Government plans to introduce medical license requirement for practitioners

11:19, 4 May 2023

YEREVAN, MAY 4, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian government is introducing a medical licensing procedure for health workers.

The bill was approved at the Cabinet meeting on May 4 and will be submitted to parliament.

Healthcare Minister Anahit Avanesyan said that they seek to introduce an individual licensing mechanism for health workers.

Two types of licensing mechanisms will be introduced, one for students in residency and one for medical practitioners who have completed full education. The systems will be put into effect from 2024 and 2026 respectively if adopted by parliament.

Health workers will have to successfully pass a test to obtain the license to practice medicine. The license will be issued for 5 years.

Doctors could face revocation of the license for medical errors, violation of ethics, failure to comply with terms of the certification and others.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS