Mandatory Service Period (PAO)

The "Periodo Asistencial Obligatorio" or Mandatory Service Period (“PAO”) is a legal obligation for professionals who have received a ministerial or Health Service scholarship. It requires them to work as employees in a public health facility for a specified period.

Our team has extensive experience handling administrative requests to modify the PAO, conducting negotiations with Health Services, Undersecretariats, and the Ministry of Health (MINSAL), and processing administrative and judicial appeals before state administrative bodies and courts of justice.

Consequently, our main services include: