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Правна уредба на здравното осигуряване в България
Legal Regulation of health insurance in Bulgaria

Author(s): Alexander Mihailov, Emiliyana Neeva, Nedyalko Dafinov
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Education, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Civil Law, Public Law, Sociology, Higher Education
Published by: Нов български университет
Keywords: Health insurance; Legal Regulation

Summary/Abstract: The legal framework of health insurance in our domestic law is contained in Art. 52 of the Constitution of Bulgaria, which enshrines the constitutional right of the citizens of health insurance, guaranteeing them accessible medical assistance and free use of medical care under conditions and by a procedure established by law. In the newly established health insurance legislation since 1998 a number of other normative acts have been created to cover and regulate modern healthcare: Health Act, Health Insurance Act, Medical Institutions Act, Law on Professional Organizations of Doctors and Dentists, Law for the professional organization of master-pharmacists, the Law on the Professional Organization of Nurses, Midwives and Associated Medical Professionals, the Law on Medicinal Products in Human Medicine and Precursor Control, Organ Transplantation, Tissue and Cell Transplantation Act, Blood, Blood Donation and Blood Transfusion Act, and others.The legal framework of health insurance in our domestic law is contained in Art. 52 of the Constitution of Bulgaria, which enshrines the constitutional right of the citizens of health insurance, guaranteeing them accessible medical assistance and free use of medical care under conditions and by a procedure established by law. In the newly established health insurance legislation since 1998 a number of other normative acts have been created to cover and regulate modern healthcare: Health Act, Health Insurance Act, Medical Institutions Act, Law on Professional Organizations of Doctors and Dentists, Law for the professional organization of master-pharmacists, the Law on the Professional Organization of Nurses, Midwives and Associated Medical Professionals, the Law on Medicinal Products in Human Medicine and Precursor Control, Organ Transplantation, Tissue and Cell Transplantation Act, Blood, Blood Donation and Blood Transfusion Act, and others.The legal framework of health insurance in our domestic law is contained in Art. 52 of the Constitution of Bulgaria, which enshrines the constitutional right of the citizens of health insurance, guaranteeing them accessible medical assistance and free use of medical care under conditions and by a procedure established by law. Art. 52 of the Constitution of Bulgaria, which enshrines the constitutional right of the citizens of health insurance, guaranteeing them accessible medical assistance and free use of medical care under conditions and by a procedure established by law. In the newly established health insurance legislation since 1998 a number of other normative acts have been created to cover and regulate modern healthcare.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 49-72
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Bulgarian