Arab Times, 19 January 2026: Kuwait’s Ministry of Health moved to unify employee identification across all public and private healthcare facilities after issuing a ministerial decision standardising official work IDs, seals, correspondence and digital applications.

A regulatory framework governing the design and use of official ID cards for medical, paramedical, pharmaceutical and administrative staff has been approved. The standardised IDs must follow unified specifications for basic data, photographs, fonts and links to electronic access systems, including sensitive facility areas.

The decision also harmonised official correspondence—paper and electronic—and mandated a uniform logo for all communications and digital platforms. Administrative leaders and healthcare‑facility managers has been tasked with oversight and with reporting violations immediately.

A six‑month transitional period, extendable to ten months, has been set to allow institutions to implement the new requirements gradually.

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