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Circular tracker

Every DHP rule change since 2024, dated and summarised in plain English.

Latest DHP circulars

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CircularIssuedWhat it changedTopicsLinks
DHP/2026/36
Approval of a Third Provider of Primary Source Verification (PSV) Services: Approved Verification Services (AVS)
3 Sept 2026Announces a partnership agreement with Approved Verification Services (AVS), which becomes the third approved PSV provider. Practitioners may submit verification requests through AVS from the date of the circular, as well as through the other approved companies. The circular points to the AVS electronic application guide for the service fee schedule (portal: avsqatar.com).Providers, PSVExplainer
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DHP/2025/24
Update on Circular No. (13/2023) on the Registration and Licensing Policy of Healthcare Practitioners
30 Dec 2025Sets the work-experience and qualifying-exam rules for Qatari nationals, offspring of Qatari women, residents’ offspring and spouses, and graduates of Qatar institutions. GPs from Qatar universities need a one-year internship; Qatar-graduate dentists, pharmacists, nurses and AHPs are exempt from experience. For foreign graduates: GPs and dentists need an internship year (plus one year of practice for spouses of residents); pharmacy, nursing and AHP need one year (Qataris and offspring of Qatari women exempt). Exam exemptions: Qataris, offspring of Qatari women, graduates of Qatar institutions. Annuls circulars 01/2016, 11/2018, 19/2020, 24/2020, 15/2022 and 13/2023. Despite press coverage, the circular says nothing about primary source verification.Experience, Exam, EvaluationOfficial PDF
DHP/2025/20
Endorsement of a Second Provider for Primary Source Verification Services (Quadrabay)
2 Dec 2025Endorses QuadraBay as a second PSV provider alongside DataFlow for all licensing categories, new applications, renewals, upgrades, re-registration and facility submissions, and publishes its package fees and processing targets.Providers, PSV, FeesExplainer
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DHP/2025/19
List of qualifying exams that exempt from the qualifying exam (Prometric) required for licensing purposes
26 Nov 2025Lists the exams that exempt from the DHP qualifying (Prometric) exam. GPs: IFOM Clinical Science Exam, USMLE Step 2, PLAB Part 1, MCCQE Part 1, AMC MCQ, MRCGP Part 1 AKT, PRES (MCQ) Part 2. General dentists: NJCE II, all parts of the NDEB Canada exam, all parts of the Irish Dental Council exam (I and II), all parts of NZDREX, UK ORE for non-UK graduates (not older than 5 years), or registration in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand or the UK for graduates of accredited programmes there. Pharmacists: NAPLEX, PEBC, OSPAP, OPRA, CAOP. Nurses: NCLEX-RN. Allied health: NBDHE. The exam must be valid, and it must be verified by a verification company – no exam is accepted without a verification report after 1 January 2026.Exam, PSVExplainer
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