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Part II Technical Report: Legal Report The Legislative Status of the Jordan Medical Council and Continuing Medical Education

One objective of the Private Sector Project for Women’s Health (PSP) is to improve the quality of women’s health services delivered through the private sector. Toward that end, PSP commissioned a review of the status of Continuing Medical Education (CME) for physicians in Jordan. The complete report for the whole review of CME has three parts:

• Part I: Technical Report: Continuing Medical Education (CME), Role of Jordan Medical Council (JMC) and the Way Forward
• Part II: Legal Report: The Legislative Status of the Jordan Medical Council and Continuing Medical Education
• Part III: Jordan Medical Council Capacity Building Report: Organizational Structure, Job Descriptions, and Training Needs Assessment

This report addresses part II only, i.e., the Legal Report: The Legislative Status of the Jordan Medical Council (JMC) and Continuing Medical Education (CME).

Below are the main recommendations:

• Make CME in Jordan mandatory and develop a clear mechanism for this mandate.
• State clear authorities for JMC.
• Abolish the specialized committee and re-instate the role of the national committee.
• Adopt the proposed amended law or the articles and provisions that directly bestow the mandatory nature of fulfilling CME and its role in re-licensing for all physicians.
• No amendment to the Law of Public Health is required.
• Follow the expedited route by enacting the proposed amended law during the vacation of parliament to develop a temporary law.
• Issue by laws and instructions based on the new proposed amended law of JMC that are at par with international by-laws and instructions.