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Health Regulation Sector


Document Type: Policy Ref No: HRS/HPSD/LHP/2/2020 Version Number: 2
Document Title: Licensing Health Effective Date: 17/09/2020 Revision Date: 17/09/2023
Professional Policy
Ownership: Health Licensing Department
Applicability: This policy applies to any health professional practicing or opting to practice in a DHA licensed
health facility in the Emirate of Dubai.

1. Purpose:

1.1. To comply with the Federal Law no. (5) Of 2019 concerning the practice of the human medicine

profession and its amendments, Federal Law No. (5) Of 1984 regarding the practice of some

medical professions by pharmacists and non-physicians and Cabinet Decision no. (40) of 2019

concerning UAE Federal Law concerning Medical Liability and Local Law no. (6) of 2018

concerning Dubai Health Authority.

1.2. To align with the Dubai plan 2021 and the corresponding Dubai Health Authority (DHA)

strategic objectives.

1.3. To ensure that the documents submitted for licensure to the Health Licensing Department are

adequate and fulfill the requirements stipulated in the Unified Healthcare Professional

Qualification Requirements (PQR) and are in accordance with the applicable federal and local

laws.

1.4. To ensure that highly skilled and competent healthcare professionals are licensed to practice and

provide safe and high quality health services to the population of Dubai.

2. Scope:

2.1. Licensure procedures needed for obtaining a health professional license to practice any health

profession in a DHA licensed health facility in the Emirate of Dubai.

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3. Abbreviations and Definitions:

CME : Continuing Medical Education

CPD : Continuing Professional Development

DG : Director General of Dubai Health Authority

DHA : Dubai Health Authority

DHCC : Dubai Healthcare City Authority Regulatory

DOH : Department of Health - Abu Dhabi

GSC : Good Standing Certificate

HF : Health Facility

HP : Healthcare Professional

MOHAP : Ministry of Health and Prevention

MOU : Memorandum of Understanding

MPC : Medical Practice Committee

PQR : Unified Healthcare Professional Qualification Requirements

PSV : Primary Source Verification

UTV : Unable to Verify

Authorities: The Regulatory Authorities within the United Arab Emirates according to the

geographical jurisdiction, Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP), Department of Health - Abu

Dhabi (DOH) and Dubai Health Authority (DHA).

Continuing Professional Development: A range of learning activities through which healthcare

professionals maintain and develop their knowledge and skills throughout their career to ensure that

they retain their capacity to practice safely, effectively and legally within their evolving scope of

practice. CPD is also referred to as Continuing Medical Education (CME).

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Credentials: Are the documented evidence of education/ qualifications, registration/ license,

training/ experience and other documents that are required to check the eligibility of the health

professional to obtain a license.

Crosscheck: is the background screening process from records obtained from law enforcement,

regulatory agencies and terror watch-lists across the globe

Discontinuity in practice: An interruption of clinical practice exceeding two (2) years as per PQR.

Dubai Medical Registry: Dubai medical registry is a public database maintained by DHA, which

includes details of both licensed HPs as well as registered HPs.

Experience: Hands on clinical experience gained by a licensed healthcare professional during a

salaried employment/contractual period and it excludes volunteer jobs, observership, or clinical

attachment.

Good Standing Certificate: A certificate showing evidence that the healthcare professional is

competent to practice the profession, has not been found guilty of unprofessional conduct, and that

there are no pending or previous disciplinary orders or criminal proceedings against the healthcare

professional. The same licensing authority of the healthcare professional registration / license must

issue the certificate.

Healthcare Professional: A person who by education, training, certification and licensure is qualified

to provide healthcare services.

License: A permission granted by an authority to practice a healthcare profession.

Logbook: A typed comprehensive record from physicians and dentists with surgical specialties for

the last two (2) years demonstrating clinical competence through mixed major cases, signed, and

stamped by the medical director of the facility or the head of department, mentioning the name, date,

and total number of procedures performed within the mentioned period.

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Medical Fitness Certificate: A report issued by DHA Health Centres within the last three (3) months

confirming that the applicant/ HP is medically fit to practice.

Negative Result: A verification result indicating a negative feedback of the submitted credentials.

Position: The term describing the applicant/ HP designation which consist of Category, Title, and

Specialty.

Positive Result: A verification result indicating that all submitted credentials have been verified

successfully.

Primary Source Verification: A process of validating documents required for licensure from the

issuing organization. PSV can be referred to as Document Verification.

Qualification: An educational evidence granted by universities, colleges, academic institutes or

schools that are nationally accredited or formally recognized.

Registration: First step into obtaining the license, DHA registration confirms the HP eligibility for

the applied position. HP registration must be activated into a license by a hiring facility in order to

start practicing a health profession.

Sheryan: is the DHA Digital gateway for registering and licensing healthcare professionals and

facilities in Dubai.

Unable to Verify Result: A verification result indicating an incomplete verification process related to

failure in providing all necessary credentials, and/or applicant is not responding to verification

agency, and/or certain issues related to the issuing body.

Unified Healthcare Professional Qualification Requirements (PQR): a unified document developed

in cooperation with The Regulatory Authorities in UAE on the 10th of October 2014, which sets the

professional qualification requirements necessary to license healthcare professionals in the UAE and

transfer of license requirements across the Emirates.

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4. Policy Statement

4.1. This Policy shall be read in conjunction with the Unified Healthcare Professional Requirements

(PQR).

4.2. All Healthcare Professionals (HP) must be licensed in order to provide healthcare services in the

Emirate of Dubai.

4.3. Health licensing department at the Health Regulation Sector shall review the eligibility of the

applicant for the applied position(s).

4.4. Health Professional Licensing shall be issued following the below steps:

4.4.1. Create a Sheryan account.

4.4.2. Fulfill the PQR requirements.

4.4.3. Obtain a Positive Primary Source Verification (PSV) result.

4.4.4. Fulfill the assessment requirements as per PQR and relevant policies therein.

4.4.5. Obtain a registration on Dubai Medical Registry.1

4.4.6. Activation of the Health Professional License by the employing healthcare facility.

4.5. Applicant details must match his/her passport copy, which must be valid and uploaded in the

system. In case of name change, supporting documents must be provided in the application (e.g.

marriage certificate, etc.).

4.6. A valid medical fitness report shall be required for the following:

4.6.1. Registration applications, where there is a physical, mental or emotional condition, which

may impair the applicant’s ability to provide healthcare services.

4.6.2. License Activation and License Renewal applications where the HP is 65 years or above.

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In positons requiring oral assessment, conditional approval for registration will be granted till a pass result is obtained within 3
months of the approval date.
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4.7. In certain circumstances, the Health Licensing Department, Medical Practice Committee (MPC),

Appeal Committee or Director General (DG) reserve the right to further request additional

requirements as deemed necessary.

4.8. Relevant actions shall be undertaken for the application/registration/license in the following

conditions (including but not limited to):

4.8.1. Professional currently restricted to practice in any jurisdiction.

4.8.2. The license been revoked/suspended/blacklisted in any jurisdiction.

4.8.3. Professional with criminal record or has been prosecuted and/or convicted by court in any

jurisdiction in which it may relate to the current clinical practice.

4.8.4. Confirmation from DHA Medical Fitness Centers of being unfit to practice.

4.8.5. Failure to declare information about pending or confirmed malpractice issued by other

regulatory bodies.

5. Sheryan Health Licensing Services:

5.1. The following licensing services are available through online licensing system (Sheryan):

5.1.1. Get Registered.

5.1.2. License Card Replacement.

5.1.3. Renew/Restore Professional Registration.

5.1.4. Activate Professional License.

5.1.5. Add/ Upgrade Professional Registration.

5.1.6. Renew Professional License.

5.1.7. Update CPD points.

5.1.8. Add/ Upgrade Professional License.

5.1.9. Schedule Oral Assessment.

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5.1.10. Cancel Professional License.

5.1.11. Request Good Standing Certificate.

5.1.12. Raise license cancelation issues.

5.2. Applications pending for additional documents shall be automatically cancelled after the lapse

of three (3) months in the applicants Sheryan account.

5.3. Applicants will be liable for any false, untrue, misleading or misrepresented information or

documents and DHA reserves the right to take the necessary action in this regard.

6. Health Professional Licensure Process:

6.1. Professionals Qualification Requirements (PQR):

6.1.1. Applicants shall complete the self-assessment tool and fulfill the PQR requirements for the

applied licensure (certain specialties out of the scope of the PQR document are found in

Appendix 1).

6.2. Primary Source Verification (PSV):

6.2.1. All new applicants and professionals applying for add/upgrade title, shall go through PSV

of their credentials.

6.2.2. PSV is currently delegated by DHA to a third-party professional verification agency to

validate the required documents.

6.2.3. The outcome of the verification could be one of the following:

a. Positive Result.

b. Unable to Verify (UTV) Result.

c. Negative Result.

6.2.4. PSV process applies to the following documents:

a. Education qualifications.

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b. Registration or license.

c. Experience (Experience from DHA licensed health facilities shall not require verification

unless requested otherwise by DHA)

d. Any other relevant document(s) requested by DHA.

6.2.5. In case of UTV result, the applicant may seek to apply for re-verification of the same

document twice.

6.2.6. For Negative result, the applicant may seek to apply for re-verification of the same

document once.

6.2.7. DHA accepts verification reports issued by other authorities, which it has

agreements/MOU with.

6.3. Assessment

6.3.1. Depending on the applied position, assessment may be an Oral Assessment or a Computer

Based Testing (CBT).

6.3.2. All applicants shall be given three (3) attempts2 to successfully pass the assessment

modality. Failure to pass upon the third attempt shall result in blocking the applicant from

reapplying (for the same or lower position for the period of two years).

6.3.3. Assessments do not apply on the following:

a. Applicants exempted from assessment as per PQR and (Appendix 2).

b. Applicants who passed assessment within five (5) years from the date of obtaining the

registration.

c. Professionals that are maintaining an active registration.

d. Professionals applying within two (2) years from the professional license cancellation

date.

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From the date of PQR implementation.
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6.3.4. Trainees who have completed the necessary training period are required to successfully

pass the DHA assessment to obtain a full registration.

6.3.5. Applicants may apply for a re-assessment for CBT with no restriction on duration between

the attempts.

6.3.6. The results report shall indicate a “pass” or “fail” without details of the result of the

assessment.

6.3.7. The cancellation or failure to attend CBT or oral assessment will not be considered a failed

attempt in the assessment.

6.3.8. The following applies to Oral Assessment:

a. For scheduling oral assessment, the applicant shall select an available date or select a

specified desirable date at an additional cost.

b. In cases where no dates are available in the upcoming 3 months, then the applicant shall

select a 10-day date range.

c. Applicants may reschedule the assessment within 5 working days of the set date at no

additional cost.

6.4. Health Professional Registration

6.4.1. Applicant must provide legally translated versions of their documents into English or

Arabic.

6.4.2. Applications shall be reviewed by the Health Licensing Department at HRS who may

approve, reject or undertake the following actions:

a. Request for additional documents/information, assessment or PSV.

b. Change the requested position and inform the applicant accordingly.

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c. Set a trainee restriction, based on lack of required experience or discontinuity of practice

as per PQR criteria3

d. Add limitations to the applicant’s license to practice.

6.4.3. The applicant shall be listed on the Dubai Medical Registry once the registration is issued.

6.4.4. The validity of the registration is one year from the date of issuance.

6.4.5. If the registration was not activated to a license within the validity period, the HP is

responsible to renew the registration (provisionally or fully); otherwise the registration

shall be cancelled and a new registration application shall be started by the applicant if

required.

6.4.6. The HP can apply to renew their registration within 90 days before the expiry date of the

registration or 90 days post the cancellation of the professional's license.

6.4.7. Methods to renew registration:

a. Renew as provisional registration: This service is designed for healthcare professionals

who do not plan to practice in Dubai for the time-being but would like to maintain their

approved registration position.

b. Renew/restore professional registration: This service is designed for healthcare

professionals planning to practice in Dubai by keeping their registration records updated

with recent verified qualification(s), experience(s) and other required documents.

6.5. License Activation:

6.5.1. Activation of the license is applied though the facility Sheryan account.

6.5.2. HP is required to approve the facility license request.

6.5.3. The HP can approve requests from several facilities, and their license will be activated on

the facility that completes the payment first.

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This includes physicians and dentists of surgical specialties practicing at Telehealth facilities for more than 2 years.
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6.5.4. The HP reserves the right to withdraw their approval as long as the facility has not

completed payment for the Activate Professional License service.

6.5.5. The validity of the HP license is 1 year unless determined otherwise on Sheryan.

6.5.6. Medical malpractice insurance must be maintained at all times of the HP practice and must

reflect all activated positions by the hiring facility.

6.5.7. An Interim license (e-copy) shall be issued upon license activation which shall be deemed

acceptable to commence practice until receiving the DHA license card.

6.5.8. The HP is not entitled to practice in a facility which falls under any of the following criteria:

a. Facility license is inactive.

b. Facility or related specialty is temporarily or permanently closed.

c. Facility or related specialty license has expired.

d. Facility or related specialty license is suspended or revoked.

6.5.9. Health facilities must ensure the full-time supervision requirements are met as set out in

(Appendix 3).

6.5.10. A physician/dentist with surgical specialties working full-time at an outpatient facility for

2 years or more, may not be able to join a Hospital or a Day Surgical Center (DSC) as full-

time or part-time without being involved in surgical practice (by providing a surgical

logbook) for the last 2 years.

6.5.11. License types:

a. Full-Time License:

i. The first DHA license is always a Full-Time License.

b. Part-Time License:

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i. All HPs require a part-time license approval by the full-time licensing facility Medical

Director.

ii. The number of Part-Time licensures allowed for HPs are listed in (Appendix 4). If more

than one scenario applies to the HP, then the higher number of permissions shall be

considered.

iii. The Part –Time license(s) will be set as inactive when the Full-Time license is cancelled

until expiry unless one of the following actions is undertaken:

 A new Full-Time License is activated and the Medical Director approves the Part-

Time license (Part-Time license validity remains the same).

 The Part-Time Facility applies to convert the license to Full-Time within three (3)

months from cancelation. (new license will have the same validity of the previous

Part-Time license)

iv. A physician/dentist with surgical specialty working at an outpatient facility opting to

activate a part-time license in a Hospital/Day Surgical Center (DSC) must provide a

logbook for the last 2 years.

v. The HP can practice at branches of the Full-Time licensing facility, as selected upon

license activation.

c. Trainee License:

i. HP not meeting PQR experience criteria shall be issued trainee restricted registration

that should be activated into a license on a training facility, until the required

experience is completed.

ii. A HP with a full-time license can have an active trainee license for a different position.

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iii. Change of Clinical Supervisor must be finalized within one (1) month. Otherwise, the

following shall apply:

 Trainee license shall remain active for one (1) month.

 Past the one (1) month period, the Trainee license shall be set to Inactive status for

one (1) month.

 After that, the Trainee license shall be cancelled.

6.6. Add/Upgrade Professional License:

6.6.1. The updated HP’s license can be updated by the full or part time licensing health facility

providing the specialty is available within the facility’s license.

6.6.2. Updating the HPs does not impact the validity of the license.

6.7. Renew Professional License:

6.7.1. The Health Facility shall apply for renewal of a HP license within three (3) months of its

expiry.

a. Full time license can be renewed after six (6) months of expiry with penalties.

b. Part-time and Trainee license will be set to Expired with no penalties and without the

options for renewal.

6.7.2. Trainee license cannot be renewed beyond the trainee restriction period.

6.8. Cancel Professional License:

6.8.1. If the HP resigned, the Health Facility shall cancel the HP’s license.

6.8.2. The HP is not required to submit their license card to DHA following cancellation.

6.8.3. The cancellation of license will not proceed in the following scenarios:

a. The HP is the Medical Director, where the Medical Director has to be changed prior to

the cancellation.

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b. The HP has an active appeal, where the appeal must be cancelled and all fines must be

paid prior to the cancellation of the license.

c. The HP is under investigation, where the investigation outcome must be issued prior to

the cancellation.

6.8.4. Following license cancellation:

a. The registration status will be set as “Active in Transition” for ninety (90) days, where

the registration can be renewed or activated into a new license.

b. After this period the HP has to apply for a new registration.

6.8.5. In case the Health Facility refuses to cancel the HP license, the HP can escalate the issue

to DHA through the ‘Raise license cancelation issues’ service with any of the following

supporting documents:

a. New employment visa under new registered health facility

b. Confirmation of employment Visa or Labor card cancellation.

c. Temporary permission to work in another healthcare facility from Ministry Human

Resources and Emiratization.

6.9. Good Standing Certificate (GSC):

6.9.1. GSC shall be issued for currently and previously licensed HPs after completing three (3)

months of licensure.

6.9.2. GSC is an electronic certificate generated by the licensing system into the HP account.

6.9.3. GSC can be verified via DHA website through “Verify Document” service in Sheryan portal.

6.9.4. The issued certificate shall include details of the HP License suspension and revocation in

the past ten (10) years, (Appendix 5).

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6.9.5. If the HP has history of suspension/revocation/warning/notice/undertaking letter issued

in the past two (2) years, or is under active investigation the certificate will be titled as

“Current Status”.

6.9.6. GSC information is limited to the HP medical practice and does not indicate non-medical

criminal/legal cases or ethical conduct.

6.10. Revocation/suspension of license:

6.10.1. DHA - through it responsible party such as MPC, Appeal Committee or DG - may take the

following decision/action on the HP license following medical malpractice, PSV result or

disciplinary action taken by another health regulator/board:

a. Precautionary suspension, until the final decision is reached, including but not limited to

the following scenarios:

i. The HP practice may put patient safety at risk.

ii. Negative PSV reports (Appendix 6).

b. Suspension.

c. Revocation.

6.10.2. DHA will share the revocation/suspension decision with the respective authorities as

deemed necessary or as per its agreement.

6.10.3. DHA shall review applications from applicants with a revoked professional license after

completing a period of two (2) years from the date of revocation.

a. Following two (2) years, re-applying will be subject to MPC approval and fulfilment of the

PQR criteria including positive verification of new documents and assessment, if

applicable.

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6.10.4. HPs with revoked/suspended licenses are not permitted to do any clinical, administrative

or management work at a health facility.

6.11. CPD:

6.11.1. HPs with active license(s) are obligated to complete the target CPD requirements as per

the PQR.

a. If there are multiple categories under the HP license, the target CPD points shall be

combined.

6.11.2. Target CPD points requirements shall not be less than 70% in the area of the professional

specialty and 30% can be in the area of general professional development.

6.11.3. Only 30% of the total target CPD points can be gained through online programs.

6.11.4. If the HP overachieves their target CPD points, they are eligible to carry forward up to 10

CPD points to the following year.

a. Overachieved target CPD points cannot be transferred two years in a row.

6.11.5. If the HP underachieves their target CPD points, then the remaining CPD points must be

made up in the following year.

6.11.6. HP who do not meet the yearly CPD points or have a CPD action pending will only be able

to access the following online services:

a. Update CPD.

b. Payment of Fines.

c. Cancel Professional License.

d. Update Professional Registration.

6.11.7. The following are not considered activities for target CPD:

a. Regular morning meetings, endorsements, ward rounds and case revisions.

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b. Departmental or medical society internal meetings.

c. Community and patient awareness sessions.

d. Public directed activities.

e. Software skills training.

f. Induction and orientation programs.

g. Basic product training and product-specific knowledge.

6.11.8. CPD points will be accepted nationally and internationally providing they are recognized

by the regulatory authority of the respective country.

6.11.9. Claiming fraudulent CPD will result in disciplinary actions decided by the MPC.

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7. References

7.1. Cabinet Decision no. (40) of 2019 concerning UAE Federal Law concerning Medical Liability.

7.2. Federal Law no. (5) of 2019 concerning the practice of the human medicine profession and its

amendments.

7.3. Federal Law No. (5) Of 1984 Concerning practice of Non-physicians and Pharmacists health

professions.

7.4. Federal Law no. (7) Of 1975 Concerning the Practice of Human Medicine.

7.5. Cabinet Decision no. (20) of 2017 concerning Unified Healthcare Professional Qualification

Requirements for licensing health professionals in the country.

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Appendices:
Appendix-1
Specialty Requirements

Interventional 1. Valid license or registration as Radiologist / Interventional Radiologist.

Radiology: 2. Recognized specialty certificate in Radiology.

3. Fulfilling the experience requirements as per the PQR.

4. Degree or Diploma Certificate in Interventional Radiology not less than 12

months in duration from an accredited training institution.

OR

Transcript of a structured program in Interventional Radiology for a period

of not less than 24 months in a recognized teaching facility (for countries

where specialty certificate in Interventional Radiology is not issued).

5. Recommendation letter(s) from the training supervisor indicating that the

applicant can work independently as Interventional Radiologist.

6. Log book with evidence of completion of at least 300 cases as first or only

operator. The logbook should be signed by the supervisor / training director

Neonatology 1. Valid license or registration as Pediatrician/Neonatologist.

2. Recognized specialty certificate in Pediatrics (for countries where

neonatology specialty certificate is not issued)

3. 5 years of experience in Neonatology in a hospital setting.

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Appendix 2- Exam Exemption Criteria for Consultant/Specialist Physicians

Country Equivalency Assessment

 Facharztdiplom (Diploma of medical specialist) issued by


ÖsterreichischeArztekammer
Austria
OR
 An ArztfürAllgemeinmedizin (Diploma of general medicine)
 Bijzondere Beroepstitel van geneesheer specialist/Titre professionnel particuier
de médecin spécialiste awarded by the Minister bevoegdvoor
Volksgezoondheid/Ministre de la Santé Publique (Formal evidence of having
Belgium qualified as a medical specialist issued by Minister of Public Health)
OR
 Bijzondereberoepstitel van huisarts/Titre professional particulier de médecin
généraliste (certificate of specific training for general medical practice)
 Bevis for tilladelsetil at betegne sig somspeciallaege(Certificate concerning the
title of Specialist -Issued by Authority of health services (Sundhedsstyrelsen)
Denmark OR
 Tilladelsetil at anvende betegnelsen alment praktiserende læge /Speciallæge i
almenmedicin (certificate of specific training for general medical practice)
 Erikoislääkarin tutkinto/ Special läkarexamen (Certificate of degree of
specialist in medicine awarded by a Finnish University)
Finland OR
 Todistus yleislääketieteen erityiskoulutuksesta/Bevis om särskild
allmänläkarutbildning (Certificate of specific training for general medical practice)
 Certificat d'études spécialisées de médecine (CES) (Certificate of Specialised
Studies in Medicine issued by French University
OR
 Diplôme d'études spécialisées (DES) /Diplôme d'études spécialisées
France
complémentaires qualifiant de médecine (DESC - diploma of complementary
specialised studies) issued by French University
OR

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 Diplôme d'études spécialisées de medicine générale (qualification in general
medicine)

 Fachärztliche Anerkennung/Urkunde(Certificate of medical specialist issued


by State’s Chamber of Physicians (Arztekammer)
Germany OR
 A Zeugnis über die spezifische Ausbildung in der Allgemeinmedizin (certificate
of specialist training in general medicine)

 Sérfræðileyfi (Certificate of specialist in medicine- issued by The Directorate of


Health)
Iceland OR
 An Almennt heimilislækningaleyfi (Evrópulækningaleyfi) (certificate of specific
training for general practice)

 Certificat de médicin spécialiste issued by the Ministre de la Santé publique


OR
Luxembourg
 Diplôme de formation spécifique en médicine genérale

 Bewijis van inschrijving in een Specialistenregister (Certificate of recognition AND


Netherland Registration/certificate of entry in the Specialist Register as mentioned in the
PQR)

 Spesialistgodkjenning issued by the Den Norske Legeforening (Medical Association


of Norway) or Norwegian Directorate of Health
OR
Norway
 Bevis for kompetanse som allmennpraktiserende lege/Godkjenning som
allmennpraktiserende lege (certificate of specific training for general medical
practice) issued by Norwegian Registration Authority for Health Personnel (SAK)

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 Bevis om specialistkompetens som läkare (certificate of the right to use the title
of specialist) issued by the Socialstyrelsen (National Board of Health and
Welfare of Sweden)
Sweden OR
 Bevis om kompetens som allmänpraktiserande läkare (Europaläkare) (certificate
of specific training for general practice) issued by the Socialstyrelsen (National
Board of Health and Welfare of Sweden)
 Diplôme de médecin spécialiste/Diplom als Facharzt/ Diploma di medico
specialista (specialist qualification) issued by the Swiss Federal Department of
Home Affairs (FDHA)
OR
Switzerland  Certificate of specific training for general medical practice issued by the Swiss
Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA) AND a document from the Federal
Department of Home Affairs (FDHA) confirming that the training leading to the
award of your GP certificate meets the standards detailed in Article 28 of
Directive 2005/36/EC

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Appendix 3 – Full time supervision requirements for Health Facilities

Category Title Supervising full-time professional

Nursing and Assistant Nurse - Registered Nurse


Midwifery
Registered Midwife - Specialist or Consultant Obstetrics and Gynecology except
in home care facilities

Assistant Midwife - Registered Midwife except in home care facilities

Allied health Audiology Assistant - Audiology Technologist


CSS Aide - CSS Technician (to be further discussed with regulation
section as it is not mentioned in the PQR)
Dental Laboratory - Dental Lab Technician
Aide
Hair Transplant - Specialist or Consultant Plastic Surgeon.
Technician OR
- Specialist or Consultant Dermatology or General Surgery
with hair transplant privilege title (regulation attached in
the email – currently adding the privilege is not properly
linked in the system, HP applies from a new account for
hair transplant technician title)
Laser Hair - Specialist or Consultant Dermatology.
Technician OR
- Specialist or Consultant Plastic Surgery.
OR
- Specialist or Consultant Family Medicine or Internal
Medicine with laser privilege
Assistant Medical - Medical Physicist Technologist.
Physicist

Occupational - Occupational Therapist.


Therapy Technician

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Ophthalmic - Specialist or consultant ophthalmologist.

Technician

Psychometrist - Clinical or health or Neuro psychologist.

Assistant - Clinical or health or Neuro psychologist.


Psychologist

Dialysis Technician - Dialysis Technologist or Nephrologist.

Respiratory Therapy - Respiratory Therapist or Specialist or consultant


Technician Pulmonology Diseases.

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Appendix 4 – Number of Permitted Part time Licenses

Private Healthcare Professional scenario Maximum number of Part Time Permissions

General Practitioner/ General Dentist/ Nurses 1

& Midwives/ Allied Healthcare professionals/

Traditional Complementary and Alternative

Medicine

Specialist (non-surgical specialties) 2

Specialist (surgical specialties) 4

Consultant 4

Specialist under-supervision/ Registrar 1

Residents and trainees 0

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Appendix 5– Details of GSC and Current Status Certificate

License history Certificate Name Certificate details

No previous disciplinary actions during Good Standing I hereby certify that no disciplinary proceedings / actions were initiated by the Dubai
the last 10 years Health Authority, against the practitioner listed above nor any proceeding is presently
contemplated.
Warning letter or Notice letter during Good Standing I hereby certify that no disciplinary proceedings / actions were initiated by the Dubai
the last 10 years (not during the last 2 Health Authority, against the practitioner listed above nor any proceeding is presently
years) contemplated.

Notice letter (during last 2 years) Good Standing I further certify that the above mentioned practitioner was issued a Notice letter on -----
----------. However, no current disciplinary proceedings / actions are initiated by the
Dubai Health Authority, against the practitioner listed above.
Suspended during the last 10 years (not Good Standing I hereby certify the professional license of the practitioner was suspended for ------
during the last 2 years) months from ------------- till -------------,
and no current disciplinary proceedings / actions are initiated by the Dubai Health
Authority, against the practitioner listed above.
Revoked during the last 10 years (not Good Standing License was revoked in --------- based on Medical Practice Committee decision / Appeal
during the last 2 years) and license Committee then reinstated in -------------; and no current disciplinary proceedings /
reinstated by the concerned committee actions are initiated by the Dubai Health Authority, against the practitioner listed above.

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Under investigation Current Status I further certify that the above mentioned practitioner is involved in a medical complaint
case and the investigation is currently under process. However,
no current disciplinary proceedings / actions are initiated by the Dubai Health Authority,
against the practitioner listed above.
Warning letter (during last 2 years) Current Status I further certify that the above mentioned practitioner was issued a warning letter on ----
-----. However, no current disciplinary proceedings / actions are initiated by the Dubai
Health Authority, against the practitioner listed above.
Suspended Current Status The Professional license of the practitioner is Suspended for ---- months (from ----------
- to ------------) based on Medical Practice Committee decision / Appeal Committee on -
--------------.
Suspended & Warning letter Current Status The Healthcare professional has received the following disciplinary actions based on
Medical Practice Committee decision / Appeal Committee:
1- Suspension of the professional license for ------------months (from -------------- to --
----------)
2- Warning letter on ------------.
Revoked Current Status The Professional license of the practitioner is revoked based on Medical Practice
Committee decision / Appeal Committee on ---------------.

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Appendix 6– Action to be taken on licensed healthcare professionals with UTV/ Negative PSV reports.

PSV Result
Records not available/ Facility
Not Affiliated/ Non cooperative/ could not be located/
Not genuine
accredited No response Ceased operation/ Unable to
verify due to situation in country
Document
To be forwarded to To be forwarded to the Grant one year to obtain a Grant one year to obtain a positive
Qualification

the MPC MPC* positive re-verification** re-verification**

To be forwarded to NA Grant one year to obtain a Accept the report (If licensed by
the MPC positive re-verification** DHA more than 10 years)
License

Grant one year to obtain a positive


re-verification* (If licensed by DHA
less than 10 years)
To be forwarded to NA Accept the report (If the Accept the report (If the
the MPC experience in Dubai fulfils PQR) experience in Dubai fulfils PQR)
Experience

Grant one year to obtain a Grant one year to obtain a positive


positive re-verification** (If the re-verification** (If the experience
experience in Dubai fulfils PQR) in Dubai fulfils PQR)

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PSV Result
Records not available/ Facility
Not Affiliated/ Non cooperative/ could not be located/
Not genuine
accredited No response Ceased operation/ Unable to
verify due to situation in country
Document
Derogatory

crosscheck
Negative
records/

To be forwarded to the MPC

* Only for Sterilization Technicians, DHA may accept report if details are genuine and a verified registration from that same country was provided along with any other evidence
proving completion of training.
** The HP must complete the undertaking letter provided by the HLD. In case the result remained as UTV, rely on attestations.
o Qualification: Failure to verify the document post one year, the professional requires providing recognition by the Government of the issuing authority or attestation/
equivalency from Ministry of Education- Higher education UAE. Otherwise, the license shall be suspended precautionary.
o License :Failure to verify the document post one year, the professional requires providing additional documents which will be subject to DHA review and approval
(such as : Proof from correct Regulatory Authority /governing body indicating that HP was authorized and licensed to practice at that time).
Experience: Failure to verify the document post one year, the professional requires providing additional documents which will be subject to DHA review and
approval (e.g. Proof from related Regulatory Authority indicating that facility was existing during mentioned period, Bank statement, Employment contract.

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