We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,
the Statute of the Oman Medical Specialty Board issued by Royal Decree 31/2006,
and the Statute of the Administrative Apparatus of the State issued by Royal Decree 75/2020,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
The Higher Institute of Health Specialties is hereby abolished.
Article II
All competences, allocations, assets, rights, obligations, records, and holdings of the Higher Institute of Health Specialties are hereby transferred to the Oman Medical Specialty Board.
Article III
Occupants of teaching positions at the Higher Institute of Health Specialties are hereby transferred to the Oman Medical Specialty Board with their same employment status and financial grades, and the provisions of schedule 5 attached to the mentioned Royal Decree 33/2013 apply to them.
Officers of the Higher Institute of Health Specialties are also hereby transferred to the Oman Medical Specialty Board with their same financial grades.
Article IV
The Board of Trustees of the Oman Medical Specialty Board shall undertake the competences assigned to the Board of Trustees and the Academic Council of the Higher Institute of Health Specialties provided for in the mentioned Royal Decree 18/2018.
Article V
Academic programmes at the Higher Institute of Health Specialties continue to operate for the students enrolled in those programmes until their completion, and the certificates and academic degrees for these programmes shall be approved by the Board of Trustees of the Oman Medical Specialty Board.
Article VI
The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Oman Medical Specialty Board shall issue the necessary regulations and decisions to implement the provisions of this decree, and until they are issued, the regulations and decisions in force at the Higher Institute of Health Specialties continue to operate.
Article VII
All provisions relating to the Higher Institute of Health Specialties from the mentioned Royal Decree 18/2018 and the statute attached to it are hereby repealed, as well as all that is contrary to this decree, or in conflict with its provisions.
Article VIII
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 4 Dhu Al-Hijja 1447
Corresponding to: 21 May 2026
Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman
Note: The attachments of the decree are not available until they are published in the Official Gazette next Sunday.