འབྲུག་ཤེས་ཚད་དང་ཁྱད་རིག་ངོ་སྦྱོར་དབང་འཛིན།

Bhutan Qualifications and Professionals Certification Authority

Namgaychoeling,
Chang Gidaphu

Medical and Health Professionals Council (MHPC)

Mandates

Regulation of qualification and practice of medical and health professionals

Register medical and health professionals who are trained within and outside the country.
Regulate medical and Health Professionals and their Practices.
Inspect and monitor government and private healthcare centers.
Receive and investigate grievances related to medical and health professionals.
Develop/frame plans, policies, regulations, standards and guidelines.
Monitor competencies and skills of medical and health professionals.
Create awareness of rules, regulations, standards, and guidelines.

Regulation of medical and health education and professional development of medical and health professionals

License/register the Universities/Institutes/Colleges for training of medical and health professionals.
Recognize/accredit Universities/Institutes/Colleges outside the country for the training of medical and health professionals.
Review and validate curriculum for new programs.
Inspect and monitor premises (universities/colleges/institutes) where medical and health professionals are trained.
Approve and monitor Continuing Professional Development activities and allocate credits

Technical Advisory Committee

In accordance with the endorsement of the 1st Governing Council meeting for Bhutan Qualifications and Professionals Certification Authority (BQPCA), Ministry of Education and Skill Development (MoESD) held on 4th July 2024, the following are the Technical Advisory Committee(TAC) members for MHPC:

Mr. Kinga Jamphel, Director DHS, MOH (Chair)
Dr. Kuenzang Choenzom, Registrar, KGUMSB (Member)
Dr. Karma Tenzin, Assoc. Professor, KGUMSB (Member)
Mr. Indra P Sharma, CPO, CSD, DCS (Member)
Ms. Tshering Dolkar, ED, RENEW (Member)
Dr Ugyen Tshewang, Director, BQPCA (Ex-officio Member)
Ms. Gaga Dukpa, Head, MHPC, BQPCA (Member Secretary)
Mr. Prakash Pradhan, Specialist, MHPC, BQPCA (Co-opt member)

As the national agency to regulate and improve the quality of the MHPC programs, the Terms of Reference(ToR) for the TAC shall be the following, but not limited to:

Offer technical advice and recommendations to MHPC for efficient regulatory enforcement
Endorse SOPs for Registration, Certification services, and Continue Professional Development Services
Endorse Scope of Practices and Guidelines for the Council
Endorse/Revise National Competency Assessment Standards
Review and validate Standards, Rules and Regulations for submission to the Governing Board
Review and approve the continuing professional development programmes
Constitute time-bound technical groups as and when necessary.
Appoint Professional Ethics Committee and Inquiry Committee for medico-legal cases and other relevant sub-committees for any other issues.
Any other matters

Registration & Licencing

National Register

National register at a glance

Continuing Professional Development

BMHC Regulations 2005 (Section 16.2) requires all registered medical and health professionals to accrue a minimum of 30 credits in five years to be eligible for the renewal of their registration.

Role of BMHC Secretariat in the current CPD system:

Two types of pathway:
- Online CPD application for self-directed learning activities
- CPD applications to be conducted in-country which requires prior approval from the Council
Validate the applicants’ CME contents/relevancy and approve the CPD applications in our Health Personnel Management System (HPMS).
Allocate credits as per the type of activity stipulated in the CME Creditable Activities, Guidelines on CME 2018.

Type of CPD Application

Medical and health institutes’ data

Registered institutes and their teaching hospitals

Sl. #	Name of Institute	Name of Teaching Hospital
1	FNPH(faculty of Nursing and Public Health)	JDWNRH(Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital
2	FoPGM(faculty of postgraduate Medicine)	JDWNRH(Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital
		CRRH(Central Regional Refferal Hospital, Gelephu)
		ERRH(Eastern Regional Refferal Hospital, Mongar)
3	FoTM(Faculty of Traditional Medicine)	National Traditional Medicine Hospital, Thimphu
4	RTC(Royal Thimphu college)	CRRH(Central Regional Referral hospital, Gelephu)
		RBA(Royal Bhutan Army) Hospital, Lungtenphu, Thimphu
		Trashigang Hospital, Trashigang
5	AAHS(Arura Academy of Health Sciences	Phuntsholing General Hospital
5	AAHS(Arura Academy of Health Sciences	Samtse District Hospital
6	ABIN(Apollo Bhutan Institute for Nursing)	Paro Hospital
		Wangdue Hospital
		Tsirang Hospital

International linkage/Networking

The Medical and Health Professionals Council is a member of the Medical Councils Network of the World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Region and the International Association of Medical Regulatory Authority (IAMRA).