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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 7 of Law on the Practice of Medicine and Allied Health Professions

English translation

The Health Licensing Department may grant temporary and special licences to visiting practitioners at the Ministry, other government entities or a private health facility, in accordance with the requirements and procedures regulated and issued by the Minister by a special decision for that purpose. Whoever brings in a visiting practitioner shall bear liability towards the injured person for compensation for the practitioner's medical error if the error was committed within the health facility belonging to the person who brought him in, or at any other health facility with the approval of the person who brought him in, without prejudice to the right of recourse against the person who committed the error.
Arabic original
يجوز لإدارة التراخيص الصحية منح تراخيص مؤقتة وخاصة لمزاولي المهنة الزوار لدى الوزارة أو غيرها من الجهات الحكومية أو إحدى المنشآت الصحية الأهلية وذلك وفقا للاشتراطات والإجراءات التي ينظمها ويصدرها الوزير بقرار خاص لذلك. ويتحمل كل من يستقدم مزاول مهنة زائر مسؤولية التعويض عن خطئه الطبي في مواجهة المضرور إذا ارتكب الخطأ داخل المنشأة الصحية التابعة لمن استقدمه أو لدى أي منشأة صحية أخرى بموافقة من استقدمه، وذلك دون الإخلال بحق الرجوع على مرتكب الخطأ.

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