All Circulars and Gazettes for Medical Officers

DateDescription
2022-12-17

No-Pay Leave for the Public Officers to pursue PhD studies without causing any prejudice to the seniority and pension - ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨතාවට හා විශ්‍රාම වැටුපට හානියක් නොවන පරිදි රාජ්‍ය නිලධරයන්ට ආචාර්ය උපාධිය හැදෑරීම සඳහා වැටුප් රහිත නිවාඩු ලබා දීම English   Sinhala

2022-12-12

Gazette amending retirement age of Consultants , Government Medical Officers, Dental Surgeons, and Registered Medical Officers of the Government 2022-12-12 Sinhala English Tamil

2022-11-30

Job Description of Deputy Director General (Planning) - 2022-11-30

2022-11-03

Job Description of Deputy Director General (Medical Services) II

2022-10-18

Payment of Honorarium/ Per Diem/ Lecture fees to Resource Persons, Participants, Lectures and others engaged in Meetings, Workshops, Training Programmes, Conferences, Seminars, Surveys and Field visits under projects funded by WHO

2022-09-27

රජයේ නිලධරයන් විසින් සමාජ මාධ්‍ය ජාලා වෙත අදහස් ප්‍රකාශ කිරීම - Expression of opinions on social media by public officers English  සිංහල  Tamil

2022-09-15

Updated Circular on Granting Leave with No Pay to the Public Officers to be Spent within the Country so as not to Cause any Prejudice to the Seniority and Pension - ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨත්වයට හා විශ්‍රාම වැටුපට හානියක් නොවන පරිදි රාජ්‍ය නිලධරයන් සඳහා දේශීය වශයෙන් වැටුප් රහිත නිවාඩු ලබා දීම - English  සිංහල  Tamil

2022-09-14

Reducing the Age of Compulsory Retirement of Public Officers up to 60 Years - රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරීන්ගේ අනිවාර්ය විශ්‍රාම ගැන්වීමේ වයස අවුරුදු 60 දක්වා අඩු කිරීමේ රාජ්‍ය පරිපාලන චක්‍රලේඛ English  සිංහල  Tamil

2022-09-13

Granting Leave with no-pay to be spent in or out of the Island to Medical Administrators, Medical Consultants, Medical Officers and Dental Surgeons without causing any prejudice to the seniority and pension - Ministry of Health - Download Circular

2022-09-09

Granting Leaves to Officers - Updated Circular by  Ministry of Public Administration Sinhala English

2022-09-06

Granting Leave with No Pay to be Spent in or out of the Island to Public Officers without Causing any Prejudice to the Seniority and Pension - ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨත්වයට හා විශ්‍රාම වැටුපට හානියක් නොවන පරිදි රාජ්‍ය නිලධරයන්ට දේශීය/ විදේශීය වැටුප් රහිත නිවාඩු ලබා දීම English  සිංහල  Tamil 

2022-08-27

Guideline for Proper Maintenance of the Bed Head Ticket - BHT

2022-08-17Amendment of Extra Duty Allowance for Doctors - සියලුම ශ්‍රේණිගත වෛද්‍ය නිලධාරී කාණ්ඩවල අමතර රාජකාරී සේවා දෛනික උපරිම කාලය පැය 06 ක් දක්වා සංශෝධනය කිරීම      Six Hours Extra Duty Circular Suspended - 2022-08-26
2022-07-21

Introduction of an Eye Surgery Sessions after normal duty hours English Sinhala Tamil 

2022-06-22

Granting leave with no pay to be spent in or out of the Island to Public Officers without causing any prejudice to the seniority and pension - ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨත්වයට හා විශ්‍රාම වැටුපට හානියක් නොවන පරිදි රාජ්‍ය නිලධරයන්ට දේශීය/ විදේශීය වැටුප් රහිත නිවාඩු ලබා දීම - English Sinhala Tamil

2022-04-29

Confirmation of Service – Medical Officers and Dental Surgeons - 29-04-2022

2022-03-18

Providing Paying Ward Facility Free of Charge to Officers/ Employees who Retire after Serving under the Ministry of Health - Sinhala English Tamil

2022-01-28

Job Description of the Consultant Community Paediatricians - - Sinhala Tamil English

2022-01-21

Conducting Regular Laboratory Meetings in Government Health Institutions - 

2021-11-17

Minimum Retirement Age of Workers English | Sinhala Tamil

2021-11-17

Termination of Employment of Workmen (Special Provisions) (Amendment) English | Sinhala Tamil

2021-10-27

Criteria/ Guideline for funding considerations for Individual Training Programmes

2021-08-19

The Medicines (Celling on Prices) Regulations of 2019 published in the Gazette Extraordinary No.2123/35 of May 15, 2019, is hereby amended - English Sinhala Tamil

2021-08-12

PH claims for medical officers 

2021-08-02

Extension of Compulsory Age Limit of Retirement of All Grades of Medical Officers up to 63 years - Circular

2021-07-08

Compulsory retirement age for Medical officers, Dental Surgeon Officers, Nursing Officers of all grades in the Public Service will be extended to 63 years English Sinhala Tamil

2021-06-23

Revision of Extra Duty Limits of All Grades of Medical Officers During COVID – 19 Outbreak Download Notice

2021-06-07

Increment on Extra Duty Allowance for Grade Medical Officers

2021-05-22

Accepting Patients Transferred from “Suwasariya” and Other Ambulances

2021-05-21

Temporary attachments of those who were successful in MD Medicine part 11 Exam this year to assist in covid management

2021-05-19

Circular barring doctors from speaking to the media about the country’s COVID-19 situation

2021-05-18

The compulsory retirement age of Government doctors has been extended to 63-years Sinhala English Tamil

2021-04-27

Implementation of the Official Languages Policy. English Sinhala Tamil

2021-04-27

Ensuring public service without interruption - Updated Circular for Government Servants ඉංග්‍රීසි සිංහල දෙමළ

2021-04-07

Circular on colors must be used as Pijamas in health workers in Sri Lanka - Color code for dress

2021-03-09

MEDICAL SERVICE MINUTE OF SRI LANKAN HEALTH SERVICE - AMENDMENT 03

2021-03-04

Revision of Extra Duty Limits of All Grades of Medical Officers During Covid – 19 Outbreak

2021-03-02

Updated circular on providing health service during the period of Covid 19 - කොචවිඩි - 19 තත්‌වය මත සෞඛ්‍ය කාර්ය මණ්ඩලය සේවයේ යෙදවීම

2021-01-02

Information Security Guideline for Healthcare Institutions (Draft)

2021-01-01

Financial Regulations circular CFO/FR 135/2021 on which gives power to your Head of the institution to pay you 5 PH - 

2020-12-31

Inclusion of particulars on the recovery of contributions to widows’/ widowers’ and orphans’ fund in the personal file

2020-12-15

Provision of Property and vehicle loans for Public Servants through Banks English Sinhala Tamil

2020-11-25

Implementation of Official Language Policy Sinhala English Tamil

2020-11-01

Norms for Medical Officers

2020-11-01

Ante-dating the Date of Extension of Compulsary Retirement Age of Government Medical Officers up to 61 years

2020-11-01

Job Description of Provincial Director of Health Services (PDHS)


 

2020-11-01

Job Description of Regional Director of Health Services (RDHS)

2020-11-01

Leaves for Medical Officers - What Should Know

2020-11-01

Payment of Extra Duty Allowance, Overtime Allowance and Weekend/ Holiday Pay to the Officers in the Health Service Sinhala English 31-01-2020 01-11-2020

2020-10-14

Revision of Limit of Extra Duty of all Grades of Medical Officers during COVID -19 Outbreak

2020-06-07

Screening and follow up of the working population for non-communicable diseases English Amendment 

2020-05-15

National Digital Health Guidelines and Standards version 2.0 Sinhala English Tamil

2020-03-03

Facilities offered at different categories of Medical Care Institutions Sinhala English Tamil 

2020-01-31

Payment of Extra Duty Allowance, Overtime Allowance and Weekend/ Holiday Pay to the Officers in the Health Service 01-11-2020 - Sinhala

2020-01-31

Payment of Extra Duty Allowance, Overtime Allowance and Weekend/ Holiday Pay to the Officers in the Health Service Sinhala English Tamil 

2020-01-01

Summary of all Government hospitals in Sri Lanka - Last updated 1st January 2020

2019-07-31

Extension of Compulsory age limit of retirement of Specialist Medical Officers up to 63 years

2018-08-15

Scheme of Recruitment Homeopathy Hospital Medical Officers- හෝමියෝපති රෝහලේ වෛද්‍ය නිලධාරි සේවා ගණය සඳහා වන බඳවා ගැනීමේ පරිපාටිය

2018-05-25

Languages Policy

2019-05-10

Languages Policy

2018-03-20

Banning of betel quid chewing and selling of betel quid, tobacco and areca nut products in hospital premises and all other healthcare facilities Sinhala English Tamil 

2018-02-26

Extra duty allowance for medical officers වෛද්‍ය නිලධාරින්ගේ අමතර රාජකාරි දීමනා සංශේධනය කිරීම .Sinhala -2018-02-26 Amendment - Circular No: 01-07/2018(1) Amendment 01-07/2018

2018-01-01

Latest update on Extra Duty Allowance For Doctors since January 2018

2017-12-07

Classification of Staff Grade Officers and Non-Staff Grade Officers - Circulars on Public Service Salaries - Public Administration Circulars

2017-08-24

List of Health Institutions and Health Institutions Numbers (HIN) Circular Numbers List (Soft Copy) 

2017-07-01

No Pay Leave for Public Officers who require to Obtain Treatments for Sub Fertility -English සිංහල Tamil

2017-05-22

Job Description of Consultant Community Physician

2017-05-19

Duty List of Medical Officer (Planning) appointed to Hospital and the deliverables of Hospital Planning and Development Units / Planning Units Sinhala English Tamil 

2017-01-11

වෛද්‍යවරුන්ගේ රාජකාරි දිනපොත් යාවත්කාලීනව පවත්වා ගැනීම - Maintain diaries of medical officers

2016-11-09

Raising the Age Limit for Provision of Paediatric Care up to 14 years Sinhala English Tamil 

2016-08-29

Introduction of "After working hours surgery" Sinhala English Tamil 

2016-06-16

Issuing of Gender Recognition Certificate for Transgender Community Sinhala English Tamil 

2016-06-13

Implementation of Adverse Event Reporting & Readmission Forms Sinhala English Tamil 

2016-06-03

Release of Official Information to the Mass Media or the Public Sinhala English Tamil

2016-05-09

Maintenance of Diaries by RMO/AMO Sinhal English Tamil 

2016-04-01

Signing the Agreements Relevant to the Foreign Scholarships Sinhal English Tamil 

2016-03-30

Maintenance of Diaries by Medical Officers and Dental Surgeons Sinhala English Tamil 

2016-03-30

Extension of Services of the Out Patient Department of Hospitals( Amendment 2016-03-30) English Amendment Sinhala English Tamil

2016-03-17

Specialist Transfers to Institutions tinder Provincial Health Ministries Sinhala English Tamil 

2016-02-25

Revision of the Salaries in Public Service - 2016 - Public Administration Circular: 03/2016 English Sinhala 

2016-02-10

Referring Buddhist Priests for medical tests who are under medical treatment in Government Medical Institutions Sinhala English 

2016-01-01

What are the relevant circulars to follow when conducting in service programs ? - In Service and Individual Training Program (ET&R) Download 

2015-12-17

Monthly return of out patients treatment in Hospitals. Adolescent Dental clinics & Community Dental Clinics Sinhala English 

2015-12-14

Action to be taken when not reporting to duty without approved leave 

2015-12-08

Foreign Travel of Officers of Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine

2015-07-08

Providing Sexual and Reproductive (SRH) Services to Adolescents Sinhala English Tamil 

2015-06-23

Providing relief for the anomalies caused by not conducting in due time the efficiency bar examination which should be passed by the Registered and Assistant Medical Officers in Grade 2 during the period of probation Sinhala English Tamil

2015-04-28

Request to obtain foreign leave and allowances to attend self arranged scientific conferences and workshops abroad

2015-04-17

Guidelines for conducting Monthly and Local Conference at the Medical Officer of Health areas Sinhala English Tamil

2015-04-02

Revision of Disturbance, Availability and Transport (DAT) Allowance of Medical Officers Sinhala English Tamil 

2015-03-16

Display of notice boards in hospitals and institutions under Ministry of health and indigenous Medicine Sinhala 

2015-01-01

Medico Legal Services - Circulars- Collection of all circulars in regard to the Medico Legal Services (forensic medicine in Sri Lanka Download All Circulars 

2014-12-19

Implementation of Regulations on ( Labeling & Packaging) Pictorial Health Warning under the NATA Act pertaining to the old and new stocks of cigarettes Sinhala English Tamil 

2014-10-11

MEDICAL SERVICE MINUTE OF SRI LANKAN HEALTH SERVICE

2014-10-11

Medical Service Minute Gazette – English

2014-10-11

Medical Service Minute Gazette – Sinhala

2014-08-18

Guidelines for Supernumerary Appointments of Specialist Medical Officers Sinhala English Tamil 

2014-06-06

Allowance for Medical Interns as per the Budget Proposals of 2014 Sinhala English Tamil 

2014-05-10

Expansion of Obstetric and Neonatal Care at Base Hospitals. (Appointment of Second Consultant Obstetrician) Sinhala English Tamil 

2014-01-26

Enactment of Disciplinary orders Sinhala English Tamil 

2014-01-05

Duty Hours of Specialist Grade Administrative Grade and Grade Medical Officers attached to office-based health institutions (PDHS and RDHS offices Public Health Institutions Special Campaigns and other health institutions

2014-01-01

Research allowance - Research Methodology for Medical Officers


Download Research Methodology for Medical Officers Download


Guidelines for the submission of application, interim progress reports and final report by officers in the Ministry of Health and Indigenous Medical Services for the payment of the research allowance as per the management services circular no 02/2014 Download


Submission of the Application for the Payment of Research Allowance as per the Management Services Circular No 02/2014 - Check List Download


Payment of Research Allowance as per the Management Services Circular No 02/2014 Download


Application to obtain research allowance as per the management services circular no 02/2014 Download


Application to obtain Research Allowance as per the Management Services Circular No 02/2014 Download


Application to obtain Research Allowance as per the Management Services Circular No 02/2014 Download


Application to obtain research allowance as per the management services circular no 02/2014 Download


Payment of Research Allowance as per the Management Services Circular No 02/2014 Interim Progress Report Download


Final Report of the Research Project Download


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2013-06-27

Days duty leave for medical officers who are sitting for IELTS examination

2013-06-09

Duty Arrangements of Finer Specialities / single Consultant Unit

2013-03-02

Management of Electronics Waste in Hospitals Sinhala English Tamil 

2013-03-02

Reservation of Circuit Bungalows in the Ministry of Health Sinhala 

2013-02-28

Revised Duty List of Medical Officer - Maternal and Child Health (MO/MCH)

2013-02-27

Duties of the Medical Officer (Psychiatry)

2013-02-09

Revision of allowances of the Registered / Assistant medical officers as per the budget proposal 2013 English 

2013-02-06

Revision of allowances for the Medical Officers as per the budget proposal 2013 Sinhala English 

2013-02-01

Duty Hours of Medical Officers attached to office-based health institutions (PDHS/RDHS Offices, Public Health Institutions, Special Campaigns and other Health Institutions)

2012-09-26

Sponsorship of Foreign Trips by Manufacturers and Distributors of Designated Products

2012-06-26

Communication with Media by Staff Belonging to Ministry of Health

2012-06-01

Revised Duty List of Medical Officer - Maternal and Child health (MO/MCH) Sinhala English

2012-06-01

Guidelines for Research Allowance Payments as per the Management Services Circular No.44 English 

2012-04-27

Revision of Extra duty rates for Medical Officers Sinhala English 

2012-01-12

Establishment and Management of Preliminary Care Units in Government Hospitals English 

2011-12-07

Extra Duty Circular Amended - GMOA - work for more than 4 hours on saturday to claim extra duty

2011-10-13

Taxtation-of-Government-Medical-Officers'-Salary - Government Medical officer get the Extra duty allowance exempted from taxation - GMOA

2011-10-06

New Police Circular for medical officers - GMOA

2011-03-08

හදිසි මරණ පරීක්ෂකවරුන්ගේ රාජකාරී කටයුතු - Duties of coroners Sinhala 

2009-03-16

Usage of Rubber Stamps by Medical Practitioners

2008-12-17

Providing Out-reach Services of Basic Specialities English 

2008-10-16

Transfer of Patients by Ambulances Sinhala English Tamil 

2007-12-28

Prohibition of Medical / Sales Representatives Visiting Government Health Sector Institutions for Promotional Activities from 01.01.2008

2007-04-03

Payment for female/male sterilizations English 

2006-09-20

Duties of the Medical Officer (Public Health) in medical institutions

2006-04-25

Guideline for Preparing Schemes of Recruitment - Public Service Commission

2006-04-25

Restructuring of Public Service Salaries-Circulars on Public Service Salaries - Public Administration Circulars - English

2006-04-25

Restructuring of Public Service Salaries Based on Budget Proposals 2006 Public Administration Circular No.06/2006 English 

2006-02-23

Use of Mobile phones with Cameras in Government Hospitals English 02-23/2006

2006-02-07

Participation of Seminars, Symposiums,Workshops, etc during working hours Sinhala English

2006-01-12

Restructuring of Public Service Salaries - Circulars on Public Service Salaries - Public Administration Circulars- SINHALA

2005-10-25

INSTRUCTIONS TO HEADS OF INSTITUTIONS IN THE EVENT OF TRADE UNION ACTION BY HEALTH STAFF English 

2005-04-08

Working hours of Staff in DDHS/MOH Offices Sinhala English

2005-02-03

Circular on Maternity Leaves

2004-09-09

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE RADIOLOGIST IN CHARGE OF THE HOSPITAL

2004-02-02

Implementation of Salary Recommendations of the Ministry Committee Appointed to Rectify Discrepancies Among Different Categories in the Health Cadre English 

2003-12-30

Salary and Pension Revision to Public Officers - Circulars on Public Service Salaries - Public Administration Circulars - 2004 - 2003-12-30

2003-08-27

INSTRUCTIONS TO HEADS OF INSTITUTIONS IN THE EVENT OF TRADE UNION ACTION BY HEALTH STAFF English 

2003-05-19

Local Purchasing of Pharmaceuticals English 

2003-03-27

Regarding Medico Legal Work English 

2003-02-07

Provision of treatment for patients transferred from Teaching Hospitals, General Hospitals and Base Hospitals English Sinhala 

2002-04-30

Guidelines for Examination of Patients for Judicial Purposes English 

2002-04-29

Transfer of patients from one institution to another English 

2002-04-29

Mandatory reporting of Histologically confirmed Malignancies English 

2002-04-11

TOBACCO RELATED MORTALITY COMPLETENESS OF DEATH CERTIFICATION English 

2000-01-01

Duties and responsibilities of senior house officer - SHO

1999-03-17

Private practice 

1999-03-17

Private practice  - medical practice rules and regulations circular-01-converted

1997-01-01

SALARY REVISION -Circulars on Public Service Salaries - Public Administration Circulars - 1997

1994-01-01

Manual of Management of District Hospitals, Peripheral units and Rural Hospitals

1994-01-01

Manual of Management of District Hospitals, Peripheral units and Rural Hospitals 1994

1993-10-05

Role of Senior House Officers - SHO (without Postgraduate Qualifications) Appointed to Surgical, Gynaecological and Obstetrics Units in Teaching, Provincial and Base Hospitals

1993-07-05

සහකාර සහ ලියාපදිංචි වෛද්‍ය නිලධාරින්ගේ වැටුප් ප්‍රතිශෝධනය කිර්‍රම සහ විශ්‍රාම වැටුප් රහිත දීමනාව ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීම Sinhala
(Medical officers salary and pension) Sinhala View Latest Amendments 1993-07-05

1989-08-25

Circulars on Duty Hours of Medical Officers