Build the capacity to the Health Laboratory Practitioners In Tanzania
For all eligible health Laboratory practitioners graduated from respective health allied training institutions / Colleges / Universities in Tanzania required to start with the application of Provision registration soon after meeting the mandatory requirements required for registration as clarified in Registration Requirements of main navigation menu...
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Is a range of purposeful learning activities, both formal and informal, that health care providers undertake throughout their career to improve performance, develop, maintain and update knowledge, skills and attitudes in order to provide safe, ethical, legal, and effective care to patients, clients and the community.
A person or organization accredited by the relevant regulatory authority to provide CPD.
What are the responsibilities of CPD providers?
01.Must be accredited by HLPC
02.Communicate desired learning objectives to the target audience
03.Ensure that CPD teaching and learning methodologies selected are suited to achieve desired outcome
04.Ensure there are adequate teaching and learning resources to support CPD programs and activities
05.Ensure that time allocated for the CPD activity is adequate
06.Appropriately advertise all CPD activities to increase participation
07.Evaluate CPD activities regularly using standard evaluation tools provided by HLPC to be evaluated by the participants and ensure their submission to the Council.
What are the CPD Activities?
A range of formal and non-formal activities will be recognized toward meeting the CPD requirements. They include all activities that enhance professional competences and lead to better delivery of medical laboratory services.
Activities that do not qualify as CPD
01.Time spent planning, organizing, or facilitating any activity
02.Non-referenced letters to the editor of accredited journals
03.Routine laboratory works
04.Written assignments
05.Compilation of student training manuals for internal use
06.Staff and/or administrative meetings
07.Tours and/or viewing of exhibits and technological demonstrations
08.Membership in professional bodies
09.Meetings arranged by Laboratory supplies and companies and manufacturers or importers of products and technical devices (including assistive device technology) or their representatives purely for the purpose of marketing and/or promoting their products are not eligible for recognition.
10.If it is in your Job description/Terms of Reference (TOR)
11.Activity conducted by nonqualified CPD provider
12.Class lectures
13.Mandatory Health and Safety Training.
14.Product promotional meetings
15.Training that does not meet CPD requirements.
Category A Activities (1 CPD POINT):
01.Attending informal unstructured on job laboratory trainings
02.Case study discussion
03. Attending lecture by external facilitators
04.Self-reading Management and technical SOPs, manuals, References books, guidelines, and papers.
05.Undertaking a short course (Distance or online) for a period of 1 -5 days.
06. Attending a short course face to face or online for a period of two weeks to two months
07. Working with a mentor or Assessor to improve good laboratory practice
Category B Activities (2 CPD POINTS):
01.Facilitating the workshop
02.Present scientific conference
03. Participating in research as a team member in activities such as proposal writing.
04.Assessing of laboratory to identify gaps and coming out with improvement plan.
Category C Activities (4 CPD POINTS):
01.Member of National Technical Committee
02.Being an external/chief examiner
03. Published abstracts of congress proceedings
Category D Activities (5 CPD POINTS):
01.Designing curriculum, developing policy and guidelines documents and new SOPs
02.Supervision of students/trainee in professional training
03. Medical Laboratory Consultant
04.Publishing a paper or book as co-author
Category E Activities (10 CPD POINTS):
01.Publishing a paper, book chapter or report. as first author
02.Develop laboratory standards
03. Conduct a project as principal investigator
04.Attachment in external laboratory for special specific skills for the period of two weeks to 3 months
05. Develop training materials for CPD course
06. Laboratory Quality Management System mentorship for accreditation
Category F Activities (20 CPD POINTS):
01.Further formal studies (Diploma, Bachelor, Master and PHD)
Category A Evidencies:
01.Training records/training plan/training attendance log
02.Presentation slides/ meeting attendance sheet.
03. Training log/training records
04. Acknowledge sighed sheets
05.Certificate of attendance/training materials/training attendance sheets/invitation letters
06.Certificate of attendance/training materials/training attendance sheets/invitation letters
07. Acknowledge signed sheets/ documents developments.
Category B Evidencies:
01.Invitation letter/training attendance log
02.Presentation materials/invitation letter/meeting attendance
03. Copy of writing proposal
04. Assessment report/invitation letter
Category C Evidencies:
01.Appointed letter.
02.Invitation letter
03. Published abstracts
Category D Evidencies:
01.Invitation letters/copy of guideline/copy of quality Manuals/ copy of New SOPs
02.Invitation letter/supervision report
03. Report of consultation activity/Invitation letter
04. Report of published paper
Category E Evidencies:
01.Report of published paper/meeting attendance if applicable
02.Report of documented laboratory standard
03. Report of project
04. Invitation letter/report of laboratory tasks performed
05. copy of training materials
06. Report of Mentorship for accreditation
Category F Evidencies:
01.Certificate of completion/Result transcripts
Historical Perspective of Health Laboratory Services in Tanzania
The history of Health Laboratory Services in Tanzania goes back to late 19th Century during the German administration. In 1897 the first Government Health Laboratory was established at Ocean Road in Dar es Salaam by Dr. Robert Koch who worked in the laboratory on several occasions while investigating malaria, sleeping sickness and other endemic diseases, which were a major health problem in the country. Furthermore, between 1895 and 1898, Dr. Gustav Giemsa the pioneer of the Giemsa stain worked with Government Chemistry Laboratory at Ocean Road. Since then laboaratory services continued to grow countrywide. The ocean Road Laboratory became the Central Pathology Laboratory (CPL) in the early 1960s under the Ministry of Health, which in later years (1971) moved to current premises at Muhimbili National Hospital.
Between 1971 and 1986, the Tanzania Government entered into a 15-year agreement with the German under GTZ to strength laboratory services in Tanzania in the following in three phases. Phase one (1971-1974) focused on strengthening of the Central Pathology Laboratory and establishment of Central Laboratory Equipment Maintenance Workshop. Phase two (1975-1980) focused on strengthening of Regional Hospital Laboratory Services and establishment of Zonal Equipment Maintenance Workshops. Phase three (1980-1986) focused on strengthening of District Hospital Laboratory Services. From 1987 to 1991, the Swiss Government supported the Ministry of Health and Social welfare to conduct a comprehensive situation analysis of Laboratory services in the country, which resulted in the formation of National Health Laboratory Services Policy (1990) and Operational Guidelines (1991). In the process of implementing the guidelines, a necessity of establishing legal bodies to govern public and private laboratory practice in the country became apparent.
Subsequently, Ministry in collaboration with various stakeholders including Medical Laboratory Science Association of Tanzania (MeLSAT) and Association of Pathologists of Tanzania (APT) initiated the process to establish legal bodies namely the Private Health Laboratory Board (PHLB) and the Health Laboratory Technologists Council (HLTC). The HLTC was sucessfully established under the Health Laboratory Technologist Regulation Act, No. 11 of 1997 and came into enforcement and operation with effect from 1st December 1997 under the Government order No. 765 of 1997. The HLTC Act was recently reviewed and repealed,while at the same time a new Act for Health Laboratory Practitioners, No. 22 of 2007 was enacted in January 2008 and became operational on 1st February 2009. The Council is regulating Health Laboratory Practitioners within the country who are defined by the Act include Health Laboratory Scientists, Health Laboratory Technologists and Health Laboratory Assistants.
Health laboratory Practitioners Council (HLPC) is a regulatory body established under Act 12 of 2007 with the major responsibilities, which includes but not limited to;
A model and autonomous excellence driven body corporate for quality health laboratory practice.
Regulation of Health Laboratory practice of high standard, safe and ethical through appropriate training, registration and licensing of Health Laboratory Practitioners.
How you get Certification and become recognized to work in a Medical Laboratory
Health Laboratory Practitioners with different education levels (Certificate, Diploma & Degree) start with the application of Provision registration by creating accounts in HPRS system (hprs.moh.go.tz) and fill all necessary informations that includes Official Profile picture with blue background, Personal Information, Academic Qualifications,Attachments,Work Experience, Referee Information,Declaration, Registration and finally Payment by requesting control number and pay.
All Provision registration applicants should wait for 90 days for the generation of their Licenses.
Provisional Registration lasts for one year (1) from the date of registration.
All Practitioners with Provision Licenses that have three months to expire / already expired required to apply for Council examination
Eligible Candidate required to apply online through HPRS ( hprs.moh.go.tz ) in Examination Module by selecting the round for sitting in Council Examinations,venue and request control number in Payment menu to proceed with payment.
After the closing of Examination application window, Council approves all Examination applications and each candidate receive the examination number to his/her account in examination menu
When Examination results released through candidate's HPRS account he/she can proceed with the online application for Enrollment or Full Registration after receiving the news for the opening of application window for Registration
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This is applied to all Health Laboratory Practitioners with Certificate in Medical Laboratory Science.The professional title/Designation for practitioners seek this kind of registration is "Health Laboratory Technologist Assistant"
All Enrollment registration applicants should sat and passed the Council Examination (both theory & Practical).
All Enrollment registration applicants should wait for 90 days for the generation of their Licenses.
This is applied to all Health Laboratory Practitioners with Diploma or degree in Medical Laboratory Science.The professional title/Designation for practitioners seek this kind of registration is "Health Laboratory Technologist or Diploma level and Health Laboratory Scientist for Degree Level"
All Full registration applicants should sit and pass the Council Examination (both theory & Practical).
All Full registration applicants should wait for 90 days for the generation of their Licenses.
Candidate required sit for Council Examination to the examination centre which could either be Dar es Salaam (MUHAS & KIUT), Dodoma (Multi-purpose Lab UDOM nearby Benjamin Mkapa Hospital), Mwanza (CUHAS), Mbeya(AMENYE) or Kilimanjaro (KCMC) . Candidates shall attempt both theory and practical examination and then wait for the results that take few days to be out .
Candidates with Certificate and Diploma level, the maximum capacity per examination centre is as follows, Dar es Salaam (MUHAS) is 90, Dodoma (DECOHAS) is 90, Mbeya (AMENYE) is 80, Kilimanjaro (KCMC) is 60 and Mwanza (CUHAS) is 60.
Candidates with degree level (interns) shall sit for examination to the zones where they proceed with internship where by interns from the internship sites of Dar es Salaam and Mtwara shall sit for Council examination at Dar es Salaam (MUHAS).Interns from Dodoma,Iringa,Morogoro and Singida internship sites shall sit for Council examination at Dodoma (Multi-purpose Lab UDOM).Interns from Mbeya and Iringa internship sites shall sit for council examination at Mbeya (AMENYE).Interns from Kilimanjaro,Singida and Arusha internship sites shall sit for council examination at Kilimanjaro (KCMC).Interns from Mwanza internship sites shall sit for Council examination at Mwanza (CUHAS)
Once the Candidate passed both Exams , the candidate will select the way preferable to get his/her Certification . Lisence can be delivered to Practitioner direct when he/she visit the office of registrar or to the Regional Laboratory Technologist (RLT) or District Laboratory Technologist (DLT) depend on practitioner request .
Download the Application Form in Link below to proceed with registration Process.
Health Laboratory Practitioners and Non Laboratory Testers must pay registration, licensed and retention fees to be certified and recognized to work in Medical Laboratories.
Required attachments and other information for being registered as Provisional/Intern, Enrollment, Full, Temporary and Licenced Practioner.
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These are the most asked questions
The Medical Laboratory Practitioner graduate from registered training institution/ University under NACTE/TCU required to meet the registration requirements and pay the required fee as indicated in main Navigation menu of Reg Req and Payments of this website.
Application for Retention and Councils examination done online via HPRS: hprs.moh.go.tz as the practitioner required to have an account in HPRS.
The Examinations are offered two times a year per each education level (Certificate/Diploma /Degree in Medical Laboratory Science). However, the Council will announce date and venues for examinations two months (60 days) prior the examinations.
Practitioner is required to request control number through the HPRS registration system
After receiving Control Number, Practitioner is required to pay the respective fee at nearly National Microfinance Bank (NMB) or NMB agent.
Every Health Laboratory Practitioner with Provision Registration that has three months to expire/ has already expired required to sit for Pre full registration examination.
Candidates will receive examination results via their HPRS accounts 60 days after the completion of the examinations
For Pre-Provisional registration examination; one must be a graduate of Medical Laboratory Science from Universities that offers medical Laboratory courses that are not recognized/authorized by NACTE/TCU. Graduates of 2016/2017 backward from St John's University, Kampala University or St. Francis are requred to sit for Pre-Provision registration examination to be registered as Provisional Registration Practictional.
Health Laboratory graduates from abroad must apply to Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) for evaluation of their award before applying to the Health Laboratory Practitioners Council for Provisional Registration and allocation of internship center.
For Graduates who studied in Tanzania, As soon as the University Senate approves the results and you have passed the final examinations, you will be required to apply for internship, pay prescribed fee and attach all required documents in HPRS. The Council will issue the results of your application within 21 days.
Note: Incomplete applications will not be considered.
If you wish to change an intern site after the close of application window, you will be required to write official letter to the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health Community Development Gender Elrderly and Children to request for change of internship center and state the reason(s) for change.
If you intend to study Medical Laboratory Science course within or outside Tanzania, you are advised to visit Tanzania Commission for University (TCU) (for degree or masters) or National Council for Technical Education (NACTE) (for certificate or diploma) to see whether the institution is recognized. However, you must visit the Council to obtain the set standards for the course you intend to pursue so that you will not get problems of registrations after you complete the course. You may also visit www.hlpc.go.tz for more information.
If you have the additional qualification of the same course (Medical Laboratory Science) and you have already registered with Full registration of diploma in Medical Lab Science you will apply for Full registration of degree level direct and sarrender the full registration license from lower level (Full registration-DMLS).
