AMMAN —
Lawmakers on Monday passed the
Jordan Medical Council draft law during a
session chaired by Speaker Abdul Karim Al–Dughmi and attended by Prime Minister
Bisher Khasawneh, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
اضافة اعلان
After an extended
debate, the legislature approved Article 17 of the draft as it came from the
Parliamentary Health and Environment Committee.
Article 17 of the
Jordanian Board Exam exempts the categories stipulated in the draft law,
including for doctors who obtained the highest specialty certificate from
outside the Kingdom before the date of December 13, 2001, provided that his/her
certificate is verified by a specialized committee in the council, and doctors
who obtained the highest specialty certificate from a country linked with the
Kingdom by mutual accreditation agreements that are endorsed by the council.
The article also
exempts a doctor who holds the highest specialty degree under an approved
training program that ended with passing the exam designated in the country
where he had training, and who holds a license to practice the profession valid
for 3 consecutive years, during which he practiced his specialization in the
country that granted him the license to practice, and in line with instructions
issued by the Council of Ministers for this purpose, based on placement by the
board.
In his reply to
the lawmakers, Health Minister
Firas Hawari said that Article 17 came to
address many health human resources issues, including medical staff shortages
and the latest developments in the medical field.
He added that the
article placed stringent conditions on doctors, including training in an accredited
program, and having practiced the profession in the country in which he/she
obtained the specialty certificate for a period of three years, as this article
is governed by instructions.
The 24-article
draft law, which was passed after several days of debate, grants legal
personality and financial and administrative independence to the Medical
Council.
The council
comprises the minister of health, as chairman, and as members: the council’s
secretary-general, the secretary-general of the Ministry of Health for
Administrative and Technical Affairs, the director-general of the Royal Medical
Services, and the presidents of the medical, dental, and pharmacists
associations.
It also groups the deans
of the faculties of medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy in any of the official
Jordanian universities, rotating for two years upon a decision by the minister,
as well as one of the deans of these faculties in a private Jordanian
university for two years, alternately upon a decision by the minister, in
addition to a representative of the Private Hospitals Association, provided
that he is a medical doctor.
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