Healthcare providers in Dubai must have a DHA license to follow their professional careers. The Health Regulation Department (HRD) of the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) is in charge of issuing this healthcare practice permit. In order to get this license, healthcare professionals must successfully pass the skill tests and evaluations.
Who is eligible to apply for a DHA certificate?
The DHA Health Regulation Department (HRD) is specifically in charge of issuing licenses for healthcare providers who have the appropriate skills, experience and knowledge to offer excellent healthcare services to the people of Dubai. Professionals who must obtain a DHA certificate to work in Dubai are mentioned below, it is not simply limited to these professionals:
- Physicians
- Dentists
- Nurses
- Midwives
- Allied Healthcare
How to obtain DHA license?
The process of obtaining a DHA license is relatively long yet easy. To get your DHA license in the UAE, you must know and take the following steps.
Stage 1: Use the self-evaluation tool
In order to apply for a DHA license, it is necessary to first complete a self-assessment. To do that:
- You are required to go to Sheryan the self-assessment portal
- Then register the needed information and submit
According to the information you enter, the portal will inform you whether you are qualified to be a member of the Dubai Medical Registry.
If you are eligible, you can go to the next stage. But if you are not qualified, you can choose the Manual Review of your profile. For the Manual Review:
- You must make an online application with the needed information and documents
- Pay the fees
- Wait for your DHA review, which may be a bit time-taking
Stage 2: Create an account
Before starting the DHA process, you must create a personal ID on the DHA portal.
Stage 3: The PSV and CBT evaluation
The qualified people for DHA authorization in Dubai should complete their Primary Source Verification (PSV) and clear the CBT evaluation (if needed).
The PSV through Dataflow
The DHA has worked together with DataFlow Group to examine carefully professional candidates for Dubai healthcare organizations. The PSV goes through carful examinations of the educational backgrounds and qualifications of all healthcare professionals who apply for a DHA license. These inspections make sure that simply the most competent profiles enter the Dubai Medical Registry.
The CBT evaluation through Prometric
For some healthcare professionals including doctors, dentists and nurses, the DHA may need an initial CBT Assessment. Parametric is an independent examination group to evaluate the competency and skill of the candidates who are applying for the DHA license exam. If you can successfully pass the Prometric CBT assessment and the PSV review, you can proceed with registering yourself for the DHA license in Dubai.
Stage 4: Get registered
In order to get your license application processed, you must register on the DHA Sheryan. To do that, just:
- You must choose “Register a Professional”
- Enter the required information
- Upload the required documents
- Pay the DHA fees and submit
Your application will be assessed considering your CBT and PSV results and afterward either accept, refuse or request further information.
Stage5: Take an oral assessment
For some professional healthcare positions, the DHA may ask you to pass an oral assessment.
- Determine a date for the oral assessment
- Pay the required fees
- Pass the assessment successfully
Stage 6: Activate the DHA license
Once you have successfully passed the oral assessment, you will become a DHA professional. You should just activate your DHA professional certificate. In order to activate your DHA license, you must follow the below steps on your Sheryan account:
- Make an application for DHA license activation
- Send offer letter and malpractice insurance certificate
- Pay the required fees
After activation, the DHA will grant an interim license until the original one is given to you.
Documents
Based on the DHA license requirements, for the initial processing, you must submit the following documents:
- A new passport photo
- Copy of your valid passport
- The educational qualifications
- Your experience documents
- Practice license or registration
- The Certificate of Good Standing
7.A 2-year surgical logbook
The applicants who are 65 years old or over must pass a medical fitness test. The applicants can take this test at any of the visa medical centers in Dubai.
Upon the approval of your DHA license application, it is necessary to submit the following documents:
An offer letter and a malpractice insurance certificate from your recruiting organization
DHA license renewal
You must renew your DHA license after one year since its validity will expire after one year. You should make an application for DHA license renewal three months before the validity of it expires.
The necessary documents for license renewal
Those people who want to remain and operate in Dubai as authorized healthcare professionals are required to apply for their license renewal with new experience and qualification information. The documents required for the license renewal are listed here.
- A copy of your valid passport
- PSV result
- Certificate of good standing
- License validity
- Experience
- New experience
- A new certificate of malpractice insurance
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The process of renewal of the license
In order to renew your DHA license, you must:
- Upload the PSV document
- Upload the Malpractice Insurance renewal
- Submit license renewal application on Sheryan
- Pay the due fees for DHA license renewal
- Wait for the DHA review
Upon the approval of DHA, you will receive your automatically renewed license in Dubai through courier. You must make several payments in different stages of the DHA licensing process. These are the necessary fees that you must pay in order to get your application assessed and processed.