The document provides new requirements for medical universities and colleges and tightens penalties for institutions that fail to confirm the quality of their specialist training.

Initial state accreditation will be free and will be funded by the national budget;

Re-accreditation will remain a fee-based process and will be carried out by the educational institutions themselves;

Unscheduled accreditation will be introduced for organizations that have been denied;

Applications for re-accreditation will need to be submitted at least five months before the certificate expires;

Accreditation council decisions will be published on the Ministry of Health website within five business days;

The data retention period in the register of accredited organizations will be increased from five to six years.

The most significant change will be the introduction of sanctions for educational institutions that fail to pass accreditation after a re-inspection. In this case, the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic will be able to suspend their educational licenses for the relevant specialties.

Furthermore, it is proposed to transfer students from such institutions to other medical educational institutions with valid state accreditation.

As the explanatory note says, the amendments were developed as part of the implementation of the presidential decree on the introduction of a state monopoly on the training of medical specialists and are aimed at improving the quality of medical education and strengthening oversight over the training of physicians and pharmacists.