The Medical Association – Jerusalem Center was established in 1954, making it one of the oldest professional associations in Palestine. Under Article 7 of the Medical Association Law, the Association's goals are medical, health-related, scientific and social. Its mission is to:
- Elevate the medical profession, organise it, protect it and defend it;
- Cooperate with the Ministry of Health and all relevant institutions and bodies to raise the standard of healthcare and provide the best possible medical services to citizens;
- Unite physicians and safeguard their rights and dignity;
- Uphold the ethics of the profession;
- Secure a dignified life for physicians and their families in cases of need or old age;
- Strengthen ties with Palestinian physicians abroad and with Arab and international medical associations and bodies.
Duties of the Association Council
- Convening the General Assembly and implementing its decisions.
- Managing the Association's affairs and funds and collecting the fees due.
- Applying the Association's law and regulations and the Medical Code.
- Reviewing physicians' membership applications and deciding to accept or reject them.
- Forming the councils and committees provided for by the Association's law and those that help the Council achieve the Association's goals.
- Establishing medical societies.
- Holding and supervising medical conferences, seminars and other scientific activities that raise members' technical standards.
- Appointing the Association's representatives to the committees and bodies the Council deems necessary.
- Deciding on participation in medical conferences the Association is invited to, and delegating its representatives.
- Publishing a scientific medical journal in the Association's name and other professional bulletins.
- Representing the Association, safeguarding its funds and defending its rights and interests.
- Monitoring physicians' professional conduct, ensuring clinics comply with the Public Health Law, defining what may be advertised, and resolving disputes related to practice.
- Exempting physicians in hardship and visiting physicians from all or part of the prescribed fees.
- Preparing the regulations on practising the profession, professional and specialty titles, recognition of training years, fees, physicians' retirement, on-call duty, working hours, weekly rest and annual leave, and drafting any other financial, professional or organisational regulations.
Our Mission
Our mission is to elevate, organise and protect the medical profession in Palestine; to unite physicians and safeguard their rights and dignity; to uphold the ethics of the profession; and to secure a dignified life for our members and their families — working hand in hand with the Ministry of Health and medical bodies across Palestine and abroad to raise the standard of healthcare for our communities.
Our Vision
A strong, independent medical association that leads the profession, sets the standard for healthcare in Palestine, and is a trusted partner to every physician.