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    "content": "year which should always be displayed at the health facility where one is practicing. With this certificate, the Board is able to know the active doctors in the country. This is mandatory to all doctors both in public and private. The doctors in private practice are also issued with private practicing licenses which should be displayed in their facilities. Health facilities registered by the Board also have annual licenses issued by the Board and should be displayed conspicuously on the health facilities. The Board has publicly availed these registers on its website which are updated regularly. Since not all Kenyans are Information Technology (IT) savvy and able to access IT services, the Board is in the process of piloting a system to assist the public to ascertain whether the doctors or health facility is registered and licensed. The system which is called ICare is android based and is downloadable for android based phones and also available on short messages (SMS) for phones that are not android based. The version is running on short code 20547. One needs to type the name of the doctor or the health facility and the details are displayed. For doctors, the registration number, license status, specialty, sub-specialty, affiliated health facilities where they practiced and based on the services received, one is able to rate the doctor. For the health facilities, the distance from where one is currently located, that is the holder of the phone is located, the distance is shown, license status of the facility is shown, ownership and primary services offered at the facility are also displayed. This will enable one to get the route and locate available facilities within a particular radius, especially during emergencies and accidents. Other regulatory bodies have registers which the public uses to verify the professionals registered under them. That is the Council of Clinical Officers, the Council of Nurses and other professionals like radiographers and the rest. (5) Explain the steps the Government has taken if any to enforce the medical policy that a male doctor should always be accompanied by a female colleague when attending to a female patient. Mr. Speaker, Sir, while there is no medical policy that a male doctor should always be accompanied by a female colleague when attending to a female patient, from my personal practice, usually doctors are accompanied by nurses and most of them are females, although this is not written. However, the KMPDB together with the stakeholders have developed the professional code of conduct and discipline which guides the conduct of medical and dental practitioners when providing care to patients. Section 4 of that code of conduct discipline on professional ethics and conduct consent forms, the patient should give free and informed consent to the caregiver before they are attended. This includes the preferred gender of the caregiver. The patient could say that they want to be seen by a female or a male doctor. The Ministry of Health together with stakeholders have also developed the Kenya National Patient Rights Charter where right number 4 states that:- “A patient has the right to choose a healthcare provider as long as the choice is acceptable under the medical and ethical standards.” Both documents are downloadable from the Board’s website. (6) Explain the measures the Government has taken to continuously regulate and harmonize the curriculum used in private medical colleges. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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