THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH
Circular No. 14/2013/TT-BYT dated May 06, 2013 of the Ministry of Health guiding medical examination
Pursuant to the Law on medical examination and treatment dated November 23, 2009;
Pursuant to the Labor Code dated June 18, 2012;
Pursuant to the Law on Vietnamese workers going abroad for work under contract dated November 29, 2006;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 06/CP dated January 20, 1995 detailing a number of articles of the Labor Code on labor safety and hygiene and the Government's Decree No. 110/2002/ND-CP dated December 27, 2002 on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 06/CP dated January 20, 1995 detailing a number of articles of the Labor Code on labor safety and hygiene;
Pursuant to the Decree No. 126/2007/ND-CP of August 01, 2007, detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the law on Vietnamese laborers to work abroad under the contracts;
Pursuant to the Decree No. 34/2008/ND-CP dated March 25, 2008 of the Government on employment and administration of foreigners working in Vietnam and the Decree No. 46/2011/ND-CP dated June 17, 2011 of the Government on amending, supplementing some Articles of the Decree No. 34/2008/ND-CP dated March 25, 2008 of the Government on employment and administration of foreign employees working in Vietnam;
Pursuant to the Decree No. 63/2012/ND-CP dated August 31, 2012 of the Government defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Health;
At the proposal of Director of the Medical Examination and Treatment Management Department and Director of the Legal Affair Department;
The Minister of Health promulgated the Circular guiding medical examination,
Chapter 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope of regulation and Subjects of application
1. This Circular guides dossiers, procedures, contents of medical examination (ME), classification of health and conditions of medical examination and treatment (ME&T) establishments permitted to perform ME.
2. This Circular is applicable to the subjects as follows:
a. Vietnamese persons, foreigners who are living and working in Vietnam wish to do ME when apply for employment, periodical ME, ME when registering study in universities, colleges, professional high schools, vocational schools and other subjects;
b. ME for Vietnamese workers when going abroad for work under contract.
3. This Circular is not applicable to the following cases:
a. Outpatient, inpatient diagnoses in ME&T establishments;
b. Medical assessment, forensic and mental forensic examination;
c. Examination for injury certificate;
d. Examination for occupational diseases;
e. ME when recruiting in armed forces and ME in armed forces.
4. ME will be performed at only ME&T establishments that are licensed operation as prescribed in Law on medical examination and treatment and eligible as prescribed in this Circular.
5. For persons possessing the ME certificate that is issued by foreign competent medical establishment, the ME certificate will be used in case where Vietnam and country or territory where issuing ME certificate have mutual recognition agreements and the use duration of that ME certificate not exceed 6 months from the day of issuance. The ME certificate must be translated into Vietnamese and that translation must be authenticated.
