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Law of Georgia on Health Care (No. 1139-IS of 1997)

Country
Type of law
Legislation
Date of original text
Date of latest amendment
Source

Abstract
The Law regulates the relations between state authorities and natural and legal persons in the field of health care of citizens. The law provides for protection of patients’ rights; management, organisation, and financing of the health care system; certification of physicians; regulation of medical activities; regulation of medical facilities; regulation of drugs and pharmaceutical activities; psychiatric assistance; sanitary and hygiene standardisation and epidemiological control; disease control; social diseases and diseases that require permanent replacement therapy; public health and primary health care; protection of citizens' health at the time of emergencies - natural and man-made disasters; occupational diseases; medical education; responsibility of health care personnel and medical institutions; biomedical research; removal and use of human organs, parts of organs, and tissues; donation of blood or blood components; safe motherhood and child health care; family planning; critical condition, death, and euthanasia; and medical expert examination.
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
470.000.000.05.001.000.304
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
საქართველოს კანონი ჯანმრთელობის დაცვის შესახებ (№1139–Iს, 1997 წ.)
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