Reader Nguyen Khai Phong said: In 2022, I was granted a certificate to practice as a general practitioner. In March 2024, I took a 9-month plastic surgery orientation course.
"I would like to ask, if I graduate from the 9-month cosmetic plastic surgery orientation course and practice 9 months of cosmetic surgery at a facility certified by the Ministry of Health for a total of 18 months, can I be granted a new license or have my scope of practice expanded to a cosmetic plastic surgery license?" - a reader asked.
Regarding this issue, the Ministry of Health responded as follows:
Currently, the specialized training certificate is not the type of certificate used to issue adjustments to the scope of practice in the practice license.