The Board of Trustees at the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties :
Prompted by its keenness to activate its role within the system of the various health sectors that aims to develop health services as the authorized organizations according to its basic rule that was issued according to the Royal Decree No (M/2), dated (6/2/1413 H) corresponding to (5/8/1992) and related to setting sound principles and standards for practicing health professions, establishing scientific societies for health specialties and evaluating and accrediting the activities of Continuing Medical Education and Professional Developing in the Kingdom that are related to convening health conferences and symposia, and Acting according to its responsibilities:
Has adopted this Executive Rule No (23/A/27) dated (30/10/1427 H) Corresponding to (21/12/2006), which aims to achieve continuous professional development that illustrates the mechanism of accrediting the organizations that provide the activities and also the nature of these activities in order to keep abreast with the rapid development in health field, ensures the good quality of the programs and activities provided to health practitioners in all specialties in order to ensure that they follow the new developments in their specialties and develop their skills on a continuous basis to raise the standard of health performance and to preserve a good standard for practicing health professions as it is the case in advanced countries.
The Saudi Commission for Health Specialties stipulated that the health practitioner must get a minimum level of credit hours in Continuing Medical Education and Professional Developing as part of his professional responsibilities and basic condition for getting a license to practice the health profession.
The Commission emphasizes the importance of these programs that aim to update information and develop technical skills in a manners that achieves and maintain distinguished health care for the individual and the society. Moreover, the Commission was lately assigned the task of organizing health conferences with regard to their convening date, issues and venues according to the Royal Decree No (3746/MB) dated (14/4/1428 H) corresponding to (1/5/2007) in order to avoid double work, conflict in the dates of conferences and the repetition of issues in the same city