Time not counted for enjoying professional preferential allowances for medical staff

Legal Consulting Department of Lao Dong Newspaper answers:

Article 5, Decree 350/2026/ND-CP stipulates the regime of professional preferential allowances for medical staff (effective from September 9, 2026), the time not counted for professional preferential allowances is as follows:

1. The time to be sent to work, work, and study in the country and abroad is from 1 month or more without doing medical professional work according to the job position.

2. Non-performance leave period is continuous from 01 month or more.

3. Time off from work to enjoy social insurance benefits according to the provisions of law on social insurance.

4. Time of suspension from work, time of temporary detention, temporary detention.

Thus, the above periods are not counted for medical staff to receive professional preferential allowances.

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