Tomorrow (Thursday) April 27, the survey of the new health system project that aims to raise the efficiency of health and health care for the population, with the aim of enhancing individual and community health, on the basis of quality and efficiency and developing the health system to translate the strategic directions of Vision 2030, and to cover legal gaps in the systems ends tomorrow (Thursday) 27 April. The main health system, such as the current health system, the health professions practice system, the private health institutions system, and the cooperative health insurance system, with an emphasis on covering the system of objective provisions related to the health sector, to correct potential gaps – for example – the due care standard, communication medicine, and the responsibility of institutions For its affiliates, medical malpractice insurance, emphasizing quality and efficiency, encouraging international best practices, emphasizing development, research and innovation, ensuring sustainability, continuous improvement, effective governance, raising the level of workforce efficiency and encouraging them to achieve the best.
The Ministry of Health works to ensure the provision of health care to the entire population with quality and efficiency, in a fair and accessible manner, to follow up the organization of health care with permanent review to ensure quality and efficiency, by directing, supervising, or agreeing or coordinating with the competent, funding or health care providers,
Under the proposed system, the Ministry and the competent authorities in the health sector monitor the cost of health care to address everything that would affect the inflation of care costs in ways that exceed the potential for the required quality and adequacy.
And the draft system indicated that the health facility that provides any health care service must complete all the conditions stipulated in the system and the regulations, and take the necessary licenses from the relevant competent authorities, including initial approvals and final licenses, and the competent authority must also take into account fair distribution before issuing licenses for health facilities. And appropriate to the needs of the population to ensure the quality of service and its sustainability efficiently.
The draft law stated, “The state works to ensure that comprehensive health coverage policies are applied to the entire population in a fair manner in the Kingdom through regulations.” entities they work for.
The Ministry of Health and the competent authorities in the health sector monitor the cost of health care in order to address everything that may affect the inflation of health care costs in a manner that exceeds the potential for the required quality and adequacy.
And the draft system stipulates that “the state works to ensure that comprehensive health coverage policies are implemented for the entire population in a fair manner in the Kingdom through regulations and decisions of the Council of Ministers.”
Committees are formed to consider administrative violations from specialists and their penalties are issued in accordance with the system. Decisions are not implemented except after being approved by the Minister of Health. The committees are distributed in the regions, cities and governorates of the Kingdom. The decisions of the committees regarding the violation may be included in the event of recurrence or when the violation is serious. The ruling is final, and the system allows the concerned parties to appeal against any of the decisions before the administrative courts within 60 days from the date of notification of the decision. The Ministry of Health is working to encourage alternative solutions to litigation in private right disputes arising from the application of the law by setting policies for apologies, amicable settlements, mediation and arbitration. for investigation and public prosecution.
Imprisonment and a fine for the 19 violations
The system stated that, without prejudice to any harsher penalty stipulated in this law or any other law, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year and a fine not exceeding 300,000 riyals, or one of these two penalties, in 19 cases: Imposing the penalty on every practitioner of a health care profession without a license, or provided data that does not conform to the truth, or used unlawful methods that resulted in granting him a license to practice health care professions, or used a means of advertising that would make the public believe that he is entitled to practice health care professions contrary to the truth, or pretended to be himself One of the titles that are usually given to practitioners of health care professions, or if he has machines or equipment that are usually used, especially in the practice of health care professions, without being licensed to practice those professions and without having a legitimate reason for possessing them, or he practices unauthorized diagnostic and treatment methods Scientifically recognized or prohibited in the Kingdom, or performs any medical work that does not benefit the patient even if it does not result in harm, such as prescribing unnecessary medicines or tests, or putting the beneficiary to sleep if his condition does not require that according to the due standard of health care, or he neglected to inform the security authorities. And the competent health professional in cases of suspected criminal injury or an infectious disease immediately after examining the case, or used unlicensed health care professionals, or provided assistance to any person practicing a health care profession illegally, or used detection devices or treatment prohibited in the Kingdom according to what The regulations or the competent authorities specify, or he performs medical work for a patient without his consent, or the approval of his representative or his guardian if he does not consider his will, or he ends the life of a patient without criminal intent in any way, even if it was at his request or the request of his relatives, except for what is excluded by the law and the regulations. In cases of lifting resuscitation, or gave a death report without confirming the cause of death, or gave a death report in the event of a suspected criminal accident without informing the competent authorities. Performs an abortion for a pregnant woman contrary to what is included in the provisions of this law or regulation regarding abortion, or dispenses medication without a prescription, or violates the content of the prescription without the doctor’s approval, or repeats the prescription unless the prescription stipulates so, or dispenses the medication in case of doubt The validity of a medical prescription without being clarified by the doctor who approved it, or dispensing the drug in a pharmacy without the supervision of a licensed pharmacist, or performing experimental and unprecedented surgeries on humans in violation of the rules regulating that, or trading in human organs, or performing a human organ transplant, knowing that Obtained by trading.
Penalties for ten violations
The draft health system revealed a prison sentence for a period not exceeding 6 months and a fine not exceeding 100,000 riyals, or one of the two penalties, for each health practitioner in 10 cases: On boards, cards, medical prescriptions, advertisements, or any means of communication, scientific titles or specializations that he did not obtain, or refrained from treating a beneficiary without a legitimate reason, or practiced a health care profession that conflicts with health professions, or requested a commission or reward, accepted it, took it, or obtained a Any benefit in exchange for promoting or adhering to a prescription for drugs or devices, or directing beneficiaries to a specific pharmacy, hospital or laboratory, or conducting examinations or treatment for a fee or for free in a health facility other than the powers of its license, or keeping medicines and vaccines in the workplace contrary to what is permitted by the instructions The Ministry or the competent authority, or sold medicines to beneficiaries, or dispensed samples of pharmaceutical or herbal preparations intended to introduce the product in an absolute way, or facilitated the beneficiary’s obtaining any undue or illegal material or moral advantage or benefit, or sheltered the beneficiaries in places other than those designated for that, except for Required by emergency or emergency cases.
According to the draft health system, the establishment shall be punished with a fine of no less than 100,000 riyals and more than one million riyals when committing the following violations, namely: providing prohibited or unauthorized health violations, keeping medicines or vaccines contrary to what the regulations allow, or selling medicines or products. Pharmacist other than what is stipulated in the system, or using detection or treatment devices prohibited in the Kingdom.
The draft clarified the penalties that may be imposed by the Administrative Violations Committee on the health practitioner who violates his responsibilities and duties as stipulated in the law, which are: the warning penalty and a financial fine, canceling the license to practice health care, and striking off the name from the register of licensees, and in the event of canceling the license, it is not permissible to apply for a license. new, except after at least one year has elapsed from the date of issuance of the cancellation decision, and the application of penalties shall not prejudice the private right.
