The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the law on the amendments to the medical treatment Act to make (the Republic of Latvia Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1997, no. 15; 1998, nr. 7; 2000, no. 13, no. 15; 2001) follows: 1. Replace the words "throughout the Act the Ministry of welfare" (fold) with the words "Ministry of health" (fold).
2. in article 1: expressions of paragraph 8 by the following: ' 8) medical education — a validly recognized education program according to the knowledge and skill set, which certifies educational institutions of Education issued a document; "
make the following point 19:19) residency: the employment relations education program implementing a treatment for existing medical specialties to obtain education according to an accredited professional education program residency in medicine. "
3. To make article 4 by the following: "article 4. Health care organization and financing arrangements, the types of treatment services and the extent to which are paid from the State budget and the recipient, as well as the means of payment order is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers. "
4. in article 8: Express (4) as follows: "4) determines the order in which you create and maintain a non-exhaustive, healing, treatment of persons, institutions and medical devices trade register;";
make point 7 by the following: ' 7), in cooperation with the Latvian Medical Association and medical professional associations of persons in the development projects the minimum requirements for treatment institutions and their constituent bodies; ".
5. Make article 9 as follows: "article 9. With certain diseases diseased patient registry creation and maintenance, topping the agenda is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers. "
6. Express article 17, first paragraph, the second sentence as follows: "such assistance is provided at the time and place where it is required, and the treatment in such cases is carried out according to the Health Minister established developed clinical guidelines."
7. Express article 26 and 27 the following: ' article 26. Independently deal with the treatment of its competence allowed medical treatment to persons who are certified and registered in the register of persons for treatment.
27. article. The Ministry of Health established the medical specialties of the persons name, classification and distribution of specialties substantive field, apakšspecialitāt, and papildspecialitāt, and after checking with doctors and medical associations professional associations of persons approved for treatment of individuals regulations. "
8. Article 37 be expressed as follows: "article 37. The doctor is a medical person who acquired education relevant to the law "on the regulated professions and the recognition of professional qualifications" requirements, and with the scientific medical activities directly or indirectly to the people and of their professional activities: 1) investigated patient physical and psychiatric disease detection and treatment or denial;
2) evaluates of sickness and their consequences;
3) treated in paragraph 1 of this article the said diseases;
4) carry out preventive measures to prevent the disease;
5) dzemdībpalīdzīb;
6) rehabilitation;
7) do autopsy. "
9. To supplement the law with A chapter VI, by the following: "chapter VI A dental profession 43.1 article. A dentist is a medical person who acquired education relevant to the law "on the regulated professions and the recognition of professional qualifications ' requirements and that your professional activities: 1) alveolar spur and oral mucous, jaws and associated tissues to disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment;
2) explores the paragraph 1 of this article, the origin of the disease and prevention options. "
10. Express article 44 the following: ' article 44. (1) the sister's treatment the person who acquired the education relevant to the law "on the regulated professions and the recognition of professional qualifications" requirements.
(2) the physician's Assistant is a medical person who obtained the average vocational education or the first level of higher professional education, or higher education according to the accredited physician assistant studies program. "
11. To supplement the law with the chapter VII B by the following: "(B) Chapter VII midwife profession 45.3 article. A midwife is a medical person who acquired education relevant to the law "on the regulated professions and the recognition of professional qualifications ' requirements and that your professional activities: 1) ensures physiological pregnancy care, organized and run by the physiological birth and care after giving birth, take the whole physiological newborn care;
2 in your care) existing in pregnant women, mothers, not dēļniec or neonatal health risks or possible pathology, sends patients to appropriate medical specialties;
3) participates in the medicine;
4) providing the information and carrying out educational work in family planning and contraception, pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum, breast feeding, sexual and reproductive health and child care. "
12. Article 50: Add to the second part of paragraph 4 by the following: "4) health compulsory insurance State Agency and the sickness funds for health services administration.";
to supplement the article with the sixth part as follows: "(6) the national fire service is entitled to request from the medical authorities, statistical details of the damage to the health of the person who suffered the effects of hazardous factors of fire and statistical details of cases where hazardous factors of fire damage effects causing a person's death. Hospital's national fire service not to disclose personal data. "
13. off 58.
14. transitional provisions supplementing paragraph 6 by the following: "6. The Cabinet of Ministers-2004 September issue 1 of this law, the provisions referred to in article 9."
The Parliament adopted the law of 25 March 2004.
State v. President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga in Riga 2004. on 8 April, the Editorial Note: the law shall enter into force on 22 April 2004.