The doctor qualification certificate is issued by the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China after passing the national unified qualification examination for licensed doctors and the qualification examination for licensed assistant doctors, which belongs to the recognition of medical technology; The doctor's license is applied for after obtaining the doctor's qualification certificate and issued by the local health bureau, which indicates that it is allowed to practice medicine in a hospital and stipulates the scope of practice, which belongs to administrative recognition.
1. The Physician Qualification Certificate (also known as the Licensed Physician Qualification Certificate), which is issued by the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China after passing the national unified qualification examination for licensed doctors and the qualification examination for licensed assistant doctors, is recognized in medical technology, proving that the holder has the technology and ability to independently engage in medical activities, and the certificate is permanently valid;
2. The "doctor's practice certificate" is issued by the local health bureau after you have obtained the doctor's qualification certificate, indicating that you are allowed to practice medicine in a hospital and specifying the scope of your practice. This is an administrative recognition. If you commit any problem, your practice certificate can be revoked. If you change the hospital to practice medicine, you must also change your practice certificate again;
3. A doctor who wants to practice medicine must first take part in the medical qualification examination and obtain the medical qualification certificate, and then carry the medical qualification certificate to the health bureau of the hospital where he works to register and obtain the medical qualification certificate. Only after obtaining both certificates can he be qualified to practice medicine.