LAW OF

REGULATION OF
EXERCISE OF
NURSING

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• The law, whose creation is proposed, is based on the fact

that currently the essential public service oriented to the
health of the population, although it is true that in nursing
matters it is not provided empirically, it must be recognized
that in some cases is provided by people with little or no
preparation, without failing to recognize the efforts that have
been made to obtain specialization and professionalization
in this matter.

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 CHAPTER I

ARTICLE 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Regulate the exercise of nursing practice throughout the national

territory.

AIM

• The purpose is to guarantee the provision of this service to the entire

population in an ideal, efficient and effective manner as well as to contribute to the promotion, prevention,
cure, rehabilitation, administration, research and teaching in health for

EN the comprehensive benefit of all the inhabitants of the republic.

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 ARTICLE 2: NURSING ACTIVITY

The activity of the sick person Management,

includes contributing to health administration, teaching,
care throughout the life cycle of research, auditing and
the person, family and
community and their advice in the health
environment, in the functions of system and in the formal
health promotion, prevention, educational system and in
recovery and rehabilitation; all other systems.
under the direction and
supervision of the immediate
superior nursing authority in
accordance with the technical
and administrative organization
of the respective institution.

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 ARTICLE 3. NURSING PRACTICE.
For the nurse level
For graduate level (a) and auxiliary of
(a) in nursing: Nursing:

a) Have obtained the
qualifying degree, granted
by any of the universities
officially recognized in the
Republic of Guatemala.
In the case of professionals
graduated from foreign
universities, their
incorporation is mandatory.
b) Be registered in the
corresponding professional
association and have the
status of active member.
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People who currently carry out
a). Obtain the certificate
nursing tasks, not included in
issued by the educational
the preceding paragraphs,
establishment that is
without implying modification
recognized for this
of working conditions in terms
purpose by the State of
of the activity they perform,
Guatemala, which reliably
without any cost, may undergo
accredits said quality.
the learning and training
procedures established by the
Ministry of Public Health and
Social Assistance in
coordination with the Ministry
of Education and the National
Nursing Council, with the sole
purpose of training. The
Guatemalan Social Security
Institute and private
institutions in the health
sector must adopt as their
own the systems that are
implemented in this order.
 ARTICLE 4. TRAINING AND TEACHING.

• a) The training of nurses with a bachelor's degree and their specializations corresponds to the legally recognized
universities in the Republic of Guatemala.

b) The training and training of nurses and

nursing assistants, corresponds to the
institutions recognized and authorized by the
Ministry of Education, Ministry of Public Health and
Social Assistance, Guatemalan Security Institute
Social and private entities, whose study curricula
are authorized by the Ministry of Education in
coordination with the Ministry of Public Health and
Social care.

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CHAPTER II
ARTICLE 5. Organization
a) Doctor, master and
graduate in
Nursing,
graduates in the
state universities
or private from the country or
incorporated from
universities
foreigners.

d) Nursing assistant
community, trained people
under the responsibility of
Ministry of Public Health and
Social Assistance, with the vision of
cover the communities
postponed, having to count
with the minimum schooling of
third basic; For this purpose,
will create a focused curriculum
SERVICED TO
community, those who receive
this training is
DEGREE
enabled only for the ACADEMIC:
community health work.
b) Nurse includes
those people graduated from
technical level at school
National Nursing, in
state or private university
of the country or in other institutions
recognized for this purpose by Social Assistance, owing
the Ministry of Public Health and have schooling
minimum at a diversified level

c) Assistant in
nursing, includes
those who have
approved
the basic course
accredited nursing
by the Ministry of
Public Health and
Social care,
must have the
minimum schooling of
third basic.

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 d) Nursing Services Development Unit,
is the one who conducts the service of
nursing provided by healthcare institutions
of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance
.
c) National Nursing Council, constitutes the
highest level of nursing in the entire territory
national and is governed by its own regulations.

a) The Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance

as rector of the health sector, obliged to ensure the
health of the inhabitants, based on the principles
of equity, solidarity and subsidiarity; in
coordination with other public organizations,
non-governmental institutions, organizations
b) Professional College of Graduates and their
private and community that make up said sector,
different degrees, will constitute the integrating body of
is the guarantor of the provision of health services
all its members, in accordance with the Law of
optimal and comprehensive at the national level. You
Mandatory Professional Association.
are bound to
exercise the acts and dictate the measures for the
compliance with this law, especially with regard to
the training of the human resources required in the
professional and technical levels.

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 CHAPTER III:
FINAL AND TRANSITIONAL
PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 6. ARTICLE 7. BENEFITS ARTICLE 8. SUPLETORITY OF THE LAW.
DAY LABOR.
For cases not provided for in this law, the
MEMORIAL. The rights acquired by the personnel provisions of the Civil Service Law, Health
May 12 of each year is recognized as who practice nursing activity are Code, Mandatory Professional Association
Nurse's Day. professional and he recognized, at different levels, in Law, Labor Code, social security legislation
May twenty-four of each year as day public entities or agencies and in the and other legislation relating to labor law
private initiative, which may not be will be applied additionally. that were
of the nursing technician and applicable.
assistant, to highlight the union dignity diminished, restricted or distorted.
.

ARTICLE 10. VALIDITY.
This Decree will come into effect the day
after its publication in the Official Gazette
ARTICLE 9. REGULATION
(TRANSIENT).
The Executive Agency, through the Ministry
of Public Health and Social Assistance, will
issue the respective regulations in
accordance with the provisions of this law
that is necessary for the correct application
of the same, within a period of no more than
three months counted from from the validity
of this law.
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MESSAGE FOR NURSING:

• “Nursing activity includes contributing to health care in all
the life cycle of the person, family and community and
their environment, in the functions of health promotion,
prevention, recovery and rehabilitation; under the direction
and supervision of the immediate superior nursing
authority in accordance with the technical and
administrative organization of the respective institution.
Management, administration, teaching, research, auditing
and advice in the health system and in the formal
educational system and in all other systems. “A country
does not develop because it has many natural resources
and cheap labor, but because of human talent expressed
 in science, technology and organization. The fundamental
element is the capacity of human talent to produce added
value.”

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