The meeting of the Professional Development Council was conducted at the Ministry of Health. 7 cases on professional responsibility of the doctors were discussed.

By the Decision of the Council one of the doctor’s State Certificate on one specialization was voided and the certificate on other specialization was suspended for 6 months.

The Council identified professional misconduct of one doctor and the certificate was suspended for 1 month. 18 doctors received written warnings.

Within its Terms of Reference, Professional Development Council conducts comprehensive study of physicians’ professional activities, considers quality of healthcare services provided to the patients, possible misconduct of medical personnel, professional responsibility and cases of careless/unethical attitude towards patients.

Considering revealed irregularities, the Council is authorized to discontinue or terminate for optimal period the right to perform activities for medical personnel, assign receiving of professional rehabilitation training course and issue a written warning.