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Original Language Title: Asetus tarkastuslautakunnasta

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Regulation on the control panel

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The presentation of the Minister for Social Affairs is laid down in the Health Insurance Act of 4 July 1963. (364/63) Pursuant to paragraph 3:

ARTICLE 1

The Board of Auditors shall act as an appeal body for social security matters.

In addition to the provisions of paragraph 1, the Board of Auditors shall be responsible for:

(1) make the proposals it deems necessary in order to develop legislation relating to its field of activity;

(2) ensure that the main decisions of the Audit Board are published in an appropriate manner; and

3) compile statistics on the basis of the material accumulated in the Audit Board.

ARTICLE 2

The Audit Board shall have a full-time Chairperson, at least two vice-chairpersons and a necessary number of members of the legal profession, members of the medical profession and members of the insured person. (15.9.1995/1121)

The Chair, the Deputy Chair and the Legal Officer shall have completed the examination of the degree of law of the law or of the previous legal examiner, together with the Chair and Vice-President.

The doctor should have a health care professional Article 4 of the ec Treaty ( (2) the right to exercise the profession of general practitioner as an independent professional. (15.9.1995/1121)

The members of the Audit Board shall be twenty-five years of age.

ARTICLE 3 (18/08/98)

The Audit Board shall be chaired by the President, the rapporteurs and other officials. (28.11.1994/1044)

The Inspection Board may also be included in the contract staff. (28.11.1994/1044)

The criteria for reimbursement of the remuneration of members of the board other than the chairman's fee and members' travel expenses shall be established by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.

§ 4

The Audit Board's Secretariat shall be the rapporteur appointed by the panel. The rapporteur must have a degree in law degree or a previous law degree in law.

The Audit Board shall be appointed by the rapporteurs of the Audit Board. The other members of the Audit Board shall be appointed by the staff of the Board of Auditors and by the Chairperson. (28.11.1994/1044)

§ 5 (28.11.1994/1044)

Paragraph 5 is repealed by A 28.11.1994/1044 .

ARTICLE 6 (18/08/98)

Where the question is the granting of a leave of leave to which a civil servant is entitled under the conditions laid down by law or in accordance with the conditions laid down in the contract, or any other leave of leave lasting for a maximum of one year, the President of the The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. Freedom of office for more than one year shall be granted to the President of the Council. Where appropriate, the Council of State may appoint a temporary member instead of a temporary chairman or member. (28.11.1994/1044)

The State Council may, if necessary, appoint a temporary member instead of the President or Member.

The President shall decide on the exercise of the right of leave to the official of the Audit Board.

§ 7

The Board of Auditors shall act on appeal proceedings, divided into sections.

The division shall include a chairman, at least one legal member and two members representing the knowledge of the circumstances insured. (15.9.1995/1121)

A quorum shall exist when the President of the Chamber and three other members of the Chamber are present. When dealing with an issue which is essentially dependent on the medical question, one of the arrivals will be a doctor. (18/08/98)

The composition of the Audit Board shall be decided by the panel.

If the decision of the Board of Auditors is of fundamental importance for the purposes of the application of the law in other similar cases, or if the solution of the Chamber is to deviate from the previous practice, the Chamber shall transfer the case Before the Plenary Session. The President of the Board shall also have the power to refer the matter to the plenary.

The Board of Auditors shall determine the order in which the Vice-Chairs shall act as Deputy Chairperson or alternates, in the case of a Chair or Vice-President, who shall not be chaired by the plenary or the Chamber of the Chairperson.

§ 8 (26.3.1999)

§ 8 has been repealed by A 26.3.1999/380 .

§ 9

Before taking up his duties, a member of the Audit Board, who has not previously made a judge, shall be sworn in to the Board of Auditors.

ARTICLE 10

The Board of Auditors shall meet at the invitation of the Chairperson or in his absence.

The Board shall meet at the invitation of the President of the Chamber.

If a member of the Board is prevented from attending a meeting, he shall inform the Board of it in good time.

ARTICLE 11 (28.11.1994/1044)

Paragraph 11 has been repealed by A 28.11.1994/1044 .

ARTICLE 12

Before the meeting, the documents shall be checked by a lawyer or other member who is qualified in accordance with Article 2 (2). If the case is essentially dependent on the medical question, the documents shall also be checked by a doctor or another member who is qualified in accordance with Article 2 (3).

Where the matter is of fundamental importance for the application of the law in other similar cases, sufficient time shall be reserved for all members of the Board to check the documents before the meeting.

If the inspector referred to in paragraph 1 wishes to examine the file before the meeting, he shall be given the opportunity to do so.

ARTICLE 13

The proceedings at the plenary session of the Board of Appeal shall take place in such a way as to allow the rapporteur, on the basis of a written memorandum, to explain the matter at hand. The memorandum should include the rapporteur's proposal for a solution.

Once the matter has been negotiated, the members of the inspecting Member and the chairman of each of the Members who are present shall give their opinion on the matter. However, in the case of a matter requiring medical expertise, the doctor shall first give his opinion.

ARTICLE 14 (26.3.1999)

Paragraph 14 has been repealed by A 26.3.1999/380 .

§ 15

In the case of a pre-meeting period, the date of the meeting, the choice of the appellant or the applicant, where there are a number of them, the first name and the number of the case list and the memoranda referred to in Article 13 shall be sent to the members in good time before the meeting.

ARTICLE 16

At the meeting of the Audit Board and its Chamber, the rapporteur shall keep the minutes. It shall be marked by:

(1) the date of the meeting, its starting and end times and the place of meeting;

(2) the members who arrived at the meeting;

(3) the matters dealt with at the meeting, a brief indication of the decisions taken and the votes taken; and

4) aesthetic and other elements deemed necessary.

The decision shall be drawn up separately.

§ 17

The minutes shall be signed by the Chair or the Vice-Chairperson and by the rapporteur.

The rapporteur shall be signed by the Board of Auditors.

The opinion requested by the Audit Board shall be signed by the President and verified by the rapporteur.

ARTICLE 18

After the meeting the rapporteur shall, without delay, draw up the relevant supply books. One copy of the decision shall be archived on the inspection board, one shall be sent to the applicant or the applicant and one at the first stage of the case. If the case is of fundamental importance for the application of the law in other similar cases, one paragraph shall be sent to the National Pensions Office.

The Board of Auditors shall, in the case of a case referred to in the Health Insurance Act, return the file back to the sickness insurance office or pay fund concerned for safekeeping. In the case of the National Pensions Act, the file shall be returned to the National Pensions Office.

§ 19

Things are usually to be dealt with in the order in which they arrived, however, so that applications for removal of the decision must be treated as a matter of urgency.

§ 20

The chairman and other members of the Audit Board are charged with misconduct in the Court of Appeal of Helsinki.

ARTICLE 21

Administrative matters relating to the Audit Board shall be decided by the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairs of the rapporteur, acting as the Secretary-General of the Board.

The Presidency shall:

(1) respond to the appropriate and timely treatment of the duties of the Audit Board;

(2) monitor the consistency of the application of the legal principles and the interpretation of the law in the decisions of the Audit Board;

(3) decide whether to grant an authorisation to work during office hours outside the office of office; and

(4), after consultation with the Vice-Presidents, the order of the Board of Directors and the other working order and the number of cases to be dealt with each week and the workload of the rapporteur, and to ensure that the work is evenly distributed among the different sections.

§ 22

The rapporteur of the Audit Board shall:

(1) ensure the management of the panel in accordance with the instructions given by the President;

(2) assist the Chairperson under the supervision of the Office's Office;

(3) Paragraph 3 has been repealed. 1.7.1988/6 .

(4) ensure the compilation of statistics;

(5) prepare the draft statement of revenue and expenditure and the annual report; and

(6) to present the items referred to in Article 21 (1) and to provide for the production of the resulting supply and other documents.

ARTICLES 23 TO 24

Articles 23 to 24 have been repealed by A 28.11.1994/1044 .

ARTICLE 25 (26.3.1999)

The Inspection Board shall be entitled to assistance from the authorities.

§ 26

Documents to be submitted to the Audit Board may be sent to the Board by post or sent via a transponder.


This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1964. In the meantime, measures may be taken to initiate the operation of the Audit Board at the time of entry into force of this Regulation.

Entry into force and application of amending acts:

FROM 1.7.1988/617:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 July 1988, however, with effect from 1 July 1988. The initials referred to in Article 5 (3) of this Regulation are to be initialled by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health from 1 November 1988, from which the obligation to initial the initials pursuant to Article 22 (3) of the Secretary of the Audit Board is to be completed.

Notwithstanding the eligibility criteria laid down in Article 5 (1), the person in office at the time of entry into force of this Regulation shall remain eligible for the appointment of the Board of Auditors.

When the application period ends before 1 July 1988, the eligibility criteria in force at the end of the application period shall apply.

28.11.1994/1044:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 1994.

15.9.1995/1121:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1995.

Before the entry into force of this Regulation, measures may be taken to implement it.

26.3.1999/380:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1999.