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We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,
Royal Decree 33/2013 regarding the Medical and Allied Health Professions in Government Medical Establishments (Civil and Military),
and the System of the Administrative Apparatus of the State promulgated by Royal Decree 75/2020,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
A medical city named the “University Medical City” is hereby established. It shall have legal personality, and shall enjoy financial and administrative independence. It shall be subordinate to the Minister of Health, and the provisions of the attached system shall apply to it.
Article II
The headquarters of the University Medical City shall be in the Governorate of Muscat, and it is permitted to establish branches of it in other governorates by a decision by the board of directors of the city.
Article III
All allocations, assets, rights, obligations, and holdings relating to each of: Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, the National Centre for Hematology and Marrow Transplantation, and the Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Centre are hereby transferred to the University Medical City.
Those occupying medical and allied health professions in each of: Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, the National Centre for Hematology and Marrow Transplantation, and the Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Centre are hereby transferred to the University Medical City, with their same grades, allocations, and employment status, as well as other employees of these entities with their same financial grades.
The implementation of this article shall be in accordance with the mechanism and controls prescribed by the Board of Directors of the University Medical City, after coordination with the Vice Chancellor of Sultan Qaboos University.
Article IV
The civil government medical establishments and the government entities supporting them, which shall be determined by a decision by the Council of Ministers on the basis of a proposal by the Board of Directors of the University Medical City, shall be merged into the University Medical City.
The provisions of article III of this decree shall apply in regard to the transfer of the allocations, assets, rights, obligations, and holdings of the aforementioned establishments and entities as well as the transfer of their employees to the University Medical City, after coordination with the competent authority in regard to these entities, from the date of the issuance of the decision of the Council of Ministers referred to in the first paragraph of this article.
Article V
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the University Medical City shall issue the necessary regulations and decisions for implementing the provisions of this decree and the attached system, and until they are issued, the regulations and decisions in force in the entities stipulated in article III of this decree continue to operate in regard to matters not governed by a special text in this decree or the attached system, and to the degree that they do not contradict with their provisions.
Article VI
All that is contrary to this decree and the attached system, or in conflict with their provisions, is hereby repealed.
Article VII
This decree shall be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 26 Rajab 1445
Corresponding to: 7 February 2024
Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman
Decree