Law of Practicing Healthcare Professions

Without prejudice to any severer punishment provided for in other laws, a person committing any of the following shall be subject to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months and a fine not exceeding 100,000 riyals, or either punishment: 1. Practicing healthcare without a license. 2. Providing false information or using unlawful means resulting in his obtaining a license to practice healthcare. 3. Using means of advertising that would lead the public to believe in his eligibility to practice healthcare, contrary to fact. 4. Unlawfully claiming a title usually associated with healthcare professionals. 5. Possessing instruments or equipment usually used in the practice of healthcare professions without having a license to practice such professions or a legitimate reason for such possession. 6. Unjustifiably declining to treat a patient. 7. Violating the provisions of Articles 7(b), 9, 11, 14(a) and (f), 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, and 27(3) of this Law. 8. Trading in human organs or performing human organ transplants knowing that the organ in question is obtained by means of trade.