Instructions for Temporary Fijian License to Practice

PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANY DOCUMENTS OR PAYMENTS TO THE FIJIAN MEDICAL SECRETARIAT. Your documents and payment to the Ministry of Medicine or Nursing Council will be forwarded on your behalf.  We will attach a letter of introduction (Sponsorship) and your International Helpers insurance document. Please allow 30 days for application processing.  PLEASE SEND DOCUMENTS IN ORIGINAL FORMAT. Do not convert to image files.

TO APPLY:

1. Select appropriate Application below.  Download and Save.
2. Complete Application and Save.
3. Email Completed Application with copy of documents below to: info@natuvu.org
   1. Passport AND Driver’s License
   2. Copy of Medical, Dental or Nursing Degree
   3. Copy of current License to Practice
   4. Color Photo

NEW Applications:

RENEWAL Applications:

STUDENT Applications:

To observe in the clinic (Does not apply to undergrads)

 Idea!  A fast and easy way to send copies of documents like your passport, driver’s license and medical  certificate is to take a photo with your phone!

 Email application and documents to info@natuvu.org

 Idea!  A fast and easy way to send copies of documents like your passport, driver’s license and medical  degree is to take a photo with your phone!

Email documents to info@natuvu.org

A Note about International Indemnity (Medical Liability Insurance)

Since 2012, medical liability insurance is required by the Fiji Ministry of Health. The Mission at Natuvu Creek will process your enrollment through International Helpers (Guernsey Trust) and forward fees on your behalf.  Enrollment will occur following the submission of documents, above.  Please allow 30 days for enrollment and processing. Only medical practitioners need liability insurance.  Students do not need to obtain medical liability insurance.

Liability insurance is only a few dollars a day and is required (in different tiers depending on the scope of practice) for:

Class 1) Physician – No Surgery, Chiropractor, Dentist, Registered Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Pharmacist, Physician Assistant, Physical Therapist, Dental Hygienist, Various Medical technicians – X-ray, CT, Surgical, etc.

Class 2) Physician – Minor Surgery, Podiatry, Emergency Medicine, Oral Surgeon, Nurse Anesthetist, Radiation Therapist.

Class 3) Specialists providing surgical procedures, highly skilled search and rescue, Physician – major surgery, Ophthalmology, Urology, Cardiac Surgery, Otolaryngology, General Surgery, Anesthesiology, Obstetrics-Gynecology, Plastic Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Neurosurgery, and all others.

 PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING FORM FOR INDEMNITY: