Article 37 of the Saudi Fertility Units Law

المادة 37 من نظام وحدات الإخصاب والأجنة وعلاج العقم · الباب الخامس: العقوبات

The article bars considering an application for a new license to practice the profession before three years have passed from the date the license revocation decision was issued.

Official text (Arabic)

This article has not been amended since the law was issued.

في حالة إلغاء الترخيص بمزاولة المهنة، لا يجوز النظر في طلب ترخيص جديد قبل انقضاء مدة ثلاث سنوات من تاريخ صدور قرار الإلغاء.

This is the official Arabic wording, the only legally binding version. We do not translate the law itself; the explanation below is ours. Official source: Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers

Article 37 explained in plain English

This article sets a subsequent effect of revoking the license to practice the profession:

The case: revocation of the license to practice the profession.
The rule: an application for a new license may not be considered.
The period: three years.
Start of the period: from the date the revocation decision was issued, not from the date it was notified.

This means that a person whose license was revoked cannot obtain a new license during this period, because the application is not considered at all. After the period has passed, the application may be considered, without the article providing that it is accepted automatically.

The rule is limited to the case of revocation; the text does not address temporary suspension.

This article follows Article 36, which allows the Minister to order a revocation or temporary suspension decision to be carried out from the date of its issue, and a grievance before the Board of Grievances does not stay that execution. It is followed by Article 38, which allows a final penalty decision to include publishing its operative part at the violator's expense in at most three local newspapers.

A person whose license has been revoked and who wants to understand their position may consult a lawyer who specializes in administrative cases (the Board of Grievances).

Practical example

A physician's license is revoked by a decision issued on a certain date after a violation is established. If the physician applies for a new license two years after the decision was issued, the application will not be considered, because the article requires three years to pass from the date the revocation decision was issued.

Translated from our Arabic explanation with machine assistance. For guidance only; it does not replace advice from a lawyer on your situation.

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