UAE Healthcare / Pharma LawCabinet Resolution No. (67) of 2020 Concerning the Executive Regulations of Federal Law No. (5) of 2019 Regulating the Practice of Human Medicine Profession

Article (2) In addition to the conditions to be met by the license applicant as stipulated in Article (5) of the Law, the license applicant shall fulfill the following: 1. The conditions and requirements contained in Cabinet Resolution No. (20) of 2017 referred to; 2. Obtaining a license or equivalent to practice the profession from the state(s) where he has worked before submitting the application, if he has previously practiced the profession there; 3. Submitting a Good Professional Conduct Certificate issued by the licensing authority or its equivalent in the state(s) in which he has previously practiced the profession, proving his good behavior and the absence of a judgment against him or a disciplinary decision preventing him from practicing the profession or restricting his practice thereof in accordance with what is determined by the health authority; 4. Submitting a declaration that he has never been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or dishonesty unless he has been rehabilitated, and disclosing all lawsuits, cases or judgments that have been rendered against him or those which are still pending, if any; and 5. Disclosing all infectious diseases or any diseases, which he is afflicted with and affect the patient and his competency in practicing the profession, if any.

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Article (3) 1. The health authority may reject the license application if the applicant does not fulfill the conditions stipulated in the Law or this Resolution. 2. A person whose license application is rejected or whose license is revoked or withdrawn may appeal the decision issued in this regard to the chairman of the health authority, as the case may be, within thirty days from the date of his knowledge of the decision, and the decision issued regarding the appeal shall be final. 3. The health authority shall issue the license after the prescribed fee is paid. The license shall indicate the grade of the physician, his field of specialization, the health facility where he is licensed to work, and any other data and instructions. Furthermore, the health authority shall determine the validity period of the license. 4. A physician licensed to practice the profession shall submit an application to the health authority issuing the license for renewing his license at least one month prior to its expiry date. 5. The health authority may renew the license for a period of not less than one year in accordance with the Unified Healthcare Professional Qualification Requirements (PQR) and any other requirements specified by the health authority. The license shall not be renewed unless the practitioner of the profession meets the requirements for renewal according to the grade of license and the field of specialization.

Article (4) 1. There shall be created, in the Ministry, a national register in which the data of physicians licensed to practice the profession in the State shall be recorded. This register shall be divided into: a. Register of general practitioners; and b. Register of specialist physicians.

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Cabinet Resolution of 2020 Concerning the Executive Regulations of Federal Law of 2019 Regulating the Practice of Human Medicine Profession 4 2. There shall be created, in other health authorities, a special register in which the data of the physicians licensed thereby to practice the profession shall be recorded. This register shall be divided into: a. Register of general practitioners; and b. Register of specialist physicians. 3. The registers of physicians referred to in Clauses (1) and (2) of this Article shall include the following: a. Personal identification data of the physician; b. Data of the license granted to the physician; c. Any other data specified by the health authority. 4. The registers referred to in Clauses (1) and (2) of this Article shall be numbered (the numbering of the enrolment in the registers). 5. Registers may be in paper or electronic form. 6. Any deletion, scraping or erasing in the register shall be prohibited except in accordance with the procedures set by the health authority. 7. The information contained in the registers shall be subject to the information protection system as determined by the health authority, as well as the provisions related to maintaining confidentiality in accordance with the legislation in force in this field. 8. Such registers shall be updated periodically, and at least once a year.

Article (5) If a physician suffers from a disease or disability which renders him physically unfit to practice the profession in whole or in part, his license shall be revoked, or the work that he may practice depending on his physical fitness shall be determined by a decision of the chairman of the health authority, as the case may be, based on the recommendation of a committee formed by the health authority for this purpose. The members of such committee shall not be less than three consultant physicians in the relevant specialty, and the chairman of the health authority

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Cabinet Resolution of 2020 Concerning the Executive Regulations of Federal Law of 2019 Regulating the Practice of Human Medicine Profession 5 may amend his decision based on the proposal of the committee depending on the nature of the health condition of the physician.

Article (7) 1. The physician shall be reinstated to practice the profession after the end of his temporary interruption from practicing, in accordance with the conditions and procedures specified by Cabinet Resolution No. (20) of 2017 referred to. 2. If a disciplinary decision is issued against the physician to suspend him from practicing the profession for a period of not less than (3) three months and not more than (1) a year due to a medical error, the health authority may re-evaluate his competence, restrict the clinical privileges granted to him, require that he shall pass a practical training course in his field of specialization or restrict his practice of the profession under supervision for a certain period, as determined by the health authority.

Article (9) In order to practice the profession by the visiting physician, the following conditions and controls are required: 1. Conditions and controls for a visiting physician inside the State: a. Having a valid license in his original workplace in the State; b. Submitting a Good Professional Conduct Certificate issued by the licensing authority in the State, proving his good behavior and the absence of a judgment against him or a disciplinary decision preventing him from practicing the profession or restricting his practice; c. Obtaining the approval of the authority he works for; and d. Any other conditions set by the health authority in a manner that does not conflict with the provisions of the Law and this Resolution. 2. Conditions for a visiting physician coming from abroad: a. Submitting a Good Professional Conduct Certificate issued by the state in which he works, proving his good behavior and the absence of a judgment against him or a disciplinary decision preventing him from practicing the profession or restricting his practice of it; b. Submitting evidence of his practicing the profession in the state in which he works without interruption; c. Submitting a copy of the academic qualifications and certificates; and d. Any other conditions set by the health authority in a manner that does not conflict with the provisions of the Law and this Resolution. 3. The health authority may exempt the visiting physician coming from abroad from one or more of the conditions and controls mentioned in Clause (2) of this Article as it deems appropriate.

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