The Predicament and Solution of the General Assistant Practitioners in Rural Areas under the Background of the Medical Practitioner Law

Abstract

Neither the Law on Practicing Doctors nor the recently passed Medical Practitioner Law has clearly stipulated the qualification examination for general assistant practitioners in rural areas, which has led to many difficulties faced by the general assistant practitioners in rural areas, impacting negatively on the construction of primary health care team in rural areas. This paper sorted out the policy evolution of the qualification examination of the general assistant practitioners in rural areas; summarizesd the existing problems faced by general assistant practitioners in rural areas in three aspects, namely legal identity, protection of practicing rights, and professional self-identity; demonstrated the feasibility of legalizing the qualification examination of general assistant practitioners in rural areas, and put forward the path and specific content of perfecting the general assistant practitioners in rural areas through legislation.

Keywords

• rural doctors|general practitioners|physician qualification tests|medical practitioner law|regulations on occupation management of rural doctors|health workforce