Health Care Board / Occupational Health Department

The Health Care Board is a government agency which operates within the area of government of the Ministry of Social Affairs, has a directing function within the scope of its authority, exercises state supervision and applies enforcement powers of the state on the basis, to the extent and pursuant to the procedure prescribed by the Health Services Organisation Act and other Acts.

The Board shall operate in the following areas of activity:

• registartion of health care professionals;

• issue of activity licences;

• exercise of state supervision and application of the enforcement powers of the state on the bases, to the extent and pursuant to the procedure prescribed by the Health Services Organisation Act and other Acts;

• organisation of the activities of emergency medical care and emergency preparedness within the scope of its authority;

• making of proposals for the legal regulation of its areas of activity.

The departments of the Board and their main functions shall be:

• Registers and Licences Department - maintenance and analysis of the registers of health care professionals and activity licences; performance of the registration procedure; issue of registration certificates and activity licences;

• Supervision Department - exercise of supervision over correspondence of the conditions required for the issue of activity licences to health service providers with the conditions indicated in the activity licence; conduct of patient satisfaction surveys, and bringing charges against kegal and natural persons in the cases and pursuant to the procedure prescribed by law;

• Emergency Medical Care Department - organisation of provision of emergency medical care and emergency preparedness within its authority;

• Occupational Health Department - responsible for quality assurance in occupational health;

• Juridical Department - responsible for juridical issues in Health Care Board, consulting of departments in juridical issues.

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