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Law on the Agency for Social and Health Authorisation and Control

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In accordance with the decision of the Parliament:

ARTICLE 1
Industry

The Agency for Social Affairs and Health is a central agency of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, which promotes legal certainty and the quality of services in social and health care, as well as the quality of services, by means of guidance and control. The management of health risks for the population.

ARTICLE 2 (17.12.2010/1263)
Tasks

The Agency shall be responsible for:

(1) Law on health professionals (559/1994) , the Law on Social Services (1017/2015) Public health law (186/1972) , the Medical Service Act (1383/2001) , special care law, (18/02/1989) , the Health Care Act (1326/2010) , mental health law (1116/1990) , the Law on Private Health (152/1990) , in infectious diseases (183/1986) , the Law on the electronic processing of customer information in social and health care (159/2007) , the Law on the Electrical prescription (2011) , the Social Welfare Act (1301/2014) , the Law on Private Social Services (2011) , the Law on Special Care for Disabled People (519/1977) Health protection, (763/1994) , alcoholic beverages (1143/1994) , tobacco, (693/1976) , genetic engineering, (377/1995) And the Law on Medical Devices and Supples (19/2010) The management, control and control provided for it; (26/06/2015)

L to 18/2015 Paragraph 1 shall enter into force on 1 March 2016. The previous wording reads:

(1) Law on health professionals (559/1994) Public health law (186/1972) , the Medical Service Act (1383/2001) , special care law, (18/02/1989) , the Health Care Act (1326/2010) , mental health law (1116/1990) , the Law on Private Health (152/1990) , in infectious diseases (183/1986) , the Law on the electronic processing of customer information in social and health care (159/2007) , the Law on the Electrical prescription (2011) , the Social Welfare Act (710/1982) , the Law on Private Social Services (2011) , the Law on Special Care for Disabled People (519/1977) Health protection, (763/1994) , alcoholic beverages (1143/1994) , tobacco, (693/1976) , genetic engineering, (377/1995) And the Law on Medical Devices and Supples (1505/1994) The management, control and control provided for it; (22/09/98)

(2) the suspension of pregnancy, sterilisation, fertility treatment, adoption, medical use of human organs, tissues and cells and medical research legislation; and (20,2012/25)

3) the tasks assigned to it by law or regulation.

In addition, the Agency shall carry out the tasks assigned to it by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, under the legislation referred to above.

ARTICLE 3 (11.12.2009/1068)
Boards

The Agency shall be composed of the Board of Supervisors of the Social and Health Profits and the Board of Suspension and sterilisation of the pregnancy. The setting up, the composition and the functions and the other organisation of the activities shall be governed by the Regulation of the State Council. (26/06/2015)

L to 18/2015 (1) shall enter into force on 1 March 2016. The previous wording reads:

The Agency shall be composed of the Board of Supervisors of the Health Care Professional Inspection and the Board of Suspensions and sterilisation of the pregnancy. The setting up, the composition and the functions and the other organisation of the activities shall be governed by the Regulation of the State Council.

Adoption Act (22/2012) Provides for the adoption board at the Agency. (20,2012/25)

§ 4
Governance and resolution

The Agency is being led by the Director General. The Director-General shall decide on the matters to be decided by the Agency which are not provided for by the Rules of Procedure or by any other official of the Agency or other official of the Agency. The Director General shall adopt the Rules of Procedure.

§ 5
Experts

The Agency may, within the limits of its budget, use experts and enter into agreements with authorities, entities and individuals to carry out the tasks of individual experts in their field of activity. The Agency's permanent experts will be further regulated by a Council regulation.

Without prejudice to the provisions on professional secrecy, the Agency may authorise the authorities, entities and persons referred to in paragraph 1 to obtain the information necessary for the performance of its tasks as referred to in that provision.

A person acting as an expert in the Agency shall be subject to provisions relating to criminal liability.

ARTICLE 6
Information provision

State and municipal authority, as well as other bodies governed by public law, the Social Insurance Institute, the Pension Security Centre, the Distinctive Board, the Pension Foundation and the rest of the pension institution, the insurance institution, maintenance or medical service, or the institution, The provider of private social services and the pharmacy shall, on request, provide the Agency with the information and explanations necessary to carry out the tasks referred to in Article 2, without prejudice to the obligation of professional secrecy. (26/06/2015)

L to 18/2015 (1) shall enter into force on 1 March 2016. The previous wording reads:

State and municipal authority, as well as other bodies governed by public law, the Social Insurance Institute, the Pension Security Centre, the Distinctive Board, the Pension Foundation and the rest of the pension institution, the insurance institution, the maintenance or nursing community or the institution And without prejudice to the obligation of professional secrecy, the pharmacy shall, upon request, provide the Agency with the information and explanations necessary to carry out the tasks referred to in Article 2.

The authority referred to in paragraph 1, the Community and the institution, as well as the pharmacies, shall, notwithstanding the provisions of confidentiality, have the right, without the request of the Agency, to inform it which may jeopardise the safety of clients or patients, Or the health or safety of the population, or which may affect the reliability assessment of the operator.

The Agency and the regional administrative offices shall have the right to disclose to each other the information and explanations necessary to carry out the tasks referred to in Article 2. (11.12.2009/1068)

The information and reports referred to in paragraph 3 may also be disclosed by means of a technical service. Before opening a technical service, the appropriate protection of data shall be ensured. (22.12.2009)

§ 7
More detailed provisions

The Agency's executive, qualification and service obligations shall be regulated by a Council Regulation.

The Agency's Rules of Procedure shall determine the organisation of the Agency, the internal division of labour, the handling and resolution of cases and other activities.

§ 8
Entry into force

This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2009. However, as regards the supervision and control function under Article 2 (1) (1) of the Law on Social Services, the Law on the Control of Private Social Services and the Law on the Special Care of Persons with Disabilities, the law shall enter into force on 1 January 1 January 2010

This law repeals the Law of 27 November 1992 on the Legal Security Centre for Health (10/04/1992) And the Law of 8 December 1994 on the Control Centre for Social and Health Products (1146/1994) With their subsequent modifications.

§ 9
Transitional provisions

For the purposes of other law or regulation, or by a reference in the Decision of the Government or of the Ministry of Health, the Product Control Centre or the Health Service Centre shall mean the entry into force of this law The Social and Health Authorisation and Control Agency.

At the time of entry into force of this Act, the pending cases, agreements and commitments entered into by the Product Control Centre of the Health and Health Care Centre, as well as the rights and obligations arising therefrom The Agency for Social and Health Authorisation and Control.

From 1 January 2009, the Office for Social and Health Authorisation and Control shall be established, including the post of Director-General, which shall be governed by the (18/04/1994) Provisions. The sentence may be filled before the entry into force of this Act. With the entry into force of the Act, the posts specified in the budget of the Centre for Social and Health Products and the Health Care Centre will cease to exist. The cessation of posts does not require any specific justification or the consent of the official. When the posts are stopped, the malfunctions based on them shall end without dismissal.

Before the entry into force of this Act, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health may, under the direct authority of the Director, set up posts and appoint officials to the posts for the first time when they are filled.

The office and employment staff of the Centre for Social and Health Products and Health Care Centre and the corresponding posts and working relationships shall be transferred to the Agency to be established upon the entry into force of this Act. The temporary staff shall be transferred for the duration of the temporary employment relationship. The transfer of office or assignment in the same activity area does not require the consent of the official or the employee. The transferring staff shall retain their rights and obligations in relation to their service and their remuneration in euro at the time of transition. If the functions of the post are substantially altered and a new post is created in its place, a new post can be filled in without a claim.

The measures necessary for the implementation of this law can already be taken before the law enters into force.

THEY 131/2008 , StVM 14/2008, EV 98/2008

Entry into force and application of amending acts:

24.7.2009, P.

This Act shall enter into force on 1 November 2009.

Before the law enters into force, measures may be taken to implement the law.

THEY 74/2009 , StVM 21/2009, EV 96/2009

11.12.2009/1068:

This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2010.

THEY 151/2009 , StVM 38/2009, EV 171/2009

22.12.2009/15:

This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2010.

Before the entry into force of this Act, measures may be taken to implement the law.

THEY 161/2009 , HVM 18/2009, EV 205/2009

17.12.2010/11:

This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2011.

Before the entry into force of this Act, measures may be taken to implement the law.

THEY 132/2010 , TaVM 26/2010, EV 199/2010

30.12.2010/1332:

This Act shall enter into force on 1 May 2011.

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

THEY 90/2010 , StVM 40/2010, EV 244/2010

22.7.2011/927:

This Act shall enter into force on 1 October 2011.

THEY 302/2010 , StVM 56/2010, EV 342/2010

20.1.2012/25:

This Act shall enter into force on 1 July 2012.

Before the law enters into force, action can be taken to enforce the law.

THEY 47/2011 , LaVM 9/2011, EV 84/2011

26 JUNE 2015/818:

This Act shall enter into force on 1 March 2016.

THEY 354/2014 , StVM 52/2014, EV 372/2014