Order of Physicians
Formation24 November 1938 (1938-11-24)
(1898, as the Association of Portuguese Physicians)
Headquarters151, Av. Alm. Gago Coutinho
1749–084 Lisbon
Mace-Bearer
(Bastonário)
Miguel Guimarães
Websiteordemdosmedicos.pt

The Order of Physicians MHSE (Portuguese: Ordem dos Médicos) is the public entity that serves as the regulatory and licensing body for medical practitioners in Portugal. As a professional order, it is responsible for licensing physicians to practice medicine, for the deontological norms that regulate the medical profession, it has an autonomous disciplinary regime, and represents the profession vis-à-vis the public authorities.[1]

It was first established in 1898, as the Association of Portuguese Physicians (Portuguese: Associação dos Médicos Portugueses), the first of its kind in the country. It was incorporated as the Order of Physicians by Decree-Law No. 29 171 of 24 November 1938, and its first Chairman (with the distinctive title of Bastonário; literally, Mace-Bearer) was Elísio de Azevedo e Moura (1877–1977).[2] The current Mace-Bearer is Miguel Guimarães, elected in 2017.[3]

The Order of Physicians is also responsible for the technical standards of postgraduate medical training and attributes clinicians with the degree of specialist.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Lei n.º 117/2015 de 31 de Agosto" (PDF). Diário da República (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "História da Ordem". Ordem dos Médicos. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  3. ↑ Borja-Santos, Romana (20 January 2017). "Miguel Guimarães é o novo bastonário da Ordem dos Médicos" [Miguel Guimarães is the new Mace-Bearer of the Order of Physicians]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 October 2019.



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