According to current regulations, the head of a commune-level health station is the Head of the station, specifically regulated in Article 3 of Circular 33/2015/TT-BYT as follows:
"Article 3. Organization and human resources
1. Organize:
a) Commune Health Stations have Station Heads and 1 Deputy Station Head;
b) Officials working at Commune Health Stations are responsible for being in charge of the field of work as assigned by the Head of the Station to ensure the implementation of the tasks of the Health Station as prescribed in Article 2 of this Circular;
c) The appointment and dismissal of station heads and station deputy heads and the rotation and transfer of civil servants working at the Health Station are decided by the Director of the District Health Center according to the authority and management authority in the locality.
2. Human resources: The structure of professional titles and the number of each professional title working at the Commune Health Station are determined based on actual needs, workload and characteristics, socio-economic conditions of the commune-level administrative unit where the Health Station is located".
Meanwhile, Article 5 of Circular 43/2025/TT-BYT (effective from January 1, 2026), the Ministry of Health stipulates the head of the Commune-level Health Station as follows:
- Leaders of commune-level health stations include:
The Director and Deputy Director, the number of Deputy Directors shall comply with the provisions of law and competent authorities.
The Director and Deputy Director of the Commune-level Health Station are appointed and reappointed by the Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level, extending the term of office, dismissing, resigning, or removing from management positions according to the provisions of law.
- Minimum organizations under the Commune-level Health Stations:
+ General Administration Office or Department;
+ Department of Population, Children, Social Protection;
+ Department of Disease Prevention and Food Safety;
+ Department of Medical Examination and Treatment;
+ Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical Equipment, paraclinical;
+ The stations are organizations under the Commune-level Health Station, organized to implement all or part of the functions and tasks of the Commune-level Health Station to ensure the provision of health services to the people.
- The Director of the Commune-level Health Station promulgates the functions, tasks and working relationships for organizations under the Commune-level Health Station.
