Basic provisions
Art. 1
(l) The Statute of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic (hereinafter referred to as "the Ministry') further defines the remit and tasks of the Ministry on the basis of laws and other generally binding legislation, lays down the principles of activity and the principles of its internal organisation and the relations of the Ministry with other central government bodies and other bodies and organisations.
(2) The tasks, principles of operation and principles of the organisation of the Ministry set out in the Statute shall be binding on the issuing of the organisation order of the Ministry.
Art. 2
(l) The Ministry operates on the basis of Act No. 347/l99O of the Slovak National Council Coll. on the organisation of Ministries and other Central Authorities of the Slovak Republic, as amended.
(2) The Ministry is a budgetary organisation which is involved in the state budget of the Slovak Republic with its revenue and expenditure. 1)
(3) The Ministry is a legal entity, acting on its behalf in legal relations.
(4) The seat of the Ministry is Bratislava.
Art. 3
Scope of the Ministry
The Ministry is a central government body for
a) health care;
b) protecting public health;
(c) health schools;
d) further training of health professionals;
(e) natural therapeutic baths,
f) natural medicinal resources;
(g) natural mineral water resources.2)
Art. 4
Main tasks of the Ministry
(l) In particular, the tasks referred to in paragraphs 2 to 6 shall be carried out by the Ministry within the defined scope on each section.
(2) In the field of health care,3)
(a) develop proposals for fundamental guidelines and priorities for the development of state health policy and define the concepts of individual medical fields;
(b) establish a system of health establishments and designate a network of health establishments;
c) professionally guides the provision of healthcare;
(d) manage national programmes aimed at protecting, preserving and restoring health;
e) ensure coordination of healthcare with other central government authorities and non-governmental organisations of the Slovak Republic;
(f) take care of the development of medical science, biomedical science, health research activities and the application of scientific research results in practice;
(g) issue opinions and approve the construction of medical facilities and approve the use of medical equipment;
h) ensure uniform management of health preparation for State defence;
(i) manage and conduct control activities;
(j) establish state-owned specialised outpatient care facilities, type II and III clinics and faculty hospitals, highly specialised vocational institutes, psychiatric and psychiatric hospitals, vocational treatment centres, drug supply facilities, medical devices and medical needs, upbringing, teaching and further training of health professionals and the training of other health care professionals, control and reference medical facilities, medical research and development centres, spa resorts,
(k) decide on the authorisation to provide healthcare.
(3) In the field of health protection4, in particular
(a) develop proposals for key orientations and priorities for the development of state health policy;
(b) manage national health protection and promotion programmes that are implemented by health establishments and professionally guide those managed by other sectors and organisations;
(c) coordinate health protection activities in the Slovak Republic and coordinate health protection activities with other countries;
(d) in line with current knowledge of the health impact of physical, chemical and biological factors, it sets limits and values for the permissible load by harmful factors in terms of their potential health impact;
(f) manage and exercise national health supervision;
g) professionally guides health protection and education;
(h) manage and control the performance of the State administration in the field of health protection;
(i) order measures in the event of epidemics and in the event of a danger of their emergence, and measures in the event of accidents and other emergency situations where they need to be implemented nationally;
j) order measures to protect the health of the Slovak Republic against the introduction of communicable diseases;
(k) consents to the production, import and use of vaccines, sera, biological diagnostic preparations, antimicrobials for laboratory testing and disinfectants, disinfectants and products for disinfection;
(l) manage and organise vaccination, order emergency vaccination and approve the application procedures for the use of vaccines;
m) In line with current scientific knowledge, it sets out the principles of healthy nutrition for the population and the recommended nutritional benefits for each population group.
(4) In the field of health schools2)
(a) manage and control vocational teaching activities in secondary schools;
(b) establish state-owned high health schools;
c) includes secondary health schools in the school network.
(5) In the field of further training of healthcare professionals2)
(a) manage and control the training and teaching of health workers;
b) identify teaching bases for further training of health professionals;
(c) establish forms and methods of further training.
(6) In the field of natural therapeutic spas, natural medicinal resources and natural mineral water resources5)
a) establishing natural therapeutic spas;
b) proposes to declare the territory a spa place to the Government of the Slovak Republic, to issue the status of the spa place and to determine the protection zone;
c) identify and issue the necessary temporary protective measures for natural therapeutic spas, natural medicinal resources and natural resources of mineral table waters and climatic conditions favourable to treatment;
(d) supervise compliance with measures to protect natural therapeutic spas, natural medicinal resources, natural mineral table water resources and climatic conditions favourable to treatment;
(e) declare natural resources to be natural medicinal resources and natural resources of mineral table waters and decide on their use and administration and declare the climatic conditions favourable to treatment;
(f) issue binding opinions on territorial, building, judicial and water management procedures, for carrying out activities subject to the Mining Act and for carrying out other work for which a binding assessment is required;
(g) issue a binding opinion on the implementation of geological works related to the search and protection of medicinal resources in the protection zones of medicinal resources of the first stage and internal spa areas;
(h) exercise control over balneo-technical and filling facilities and balneo-therapeutic plants in terms of compliance with special operational and technological procedures and standards.
Art. 5
Other tasks of the Ministry
Furthermore, the Ministry performs tasks
a) for the financing section
l. prepare the draft budget for the budget chapter, including financial relations with the State Health Fund, and coordinate the participation of organisations within the remit of the Ministry and the State Health Fund in drawing up this proposal,6)
2. summarises the accounts of budgetary and contribution organisations, the summary is presented to the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic,6
3. performs the tasks of the founder of state-owned enterprises and the tasks of the founder of health establishments,7)
(4) approves the establishment of sectoral, sectoral, business and civil health insurance companies and carries out national supervision of health insurance,8)
5. prepares the conceptual basis for the privatisation of medical facilities and assesses privatisation projects;9
(b) on the administration section of the State Funds administers the State Health Fund,
c) in the legislative section
l. prepares and submits draft laws and regulations of the government and issues, within the limits of the powers conferred on them, generally binding health legislation,11)
2. participates in the development of generally binding legislation prepared by other central authorities,11
3. decides in administrative proceedings in matters falling within its competence12.
d) in the field of international relations
l. ensures cooperation in the field of health with other States and the fulfilment of obligations under international treaties and agreements13.
2. provides for the tasks arising from the membership of the Slovak Republic in the World Health Organisation as well as professional contacts with the Council of Europe.14)
(e) on the control activity section
I. perform the tasks of the control system under the State Administration Control Act.15)
2. ensure the handling of complaints, notifications, complaints and petitions of citizens,16
f) on the special task section
ensure the protection of state and professional secrecy and methodically direct the organisation of the resort in this respect,17)
g) in the defence sector
l. provides and controls the department's defence preparation,18)
2. manages the tasks of economic mobilisation of the department.19)
3. prepares the crisis plans of the department for the period of state military alert and emergencies,19)
4. draw up a draft budget to finance the tasks of economic mobilisation and preparation of the state's defence territory,20)
5. carries out public health tasks in the civil protection sector.21
6. participates in ensuring the creation of mobilisation reserves in the resort. 22)
Principles of the Ministry's activities and organisation
Art. 6
(l) The Ministry shall be managed and operated by the Minister.
(2) In his absence, the Minister shall be represented by the State Secretary in the scope of his rights and duties. The Secretary of State may also in other cases authorise the Secretary of State to represent him in the scope of his rights and obligations.
(3) The State Secretary is appointed and recalled by the Government of the Slovak Republic on a proposal from the Minister.
(4) The Ministry's Office shall perform the tasks related to the professional, organisational and technical provision of the Ministry's activities. The Ministry's office is headed by the Head of Office appointed and recalled by the Government of the Slovak Republic on a proposal from the Minister.
(5) At the Ministry are these levels of governance
a) Minister,
b) State Secretary and Head of Office;
c) Director-General of the Section,
d) Head of the Department;
(e) Head of Unit.
Art. 7
(l) In order to ensure the national supervision of measures to protect and develop natural therapeutic spas, natural medicinal resources and natural mineral water resources and to ensure their use, an Inspectorate of Baths and Eaters is established in the Ministry. 23)
(2) In order to fulfil the Ministry's tasks in the field of public health protection, the Ministry is appointed and recalled by the Minister of Health of the Slovak Republic. 24)
Art. 8
(l) The Ministry is organisationally divided into sections. The sections are divided into trade unions and may be divided into departments. The Minister may set up a separate department or separate department or other specialised department of the Ministry.
(2) The section is the basic organisational level of management and decision-making, the holder of tasks of the Ministry according to the defined lines of specific, professional activities.
(3) The Ministry's organisational units are managed by the Ministry's senior staff. The section is managed by the Director-General of the Section, the department is managed by the Head of the Division and the department is managed by the Head of Unit. The Director shall direct the Secretary's office.
(4) The internal organisational structure of the Ministry, the scope and the interrelationship of the Ministry's organisational units, the scope of authority and the responsibilities of the heads of staff are governed by the Ministry's organisational order.
(5) The rights and obligations of the employees of the Ministry laid down by the Labour Code are specified in the Ministry's Staff Regulations issued under § 82 of the Labour Code.
Art. 9
(l) In carrying out its tasks, the Ministry is governed by the Constitution of the Slovak Republic, laws and other generally binding legislation, resolutions of the Government of the Slovak Republic, the Ministry's Statute and Organisational Order, internal organisational management acts of the Ministry and the plan of main tasks of the Ministry, which follows the work plan of the Government of the Slovak Republic and the legislative tasks of the Government of the Slovak Republic.
(2) In its activities, the Ministry applies the organisational principles of state administration and such forms and methods of work which aim at rationalising it and increasing its effectiveness by
(a) ensure a professional approach to problem solving as well as systematic control of the performance of tasks;
(b) cooperate closely with ministries and other central government bodies with which they exchange the necessary information and documentation and discuss with them the measures concerning them;
c) takes advantage of the input and experience of local authorities;
(d) exploit the knowledge of scientific institutions and research institutes, in particular involving them in their work on conceptual issues;
e) Uses effective means of organizational and computing and forms of teamwork.
(3) In order to ensure the fulfilment of the necessary tasks of the Ministry, the Minister shall establish a College of Minister and may also set up other permanent or temporary advisory bodies. The advisory bodies discuss important issues related to the Ministry's activities.
Ministry relations with central government authorities and other bodies and organisations
Art. 10
(l) The Ministry cooperates with the central authorities of the Slovak Republic in the implementation of state health policy to the extent and in a manner established by generally binding legislation. 25)
(2) The Ministry provides the other central authorities of the Slovak Republic with the information and documentation necessary for the performance of their tasks. 25)
(3) The Ministry requests from the other central authorities of the Slovak Republic the information and documentation necessary for the performance of their tasks. To the extent agreed with these authorities, it also requires the necessary data from the bodies subordinate to them. 25)
(4) In its field of competence, the Ministry manages the State Administration on health matters carried out by county and district authorities26) by issuing generally binding legislation, directives and instructions, uniting the procedure for their use, developing concepts for the development of the health sector, reviewing decisions and controlling their performance.
Art. 11
In particular, the Ministry cooperates with
(a) Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic
1. the determination of permitted levels of burden on individual environmental compartments in terms of impacts on human health;
2. providing conditions for regenerating and reconditioning stays and speleotherapy in specially designated cave spaces;
3. the development of spa statuses and the establishment of protection zones for natural medicinal resources and natural resources for mineral table waters.
b) Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications of the Slovak Republic
l. to develop the concept of state health policy;
2. the organisation and provision of health care and the protection of human health;
3. establishing criteria for the assessment of medical fitness for the performance of transport work;
4. the risk of work.
c) Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic
1. developing the concept of state health policy;
2. the organisation and provision of health care and the protection of human health;
3. when establishing medical fitness conditions for the exercise of the profession,
4. on labour risk issues;
5. to ensure the fulfilment of the tasks conferred on the Ministry by decisions and measures of health authorities in the field of health protection against ionising radiation.
(d) Ministry of Administration and Privatization of National Property of the Slovak Republic pri
1. developing the concept of a transformation process for the sector;
2. the submission and assessment of basic privatisation projects and competing privatisation projects;
3. taking measures to maintain temporary or permanent State participation in strategically important undertakings and in undertakings with a significant position in the market for the exercise of ownership rights by the founder;
4. giving consent to the sale of assets of SOEs in liquidation;
5. respect of the subject of medical activity in privatised entities.
(e) Ministry of Construction and Public Works of the Slovak Republic
1. the organisation and provision of health care and the protection of human health;
2. when establishing medical fitness conditions for the exercise of professions and activities in the construction and manufacture of construction substances;
3. on labour risk issues;
4. for the processing and provision of a public works programme conditional on the development of the infrastructure of the territory;
5. when setting hygiene requirements for construction products and housing.
f) Ministry of Agriculture of the Slovak Republic
1. in developing the concept of state health and nutrition policy;
2. the organisation and provision of health care and the protection of human health;
3. when establishing medical fitness conditions for the exercise of the profession,
4. on labour risk issues;
5. when creating the Slovak Food Code,
6. when preparing and approving legislation on foreign substances and microbiological requirements relating to the production, distribution and storage of foodstuffs.
(g) Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic
l. in the development of state health policy tasks and in the performance of State defence training tasks;
2. the organisation and provision of health care and the protection of human health;
3. when establishing medical fitness conditions for the exercise of the profession,
4. the risk of work.
(h) Office of geodesy, cartography and cadastre of the Slovak Republic
when registering spa areas and protection zones of natural medicinal and mineral table water resources in the land register.
i) Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic pri
1. developing concepts for social, health and national family policy in the development of relevant legislation and in the development of employment promotion programmes;
2. developing concepts and drafting legislation on occupational safety and health;
3. the provision of assessment activities.
(j) Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic pri
1. drawing up a draft national budget for the financial year concerned, in particular in the light of the draft budget chapter;
2. compiling the national final account on the basis of the final account of the budget chapter;
3. developing health policy concepts and analyses;
4. the development of generally binding health legislation.
k) Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic
1. cooperates in the evaluation of the activities of regional and district authorities, in the preparation of measures relating to their construction and operation and in the training of their employees and in the determination of their number;
2. participates in the drawing up of the draft budget of the regional authorities and in its change as a health section.
(l) Office of Nuclear Supervision of the Slovak Republic
1. in the field of health surveillance against the effects of ionising radiation,
2. in the field of emergency planning, in particular in relation to the protection of the population against the effects of ionising radiation and the evaluation of the radiation situation in a radiation accident in or outside the territory of the Slovak Republic,
3. in the area of mutual understanding and warning of the States concerned in the event of a nuclear or radiation event occurring within or outside the territory of the Slovak Republic,
4. for illegal import, export and transit of nuclear materials and radioactive substances.
(m) Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic
on the consultation of issues and opinions on the subject of industrial protection in the field of health.
(n) With ministries and other central government bodies
in the preparation of sectoral regulations and guidelines in the field of crushing.
Art. l2
The Ministry cooperates with professional organisations, professional associations and citizens' associations in implementing state health policy and providing health care. 27)
Final provisions
Art. l3
The change of status shall be approved by the Government of the Slovak Republic if
a) there have been major changes in the remit or tasks of the Ministry
1. repealing legislation or other management acts on the basis of which the Ministry performs tasks;
2. issuing new legislation or other management acts containing tasks for the Ministry,
3. by transferring the Ministry's competence to another central government or local government or local government,
(b) significant changes are to be made to the principles of activity or organisation of the Ministry beyond the rules laid down by this Statute.
Art. l4
The Statute of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs of the Slovak Socialist Republic, approved by the Government of the Slovak Socialist Republic on February 5, L989, No 52, in the section concerning the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic, is repealed.
Art. l5
This status was approved by the Government of the Slovak Republic by Resolution No 149 of 3 March L998 and will enter into force and effect on the date of its approval.
1) Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No. 303/l995 Coll. on the Financial Regulation as amended by the Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No. 386/l996 Coll.
2) Act No 347/l99O Coll. on the organisation of Ministries and other Central Authorities of the Slovak Republic, as amended.
3) § 24 par. l and 2, § 3l par. l and 2, § 54 par. 6 and § 74 par. l and 2 of the Law of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No. 277/l994 Coll. on health care as amended by the Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No. 222/l996 Coll. on the organisation of local government and on the amendment of certain laws.
4) § l9 of the Law of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No 272/l994 Z. z. on the protection of human health.
(e) establish principles to prevent, spread and limit the occurrence of communicable diseases, other mass-occurring diseases and other occupational health and disease disorders;
5) § 60, 6l, 64, 65 and 75 of Law No 277/l994 of the National Council of the Slovak Republic Z. z. z.
6) § 8 and l6 of the Law of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No 303/l995 Coll.
7) § l2 par. l of Act No. lll/l990 of the Slovak National Council Coll. on State Enterprise as amended and Law of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No 303/l995 Z. z. z.
8) § 3l and 67 of the Law of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No. 273/l994 Coll. on Health Insurance, Health Insurance Financing, on the establishment of a General Health Insurance Institution and on the establishment of a Departmental, Sectoral, Business and Civil Health Insurance Institution as amended.
9) § 8 par. l of the Slovak National Council Act No 92/l99l Coll. on the conditions for the transfer of State assets to other persons, as amended.
10) § 2 of the Slovak National Council Act No. l93/l992 Coll. on the State Health Fund as amended by the Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No. 242/l994 Z. z. z.
11) Law No. 350/l996 Coll. on the Rules of Procedure of the National Council of the Slovak Republic.
12) Law No 7l/l967 Coll. on administrative proceedings (rule of law).
Article 27 (3) 3 Act No 347/l99O Coll., as amended.
14) Resolution No 958 of the Government of the Slovak Republic of 5 December L992.
15) Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No. lo/l996 Coll. on State Administration Control.
16) Government Decree No. l50/l958 OJ on the handling of complaints, notifications and complaints from workers.
17) Law of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No. loo/l996 Coll. on the protection of state secrecy, professional secrecy on the cipher protection of information and on the amendment of the Criminal Act as amended.
18) Paragraph 27 (2) of the Slovak National Council Act No 347/l99O Coll. as amended.
19) Decree of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Slovak Republic on measures of economic mobilisation (reg. no 54/l993) Coll.).
20) Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No. 386/l996 Coll. on the state budget and on the amendment of certain other laws.
21) § 7 and 9 of the Law of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No. 42/l994 Coll. on civil protection of the population, as amended by the Law of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No. 222/l996 Z. z. z.
22) § 11 of the Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No. 82/l994 Coll. on State Material Reserves.
23) § 75 of Law No 277/l994 of the National Council of the Slovak Republic Z. z. z.
24) § l8 paragraph 2 of the Law of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No 272/l994 Z. z. z.
25) Paragraph 30 (1) of Law No 347/l990 Coll. as amended.
26) Law No 222/l996 of the National Council of the Slovak Republic Z. z. z.
27) Law No. l3/l992 of the Slovak National Council Coll. on Slovak Medical Chamber, Slovak Chamber of Dental Doctors and Slovak Pharmacy Chamber, Law No. 27/l992 Coll. on Slovak Chamber of Higher Education Medical Workers, Act No. l4/l992 of the Slovak National Council Coll. on Slovak Chamber of Central Health Workers and Slovak Chamber of Dental Technicians.