MINISTRY OF
HEALTH
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence – Freedom – Happiness
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No.: 01/2016/TT-BYT
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Hanoi, January
05, 2016
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CIRCULAR
PROVIDING FOR
PRESCRIPTION FOR TRADITIONAL MEDICINES, AND PRESCRIPTION FOR TRADITIONAL
MEDICINES INTEGRATED WITH MODERN MEDICINES IN HEALTH FACILITIES
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 63/2012/ND-CP dated August 31, 2012 defining
the functions, tasks, powers and organizational
structure of Ministry of Health;
At the request of Director of Traditional Medicine Administration of Vietnam;
Minister of Health promulgates a Circular providing for the prescription for traditional medicines and the prescription for traditional medicines integrated with modern medicines in health facilities.
Article 1. Scope
This Circular provides for conditions
to be satisfied by prescribers, prescription scope, principles and forms, and
specific regulations on the prescription for traditional medicines and the
prescription for traditional medicines integrated with modern medicines in
health facilities.
Article 2. Integration of terms:
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1. Traditional medicine (including
traditional ingredients and oriental medicines) means a medicine whose contents
are herbal ingredients which are processed, prepared or combined by adopting
traditional medicine theories and methods or experiences into preparations with
traditional or modern dosage form.
2. Traditional ingredient means
a herbal ingredient that is processed by adopting
traditional medicine theories and methods, and is used for production of traditional medicines or prevention or treatment of diseases.
3. Oriental medicine is
a type of traditional medicines, which is comprised of one or several
traditional ingredients based on traditional medicine theories or experiences,
and packed under dosages.
4. Finished traditional
medicinal products (oriental medicine and herbal medicine) refer to
traditional medicines which have gone through all production stages, including
packing and labeling, and come in several different forms: tablets, liquid
form, teas, powder form, bone glue and other dosage forms.
Article 3. Conditions to be
satisfied by prescribers and scope of the prescription
for traditional medicines and the prescription for traditional medicines
integrated with modern medicines
1. Prescribers must be
practitioners in health facilities which are established under the law, and
possess medical examination and treatment practicing certificates in conformity
with the law on medical examination and treatment.
2. Specialized doctors and
specialty-oriented doctors of traditional medicine are allowed to make up
prescriptions for all types of traditional medicines and prescriptions for
traditional medicines integrated with modern medicines within the scope of
their professional competence.
3. General practitioners,
other specialty doctors and general physicians shall only make up prescription
for finished traditional medicinal products when combining traditional
medicines with modern medicines in their prescriptions.
4. Traditional medicine
physicians who work at State-owned district health facilities or health clinics
of communes/wards/towns or school health facilities may make up prescriptions
for all types of traditional medicines within the scope of their professional
competence.
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6. Herbalists shall only make
up prescription for traditional medicines within the scope of their practicing
certificates. Herbalists are not allowed to make up prescription for traditional medicines integrated with modern medicines.
7. Holders of family remedies
shall only make up prescription for family medicines of which certificates have
been granted by competent authorities as regulated.
Article 4. Principles for
making up prescription for traditional medicines and prescription for
traditional medicines integrated with modern medicines
1. Prescriptions are given to
patients only after they have been directly examined, diagnosed and given with
symptom-based remedies by taking traditional medicines or combining traditional
medicines and modern medicines.
2. The prescription must
ensure correct types of medicines, dosage and correspond with medical diagnosis
and disease progression.
3. The following items are not
written out in a prescription:
a) Medicines that are not used to prevent and treat
diseases;
b) Medicines which are not allowed to sell in
Vietnam;
c) Functional foods;
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dd) Medicines suggested by patients.
Article 5. Forms of making up prescription for
traditional medicines and prescription for traditional medicines integrated
with modern medicines
1. Forms of making up prescription
for traditional medicines:
a) Prescription for oriental medicines;
b) Prescription for finished
traditional medicinal products;
c) Prescription by combining types of traditional
medicines, including finished traditional medicinal products and oriental
medicines;
d) Making up prescription according to family
remedies.
2. Forms of making up prescription
for traditional medicines integrated with modern medicines:
a) Integration between oriental medicines and
modern medicines;
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c) Integration between
oriental medicines, finished traditional medicinal products and
modern medicine.
If prescriptions for traditional medicines
integrated with modern medicines are given to outpatients, the prescription for
oriental medicines shall follow the “Prescription for outpatient’s oriental
medicines” form stated in the Annex herein, and the prescription for modern
medicines and finished traditional medicinal products shall follow Minister of
Health’s Circular providing for the prescription for outpatients.
Article 6. Guidelines for making up
prescriptions
1. General regulations on the
prescription
a) Writings must be clear, accurate and sufficient
according to items already printed in the prescription or patient's medical
book or treatment forms in medical records;
b) Patient's address must be exactly written out in
accordance with administrative regulations on place-names, including house
number, street, residential group or hamlet/village, commune/ward/town;
c) If patient is a child aged under 72 months, the
number of months of age and full name of child's father or mother must be
specified;
d) If a prescription is adjusted, the prescriber
must sign and specify his/her full name and adjustment date alongside the
adjusted contents;
dd) The unused blank in the prescription must be
crossed out from the point under the prescription contents to the point above
the prescriber’s signature; prescriber’s signature and full name are required.
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a) Medicine’s name must be clearly and exactly
written out in Vietnamese. When prescribing oriental medicines, their common
names shall be used. The prescription shall include dosage and unit. Names of
traditional ingredients are not abbreviated;
b) Dosage, usage and administration
are specified.
With regard to the prescription for oriental
medicines in the course o the inpatient treatment, if indications for treatment
and previously prescribed medicines are unchanged, the previously prescribed
medicines may be repeated by specifying the phrase “Bài thuốc hoặc
Dơn thuốc của ngày, tháng, năm” (“Using medicines or the prescription
given on………………..[date]) but the prescription is repeated for one time only;
c) Specific instructions for decoction,
administration route and time must be given;
d) Finished traditional medical products which are
self-manufactured by health facilities shall be prescribed under the names
approved by competent authorities for internal use. If medicines are allowed to
sell nationwide, their names to which registration number has been granted by
Ministry of Health shall be specified;
dd) If a prescriber for traditional ingredients
gives his/her patient a dosage over an usual dosage as defined in the
professional process adopted by Ministry of Health or the treatment
regimen, or corrects any contents in the prescription, he/she must
confirm by affixing his/her name next to the corrected contents.
3. The prescription for modern
medicines shall be made in accordance with the Circular adopted by Ministry of
Health providing for the prescription for outpatient treatment and current
regulations on the prescription for modern medicines.
4. Sequence of prescription
medicines in a prescription or medical record
a) Sequence of prescription
traditional medicines: Oriental medicines, finished traditional medicinal
products. Finished traditional medicinal products shall be prescribed in the
following sequence: Tablets, liquid form, teas, powder form, bone
glue and other dosage forms;
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c) Sequence of the integrated prescription for
traditional and modern medicines: Modern medicines shall be prescribed first,
then traditional medicines;
d) The prescription for toxic traditional medicines
on the list of toxic herbal ingredients used in Vietnam, enclosed to the
Circular No. 33/2012/TT-BYT dated December 28, 2012 by
Minister of Health, must be given upon decision of Director or the individual
authorized by Director of health facility.
Article 7. Regulations on use duration of
medicines written in inpatient and outpatient prescriptions
1. Prescription for outpatient
treatment
a) Chronic diseases (requiring long-term
treatment): The quantity of medicines in each prescription must be enough for use
up to 30 days or according to specific treatment indications for each disease;
b) Other diseases: Each prescription must include
sufficient doses but use duration shall not exceed 7 days;
With regard to remote regions, border regions,
island regions or regions with difficult or extremely difficult
social – economic conditions in which traditional medicine doctors and physicians are not available,
the use duration of medicines in a prescription may be up to 30 days but only
the prescription for traditional medicines is allowed.
2. Prescription for ipatient treatment
a) Acute diseases: At least two prescriptions are
given within 7 days.
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3. If a prescription includes
the combination of traditional medicines and modern medicines, the use duration
of modern medicines shall be governed by applicable regulations on the
prescription for modern medicines.
Article 8. Forms of prescriptions for
traditional medicines and prescriptions for traditional medicines integrated
with modern medicines
1. Prescriptions for oriental
medicines given to outpatients shall follow the form stated in the Annex
herein.
2. If an outpatient is given
with a prescription for traditional medicines integrated with modern medicines,
the prescription for modern medicines and finished traditional medical products
shall comply with regulations on forms of outpatient prescriptions for modern
medicines.
3. With regard to inpatients,
prescriptions shall be included in their medical records
in compliance with current regulations.
Article 9. Prescription by health facilities
where information technology is applied to outpatient prescription
1. The prescription shall be
made up by computer aid, then printed and signed by the prescriber, one copy of
which shall be given to the patient in order to keep in his/her medical book or
treatment book.
2. Health facilities that
apply information technology to the prescription must retain given
prescriptions for tracing or printing out in case of need.
Article 10. Effect
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Article 11. Terms of
reference
If documents which are referred to in this Circular
are replaced or amended, replacement or amendment documents shall apply.
Article 12. Implementation responsibility
Chief of Ministry's Office, Director of Traditional Medicine Administration of Vietnam, Director of
Agency of Health Examination and Treatment, Ministry’s Chief
Inspector, Director Generals, Directors or Heads of Ministry's
affiliates, Directors of Hospitals or Institutes with patient beds affiliated
to Ministry of Health, Directors of Health Departments of central-affiliated
cities or provinces and heads of medical authorities shall be
responsible for implementing this Circular.
Difficulties that arise during the
implementation of this Circular should be reported to the Ministry of
Health (via Traditional Medicine Administration of Vietnam)
for consideration./.
PP. MINISTER
DEPUTY MINISTER
Nguyen Thi Xuyen