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Rabat – Morocco’s House of Representatives discussed draft law 33.21, which seeks to amend law 131.13 on practicing medicine in Morocco by offering new attractive incentives to doctors practicing abroad.
The revision of the draft law on June 16, 2021 focused on extending the incentives to doctors, both foreign and Moroccan, and will provide foreign doctors with a registration card that allows them to practice within the kingdom.
In addition, the draft law provides foreign doctors with a longer timeframe to practice in Morocco.
Morocco’s healthcare system has been historically underdeveloped and the government is implementing a slew of new initiatives to remedy the current inadequacies.
Arriving on the heels of Morocco’s new framework social protection law 09.21, the draft law will revitalize Morocco’s healthcare system by providing hospitals and other healthcare facilities with additional qualified staff.
In May 2021, Head of Government Saad Eddine El Othmani announced that the social protection law would be implemented within the next five years. The law will provide 22 million Moroccans with access to health insurance and offer new government financial aid to 7 million school-age children and their families.
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During the most recent House of Representatives meeting, Minister of Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education, and Scientific Research, Said Amzazi, noted the importance of draft law 33.21 in relation to the social protection law. “It is now time to strengthen the medical human capital as it is an essential and decisive component of the effectiveness of the health system in our country,” Amzazi stated.
The minister focused on the importance of returning Moroccan professionals to work in their homeland rather than abroad.
“In order to bypass the strict legal requirements imposed by Law No. 131.13 related to the practice of medicine by foreign doctors, and in the prospect of pursuing Moroccan expatriate-doctors into practicing medicine in their homeland, a draft law has been prepared to change and complete the current legal proceedings in this regard,” said Amzazi.
Morocco’s healthcare system ranked 89th in the world in 2019, according to the Health Care Index. The new attractive incentives to foreign professionals, paired with the social protection framework law, will undoubtedly upgrade the performance of the Moroccan health care system.
