Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Ministry of Health
Office of Licensure and Registration
Article (7)
An applicant whose application was refused may appeal against the
decision to the Undersecretary of the Ministry within thirty days from the
date of his receipt to the decision of the Committee.
The decision of the Undersecretary shall be final.
An applicant whose is refused may to appeal against the decision before
the High Civil Court within a date not exceeding sixty days from the date
of applicant notification by registered letter or within sixty days within
his knowledge of the decision if he is not notified.
Article (8)
The Ministry shall maintain specific register to list all the licensees who
are authorized to practice paramedical professions; the register shall
include the following details on the licensee:
1- Licensees registration number in the register.
2- Full name, title, nationality, age and CPR number.
3- The medical profession which the licensee is authorized to
practice.
4- Academic certificates and qualifications and date of obtaining
them.
5- Details on previous experience.
6- Date and number of the decision of the Committee to submit the
license.
7- The premises at which the licensee will practice.
8- Licensees domicile and address.
9- Any other details prescribed by an order from the Minister.
10The licensee shall be listed in the register following payment
of prescribed fees.
Article (9)
The license shall be submitted to the applicant following completion of
entry of the above-mentioned register. The Ministry shall on a regular
basis, publish a schedule of the registered names authorized to practice
paramedical professions, as it deems necessary.
Paramedical professions may be only practiced after being listed in the
register and obtaining the license according to the provisions of this law.
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Article (10)
A licensee who is authorized to work as a paramedic shall inform the
Ministry on any change that may take place for his residence address or
place of work within a maximum period of one month from the date
thereof, otherwise, the Ministry may delete the name of the licensee from
the register. The Ministry may re-enter the licensees name in the register
if it is informed on the new address provided a new registration fee is
paid.
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Article (19)
Any person licensed to open a center or a premises for the practice of one
of the paramedical professions must fulfill the following conditions:
(a) A Bahraini National.
(b) A person who enjoys a good reputation and no criminal
judgments have been passed against him prejudicing his
integrity or honour, unless he has been forgiven by
competent authorities.
where those violators practice their work and confiscate the tools,
equipment and signboards, etc:
1- Any person who practices the profession or operates a premises for
practicing it, without obtaining a license.
2- Any person who has submitted false information or used
fraudulent methods through which he obtained a license to practice
the profession illegally.
3- Any person who is not authorized to practice the profession or who
has opened a premises practicing it to use publications, signboards
or any other means of publicity that would make the public believe
that he is entitled for practicing the profession, as well as, any
person who adopts a title that is usually used by paramedics.
4- Any person who is not authorized to practice one of these
professions or operates a premises for practicing it, with whom
medical equipment or instruments have been found from those
used by paramedics usually to practice the profession unless the
existence of such equipment or instruments is proved to have been
for legal reason.
In all cases the premises where violators practice their illegal work
shall be administratively closed down until the criminal case is
resolved.
Article (24)
Without prejudice to the civil or criminal responsibility, the
Committee shall have the authority to take a disciplinary action
against licensees authorized to practice one of the professions
provided for in this law or who are authorized to open a premises
for practicing these professions, if they commit any violations to
the provisions of this law or to the rules, requirements and morals
of the profession.
Article (25)
The disciplinary case shall be filed by a decision from the
Undersecretary. The Committee shall have its decision in the case
after notifying the violator to be present before the Committee one
week prior to the time fixed for the holding of the session by a
registered letter in which the summary of the charges against the
violator is stated as well as the date and place where the
Committee shall convene.
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