HEALTH MINISTER Saw the legislative decree October 16, 2003, n. 288 concerning the reorganization of institutions of hospitalisation and scientific care (IRCCS), as amended by Decree-Law September 13, 2012 # 158 converted, with amendments, by law November 8, 2012, # 189; Visto l'art. 13, paragraph 3, of the said Legislative Decree establishing requirements necessary for the scientific character of IRCCS; See, in particular, article. 15, paragraph 1, of the aforementioned legislative decree October 16, 2003, # 288 and s which stipulates that every two years the Foundation IRCCS, hospitalization and care scientific institutes and private ones send to the Ministry of health updated data about the possession of the requirements laid down in art. 13 of the Decree, as well as the necessary documentation for the confirmation, as determined by Decree of the Minister of health March 14, 2013 and that based on the existence of the above requirements, the Minister of health, in agreement with the President of the region concerned, confirm or revoke the recognition; Having regard to the Decree of the Minister of health April 11, 2011 adopted in agreement with the President of the Emilia Romagna region with which it has been confirmed the scientific character of the «Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli» of Bologna for the discipline of «Orthopedics and Traumatology»; Having regard to the note of April 9, 2014, with which the «Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli» sent this Ministry the documents necessary for the confirmation of the recognition as Istituto di ricovero e cura a carattere scientifico discipline «orthopedics and Traumatology», in relation to Bologna, via di Barbiano # 1/10 (Headquarters) and via Wards n. 1, and Bentivoglio (BO), via Marconi # 25 for the complex structure of the hospital's orthopedics of Bentivoglio; View the delibera di Giunta n. 462 of April 7, 2014, with which the region Emilia-Romagna has acknowledged the coherence of scientific confirmation of the recognition of the instance with its own health planning in relation to the aforesaid; Having regard to the note prot. # 78335 of October 7, 2014, by which the General Inspectorate for social expenditure of the Ministry of economy and Finance announced to have no comments to make regarding the confirmation proceedings of scientific recognition of the IRCCS; Having regard to the report on the site-visit carried out at the aforementioned Institute on November 12, 2014 Evaluation Commission experts appointed by Decree of the General Director p.t. the Directorate-General for research and innovation in health of September 4, 2014; Verified the existence of the requirements under art. 13, subsection 3, letter a) to h) of legislative decree October 16, 2003, # 288 as amended; Having regard to the note of March 11, 2015 by which the President of the Emilia-Romagna region expressed its formal agreement with a view to the adoption of the order of confirmation of the recognition of the institution concerned;
Decrees: Art. 1 1. It confirmed the scientific recognition for the discipline of «Orthopedics and Traumatology» of the «Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli», a body with legal personality under public law, with offices in Bologna at via di Barbiano n. 1/10 (registered office), via Wards # 1 and in Bentivoglio (BO) via Marconi # 25 for the complex structure of the hospital's orthopedics of Bentivoglio. 2. approval is subject to review, in accordance with art. 15 October 16, 2003 legislative decree # 288 and s, the outcome of sending updated data about the qualifications and the necessary documentation for the confirmation.
Rome, 1 St April 2015 the Minister: Lara