and in line with the Department of Healthcare Profession’s (DHP) regulatory and monitoring roles and efforts to ensure patient safety, DHP would like to emphasize the following:

For the “GP (Supervised)” and “GD (Supervised)” categories:
- They are not permitted to issue sick leaves to patients.