A invoice requiring college students who cross the regional physician choice course of in college admissions and obtain full assist for tuition and dormitory charges to serve necessary 10-year service within the designated area after acquiring their medical license handed the Nationwide Meeting plenary session on Dec. 2.
The Ministry of Well being and Welfare introduced on Dec. 2 that 16 payments underneath the ministry’s jurisdiction, together with the “Act on Growth and Assist of Regional Docs” (Regional Physician Act), have been authorized on the Nationwide Meeting plenary session.
The Regional Physician Act was enacted with the aim of resolving regional imbalances in medical personnel provide and demand and regional healthcare disparities via the choice, coaching, and assist of regional docs. The regulation defines regional docs as “service-type regional docs” and “contract-type regional docs,” and stipulates issues associated to the choice course of and necessary service for service-type regional docs, assist particulars, contract procedures and durations for contract-type regional docs, and assist content material.
College students chosen via the service-type regional physician course of obtain assist from the state and native governments for entrance charges, tuition, textbook prices, and dormitory charges at quantities specified by presidential decree. The regulation additionally contains provisions mandating 10-year service within the designated area after acquiring a medical license. The Minister of Well being and Welfare or provincial governors could problem corrective orders if regional docs fail to finish their necessary service interval. Moreover, if regional docs don’t adjust to corrective orders, the Minister of Well being and Welfare could droop their license {qualifications}. License suspension could happen three or extra instances, or licenses could also be revoked for failure to satisfy service obligations.
The Ministry of Well being and Welfare plans to swiftly proceed with preparations for system implementation, together with the institution of subordinate rules. Taking this legislative enactment as a chance, the ministry will actively pursue numerous assist measures to create an surroundings the place medical personnel need to work in regional areas. Throughout the service interval, assist might be offered not just for bettering remedy and dealing situations corresponding to housing assist, job coaching, and profession improvement, but in addition for increasing careers in regional areas via instructional and analysis alternatives, coaching at regional nationwide college hospitals, and abroad coaching applications. After finishing the service interval, complete assist might be pursued to allow continued profession improvement and settlement within the area, together with precedence employment at medical establishments inside the area or assist for establishing medical services.
Minister of Well being and Welfare Jeong Eun-kyung emphasised, “Establishing the authorized basis for the regional physician system is step one towards strengthening regional, important, and public healthcare,” including, “The state will present full assist to make sure regional docs develop into the core cornerstone of regional healthcare.”
In the meantime, the Medical Service Act Modification that established the authorized basis for telemedicine and the Act on Enchancment of Coaching Surroundings and Standing Enhancement for Medical Residents Modification to enhance the coaching surroundings for residents affected by power overwork additionally handed the Nationwide Meeting threshold. The modification shortens the continual coaching time restrict for residents from 36 hours to 24 hours and requires residents’ relaxation, holidays, time beyond regulation, and evening work situations to adjust to the Labor Requirements Act. The modification additionally applies Labor Requirements Act maternity safety provisions to pregnant feminine residents or these inside one 12 months of childbirth and contains provisions prohibiting gender discrimination and unfair practices within the resident recruitment and choice course of.
The Emergency Medical Service Act modification added session to the scope of emergency medical providers topic to interference prohibition and expanded the areas the place penalties for assault towards emergency medical personnel apply from emergency rooms to areas exterior emergency rooms the place emergency medical providers are offered. The modification additionally requires heads of emergency medical establishments to implement protecting measures when emergency medical personnel are harmed by assault or threats and contains provisions for strengthening penalties for assault towards emergency medical personnel. Moreover, the Act on Medical Technicians and Others Modification, which added visible refractive examination to the scope of optometrist duties and sparked jurisdictional conflicts with the medical neighborhood together with ophthalmology, additionally handed.
