Page 6 - Federal Law No. (4) of 2015 on Private Health Facilities

Disciplinary Sanctions

Article (20)

The committee is concerned with examining the facts that violate the provisions of this Law and
its executive decisions. The committee must notify the violator within three days, whether he/ she
is the owner of the private health facility, its director, the person in charge of its operation or
management, or one of its employees, to appear before it at the date it determines. The notification
must include a statement of the violations, subject matter of accountability. If he/ she fails to appear
on the specified date despite being notified, the committee may decide on the subject of the
violation in his/ her absence.

The committee’s recommendations are submitted to the competent authority in the health authority
to take the appropriate decision in this regard.

Article (21)
1. The health authority may impose the following disciplinary sanctions on the director of the
private health facility, the person in charge of its operation, or any of its employees:
a. Warning
b. Suspension from work for a period not exceeding six months
c. Permanent suspension from work
2. The health authority may impose one of the following disciplinary sanctions on the private
health facility:
a. Warning
b. Temporary closure of the facility, in whole or in part, for a period not exceeding six months
c. Final closure of the facility, in whole or in part
3. The sanctions stipulated in this Article may only be imposed after hearing the statements of
the violator or his/ her legal representative and examining his/ her defense. If he/ she does not
appear or appeared without presenting its pleading argumentation, the sanction may be
imposed based on the documents established in the file.
4. The imposition of disciplinary sanctions stipulated in this Article is without prejudice to the
criminal or civil liability that may arise from the same incident, subject matter of the violation.

Article (22)

He whoever undergoes a disciplinary sanction may file a grievance against it within fifteen days
from the date of notification of the decision, and the grievance shall be submitted to the Minister
or the head of the health authority, as the case may be. The grievance decision is issued within
thirty days from the date of its submission. In cases of closure, the grievance is decided on within
a maximum of two weeks from the date of its submission. The decision issued in the grievance
shall be final in all cases. Moreover, the decisions issued regarding the grievance may be
challenged before the competent court within thirty days from the date of notification of the
decision issued in the grievance or after fifteen days from the date of submitting the grievance
against the closure decision without receiving a respond thereto or thirty days after filing the
grievance against any other decision without receiving a respond thereto.

*In case of any misinterpretation, the Arabic version of this legislation prevails.