Decree No. 39 / 2005 Coll.

Decree laying down minimum requirements for study programmes for the acquisition of competence for the pursuit of an unmedical medical profession

Valid Effective from 01.02.2005
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DECLARATION
of 11 January 2005
laying down minimum requirements for study programmes to be eligible for the non-medical medical profession
The Ministry of Health, in an agreement with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, provides, pursuant to Section 90 (2) (d) of Act No. 96 / 2004 Coll., on the conditions for obtaining and recognising the competence to pursue non-medical medical professions and to carry out activities related to the provision of health care and to amend certain related laws (Law on non-medical medical medical professions), and under Section 38 of Act No. 18 / 2004 Coll., on the recognition of professional qualifications and other competence of nationals of the Member States of the European Union and on the amendment of certain laws (Act on the recognition of professional qualifications) (hereinafter "the Act '):
§ 1
Subject matter
This decree implements the relevant European Union1 regulations and regulates the minimum requirements for the study programmes, the study of which has acquired competence for the performance of the non-medical medical profession (2); These minimum requirements are a list of theoretical and practical areas necessary for the performance of regulated activity (3).
§ 2
Definition of terms
For the purposes of this decree:
(a) an accredited study programme - an accredited study programme carried out by a university (4);
(b) the school training programme - the school training programme for which the framework training programme is issued under the special legislation5), carried out by secondary schools6),
(c) an accredited training programme - an accredited training programme carried out by a higher vocational school;
(d) training programme of the course - training programme of the accredited qualification course carried out under the law (7);
(e) specialisation programme - training programme for specialisation training carried out under the Act (8);
(f) standard study period - period of study in the programme at the average study burden expressed in academic years for the programmes referred to in (a) (9), school years for the programmes referred to in (b) and (c) or calendar years for the programmes referred to in (d) and (e);
(g) total standard study period - the period of study referred to in point (f) needed to complete all programmes which qualify for one non-medical medical profession, if that qualification is obtained through the completion of several programmes;
h) students - student of secondary school, student of higher education, student of higher education, participant of an accredited qualification course or participant of specialist education,
(i) medical apparatus - apparatus which is a medical device under special legislature10),
(j) community care - primary, integrated and preventive care of individuals and groups of persons in their own social environment, including domestic healthcare under special legislation11),
(k) good laboratory practice - the procedure in a laboratory which complies with the legislation, the CSN standards, or CEN and ISO standards, as appropriate, or the standards governing the activities provided by laboratories in health facilities, including compliance with the quality assurance and improvement programme; This definition of good laboratory practice does not apply to good laboratory practice in the field of pharmaceuticals, which is governed by special legislation12).
§ 3
Minimum requirements for programmes for the acquisition of professional competence for the pursuit of the non-medical medical profession
(1) Professional competence for the pursuit of the non-medical medical profession is obtained through the completion of an accredited study programme, a school training programme, an accredited training programme, a course training programme or a specialisation programme.
(2) The study in the programmes referred to in paragraph 1 shall provide knowledge and skills enabling the activities provided for in specific legislation13 to be carried out, and knowledge and skills
(a) in the ethics of the health profession in the field;
(b) administrative activities in the health sector, in particular the management of documentation relating to the field, including the electronic form of such documentation;
(c) organisation and management of health services;
(d) on the basis of the promotion and protection of public health, including the prevention of diseases acquired in connection with the provision of health care (nosocomial diseases),
(e) first aid and health care provision in emergency and crisis situations;
(f) in the legal context of providing healthcare in the field,
(g) listed in Sections 4 to 41,
(h) on the basis of quality management of health services provided and in order to ensure the safety of patients in the professions referred to in Sections 4 to 28;
(i) in communication with the patient and persons close to him.
(3) The programmes referred to in paragraph 1 include theoretical teaching and practical teaching14) or prax15) (hereinafter referred to as practical teaching). Theoretical teaching shall be balanced and coordinated with practical teaching in such a way that the knowledge and skills referred to in paragraphs 4 and 5 can be obtained accordingly.
(4) Theoretical teaching is the part of teaching in which the programmes referred to in paragraph 1 acquire the knowledge and professional skills necessary for the planning, provision and evaluation of healthcare in the relevant field and for the activities related to that healthcare.
(5) Practical teaching shall be the part of teaching in which, in the programmes referred to in paragraph 1, the skills required for the planning, provision and evaluation of health care in the relevant field are acquired in direct and indirect contact with healthy and sick individuals based on the knowledge acquired and skills acquired. The student learns to be a member of the team, to be a team leader, to provide information, to educate and to train individuals and groups and to take responsibility for the healthcare provided. This training shall take place in a health institution and, where appropriate, in other places, where this is provided for in this Decree for the study to be eligible for the profession concerned. Responsibilities for the organisation and professional level of practical teaching shall be borne by authorised persons who meet the requirements for the exercise of the medical profession (16) and, where appropriate, by the teaching profession under the special legislation17) and who are eligible for the implementation of the activity (18), which are the content of practical teaching. Other experts may also be involved in practical training. The learners participate in the performance of activities at the relevant workplace in order to contribute to their education and to enable them to learn to take responsibility for the healthcare provided. For the purposes of this Decree, teaching at schools or school institutions intended for practical teaching (hereinafter referred to as the "school laboratory ') shall also be considered as practical teaching if it corresponds to the content of the relevant field; This does not apply to practical training in programmes which are awarded professional competence to pursue the profession of general nurse and midwife. Other than health professionals may be responsible for the level of practical training in school laboratories.
(6) Practical teaching is completed by assessing practical skills.
(7) The duration of practical teaching in a form other than a daily or preschool form of study (hereinafter referred to as the "preschool form") may be reduced only by the time of the proven practical teaching completed in the course of studies in the programmes referred to in paragraph 1 for the preparation of the relevant or similar medical profession and, where appropriate, by the period of performance of the relevant or similar medical profession, unless otherwise specified; However, the required content of practical instruction must be maintained.
Minimum requirements for programmes to acquire professional competence
§ 4
General nurse
(1) Professional competence in the profession of general nurse is acquired through an accredited study programme or an accredited training programme.
(2) The study in the programmes referred to in paragraph 1 shall take place in:
(a) a presentation form of study with a specific professional character, comprising at least 3 years of study and at least 4 600 hours of theoretical teaching and practical teaching, of which the practical teaching period is at least 2 300 hours and not more than 3 000 hours; or
(b) a non-presentable form of study, the total teaching period of which is not less than the teaching period referred to in (a) and in which the level of education is not affected.
The study may also be expressed in the corresponding credits of the credit system in higher education used in the European Higher Education Area (hereinafter the "Higher Education Credit System ').
(3) The study in the programmes referred to in paragraph 1 shall provide the knowledge and skills set out in Section 3 and shall include:
(a) theoretical teaching providing knowledge from sciences which form the basis necessary for the provision of general personalised human care and which includes knowledge
1. from professional Latin terminology, anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, pathological physiology, pathology, microbiology and epidemiology, biophysics, biochemistry, genetics, hematology and transfusion medicine, clinical propedeutics, radiology and radiation protection bases, protection of public health including disease prevention, early diagnosis of diseases, the relationship between the health status, the physical and social environment of the patient and its behaviour, from health education, motivation and education of patients, relatives and other relevant persons for healthy lifestyles and self-care and basic knowledge of the health and handling;
2. in nursing and clinical disciplines, in the history, character and ethics of nursing, in technical innovations related to the methods of health care and nursing, in general health care, community care, care of mothers and children, gynaecology, psychiatry, oncology and haematooncology, otorinolaryngology, ophthalmology, dermatogenology, infectious medicine, care of elderly and geriatrics, palliative care, intensive care, rehabilitation and dietetics,
3. in social and other related fields, in the foundations of philosophy, sociology, general psychology, psychology of health and disease, developmental psychology, the foundations of pedagogy and education, legislation on social issues, the foundations of economics, information and information and telecommunications systems of electronic health, nursing practice and evidence-based nursing research;
This appropriation is intended to cover the following expenditure:
(b) practical training providing skills and knowledge in human nursing in relation to practical medicine, dental medicine and other medical disciplines, in particular for internal medicine, surgery, orthopedia and trauma to the musculoskeletal system, neurology, childcare and pediatrics, maternal and child care, gynecology, psychiatry, oncology and haematooncology, otorinolaryngology, ophthalmology, dermatogenerology, infectious medicine, care of elderly and geriatrics, palliative care, intensive care and community care, information and information and telecommunications systems of electronic health, as well as well as skills and knowledge enabling to participate in practical training of healthcare professionals and experience in healthcare; Such skills shall be acquired under the direct management of qualified general nurses or, where justified, other healthcare professionals authorised to pursue the profession without professional supervision. In addition to the places referred to in § 3 (5), practical training may also take place in the patient's own social environment and in the healthcare facilities.
§ 4a
Baby Sister
(1) The professional competence to pursue the profession of a child nurse is acquired through an accredited study programme or an accredited training programme.
(2) The programmes referred to in paragraph 1 shall have a standard period of at least 3 years, of which practical training shall be at least 2 000 hours.
(3) The study in the programmes referred to in paragraph 1 shall provide the knowledge and skills set out in Section 3 and shall include:
(a) theoretical teaching providing knowledge from disciplines and sciences which form the basis necessary for the provision of nursing care and the upbringing of children of all ages and which includes knowledge
1. from professional Latin terminology, anatomy, physiology, pathological physiology, pathology, microbiology and epidemiology, genetics and prenatal diagnostics, immunology, biophysics, biochemistry, haematology and transfusions, toxicology, clinical propaetics, pharmacology, including basic knowledge of and handling medical devices, radiation protection bases, protection and public health support including disease prevention, early diagnosis of diseases, the relationship between health status, physical and own social conditions of the patient, health education, healthy lifestyle including disease prevention, accidents and dependencies, child nutrition and dietetics and rehabilitation treatment,
2. in nursing and clinical disciplines, in particular in the history, character and ethics of nursing, general principles of health care, community care, nursing in relation to pediatrics, neonatology and other medical disciplines, in particular children's surgery, orthopaedic surgery and trauma to the musculoskeletal system, pediatric neurology, paediatric and adolescent psychiatry, pediatric gynaecology, pediatric oncology and haematooncology, pediatric otorinolaryngology, ophthalmology, pediatric dermatogenerology, infectious medicine and dentistry, in nursing care provided institutionally and semi-institutionally for children up to 3 years of age and in providing therapeutic rehabilitation care, in palliative care, in intensive care, intensive care,
3. social and other related fields, from the foundations of philosophy, sociology, general and developmental psychology, health and social psychology, the foundations of pedagogy, educational care and education, social legal protection of the child, economics, informatics, statistics and methodology of scientific research and practice based on evidence,
provided by pedagogic staff who have obtained professional qualifications in accordance with the Education Workers Act, academic staff or other experts who may participate in teaching in accordance with the Higher Education Act,
(b) practical training providing nursing skills in relation to pediatrics and other medical disciplines, in particular maternal and neonatal care, pediatric surgery, orthopaedic surgery and trauma to the musculoskeletal system, pediatric and adolescent psychiatry, pediatric gynaecology, intensive childcare, palliative and community care, dental medicine, as well as skills to contribute to the education of children of all ages and practical training of health professionals; Such skills shall be acquired under the direct management of qualified nurses or, where justified, other healthcare professionals authorised to pursue the profession without professional supervision. In addition to the places referred to in § 3 (5), practical training may also take place in the patient's own social environment and in the healthcare facilities.
§ 5
Midwife
(1) Professional competence in the profession of midwife is acquired through an accredited study programme.
(2) The study in the programme referred to in paragraph 1 shall take the form of a presentation with a specific professional character covering at least 3 years of study and at least 4 600 hours of theoretical teaching and practical teaching, of which the practical teaching period is at least 1 800 hours. The study may also be expressed in the corresponding credits of the credit system of higher education.
(3) The programme referred to in paragraph 1 shall include theoretical teaching and practical teaching. Practical teaching, other than those referred to in § 3 (5), may also take place in the social environment of women and their families. During practical training, the student participates in the activities of the health service provider. The student must be aware of the responsibility associated with the activities of the midwife.
(4) The study in the programme referred to in paragraph 1 shall provide the knowledge and skills set out in Section 3 and shall include:
(a) theoretical teaching providing knowledge from the sciences on which the activity of the midwife is based and which includes knowledge
1. from the professional Latin terminology of anatomy, physiology, medical genetics, pharmacology and pathology with a focus on gynaecological, obstetological and neonatological issues, microbiology and epidemiology, biophysics, biochemistry, clinical propedetics and radiation protection, protection and promotion of public health including disease prevention, the relationship between the patient's health status, physical and social environment and its behaviour, health education and basic knowledge of medical devices;
2. knowledge of physiological processes including possible pathologies and technical equipment used in obstetrics, analgesia, anaesthesia and resuscitation, from the basis of physiotherapy, nutrition and dietetics with regard to the health of women and newborns, sexual education and planning of parenthood and palliative care,
3. social and other related fields, in the foundations of philosophy, sociology and general psychology, in particular focusing on the psychological and social context of pregnancy, childbirth, six Sundays and childcare, developmental psychology and psychology of health and disease, the foundations of pedagogy and education, the social legal protection of the mother and child, the foundations of economics, informatics, statistics and methodology of scientific research, evidence-based practice,
(b) practical training in health care establishments which includes:
1. advising physiologically pregnant women, including at least 100 prenatal examinations, of which at least 3 women throughout pregnancy,
2. supervision in at least 40 women at risk of pregnancy,
3. personal management of at least 40 physiological births at all times of birth, including indicated epiziotomy; if it is not possible to achieve this number, it may be reduced to at least 30 births, subject to an additional 20 assistance for births,
4. assistance for at least 10 pathological births and at least one parturition at the end of the pelvis; where this is not possible, simulation training shall be carried out;
5. At least 10 checks on births and birthing treatments; sewing of the dam with minor injury or epiziotomy may be done by simulation, if necessary,
6. postpartum treatment and examination in at least 100 parents and newborns in the early postpartum period,
7. supervision and care of mothers and newborns during six weeks, examination and education in at least 100 6 weeks and healthy newborns, including lactation advice,
8. supervision and care of a mother with a newborn requiring special care, including premature and transmitted newborn, low birth weight newborn and pathological newborn,
9. Assistance in the resuscitation of the newborn; where this is not possible, simulation training shall be carried out;
10. care of gyno women, including palliative care,
11. Basic nursing care in internal medicine and surgery,
12. community care, education, education and care of a woman and her family;
practical training to acquire the skills referred to in points 1, 2, 7, 8, 10 or 12 may also be provided in the social environment of women and their families under the Health Services Act.
(5) The practical training referred to in point (b) of paragraph 4 shall take place under the direct management of health professionals qualified in the field of maternity assistance or, where justified, other healthcare professionals authorised to pursue a medical profession without professional supervision, in the establishments designated in the programme referred to in paragraph 1 and shall provide experience in cooperation with other healthcare professionals.
§ 6
Ergotherapy
(1) The professional competence to pursue the profession of ergotherapist is acquired through an accredited study programme.
(2) The programme referred to in paragraph 1 shall have a standard period of at least 3 years, of which practical training shall be at least 1600 hours.
(3) The study in the programme referred to in paragraph 1 shall provide the knowledge and skills set out in Section 3 and shall include:
(a) theoretical teaching providing knowledge in:
1. the fields which form the basis for providing ergotherapeutic care, in anatomy, physiology, pathology and pathophysiology, kinesiology and basic knowledge of medical devices,
2. ergotherapy and clinical fields, in internal medicine, surgery and trauma, neurology and psychiatry, pediatry, geriatry, palliative care, orthopedia, prosthetics, introduction to ergotherapy, the theory of ergotherapy, diagnostic and therapeutic ergotherapeutic procedures in relation to psychosocial, neurodevelopmental and biomechical approach and in relation to the environment, in ergotherapy in mental disability, ergotherapy in the fields of pediatrics and geriatrics, ergotherapy in relation to compensation, ergodiagnostics and occupational rehabilitation, in community care, rehabilitation of cognitive disorders in ergotherapy and in the use of communication technologies in ergotherapy,
3. social and other related fields, in the foundations of pedagogy and education, special pedagogy, social rehabilitation, ergonomics, psychology, legislation in relation to social issues, the foundations of informatics, statistics and methodology of scientific research,
(b) practical training providing skills and knowledge in the performance of ergotherapeutic performance, in community care, in the basic methodology of therapeutic physical education and rehabilitation care, palliative care, investigation of motor functions, basic communication capabilities and rational and other functions necessary for providing ergopatherapy care and in the evaluation of self-sufficiency. In addition to the places referred to in § 3 (5), practical training may also take place in the patient's own social environment and in the healthcare facilities.
§ 7
Radiological assistant
(1) Professional competence in the pursuit of the profession of radiological assistant is acquired through an accredited study programme.
(2) The programme referred to in paragraph 1 shall have a standard period of at least 3 years, of which practical training shall be at least 1200 hours.
(3) The study in the programme referred to in paragraph 1 shall provide the knowledge and skills set out in Section 3 and shall include:
(a) theoretical teaching providing knowledge in:
1. fields which form the basis for providing health care in clinical radiological fields, namely systemic, developmental and topographical anatomy, pathology, physiology, biophysics, mathematics including mathematical statistics, physics,
2. other clinical disciplines, in internal medicine, surgery, pharmacology, use of medical devices, in particular medical devices, general nursing care and specific nursing care in the performance of radiological performance;
3. specialist radiological disciplines, including radiological and non-radiological static and dynamic imaging processes (conventional and digital radiography, computational tomography, skiascopic examination, ultrasound examination, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging), nuclear medicine including both imaging and non-imaging testing procedures and open-source therapeutic applications, radiological technology, X-ray anatomy including transverse incision anatomy, radiation protection in medical radiation including optimisation, risk analysis and dose control, quality assurance in medical radiological processes, general safety in radiology,
4. other related fields, in general psychology and psychology of patients, the foundations of pedagogy and education, technical legislation and standards and legislation on ionising radiation, in the basis of the methodology of scientific research;
(b) theoretical instruction providing the knowledge required to obtain specific competence under the special legislature19);
(c) practical training involving:
1. practical exercises in radiological physics and dosimetry, physical tests to ensure the quality of radiological technology and diagnostic information;
2. Practical teaching which takes place in medical institutions in radiodiagnostic, radiation oncology and nuclear medicine workplaces and which provides skills and knowledge in radiological imaging processes and projection techniques, in acquisition, processing and archiving of image data, in radiation techniques, planning of radiotherapy, its simulation and verification and in imaging and non-imaging diagnostic methods in the field of nuclear medicine,
3. practical exercises providing skills and knowledge in general nursing procedures, in particular in relation to internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics and intensive care and in specific nursing procedures used in radiological procedures;
those skills shall be acquired under the professional supervision of radiological assistants or, where justified, other healthcare professionals authorised to pursue the profession without professional supervision.
§ 8
Medical laboratory
(1) The professional competence to pursue the profession of a health laboratory is obtained by completing an accredited study programme or an accredited training programme or an accredited study programme and an education programme of a course or an accredited training programme and a training programme of a course.
(2) The programmes referred to in paragraph 1 shall have a total standard period of at least 3 years, of which practical training shall be at least 1000 hours.
(3) The study in the programmes referred to in paragraph 1 shall provide the knowledge and skills set out in Section 3 and shall include:
(a) theoretical teaching providing knowledge in:
1. fields which form the basis for providing laboratory health care in anatomy, physiology, pathology, biology, biophysics, physics, chemistry, biochemistry and radiation protection bases;
2. laboratory and clinical fields, in histology and histology, cytology, genetics and molecular biology, haematology and transfusion medicine, microbiology, immunology, epidemiology, testing methods in the protection and promotion of public health, toxicology, clinical biochemistry, instrumental analysis (analytical chemistry), medical devices, in particular in laboratory medical devices;
3. social and other related fields, in the foundations of psychology and the foundations of informatics, statistics and methodology of scientific research, quality management system in the laboratory,
(b) practical training providing skills and knowledge in basic laboratory procedures in accordance with the principles of good laboratory practice, including the collection of biological material and knowledge of pre-analytical, analytical and post-stanalytic processes in the fields of histology, cytology, genetics and molecular biology, haematology and transfusion service, microbiology, immunology, clinical biochemistry including toxicology, methods of investigation in the protection of public health and epidemiology; practical training takes place mainly in school laboratories; practical training in each of those fields shall take place for at least 5 days in health care establishments.
(4) Where the professional competence to pursue the profession of a health laboratory is acquired by studying in an accredited study programme and by a course training programme or by studying in an accredited training programme and a course training programme, the training programme shall complement the training course obtained through the completion of an accredited study programme or an accredited training programme to meet the requirements of paragraphs 2 and 3.
§ 9
Health-social worker
(1) Professional competence in the profession of health-care worker is acquired through the completion of an accredited study programme or an accredited study programme and an education programme of a course or an accredited training programme and a training programme of a course.
(2) The programmes referred to in paragraph 1 shall have a total standard period of at least 3 years, of which practical training shall be at least 1000 hours.
(3) The study in the programmes referred to in paragraph 1 shall provide the knowledge and skills set out in Section 3 and shall include:
(a) theoretical teaching providing knowledge in:
1. the fields which form the basis for social care, in philosophy, ethics, psychology, sociology, the foundations of special pedagogy, social policy, the law for social workers,
2. social care, in the method and technology of social research, the theory and method of social work, the problems of social institutions, risk groups and minorities, in the social aspects of health and diseases in relation to clinical disciplines,
3. fields related to the provision of health care, in the basis of anatomy, physiology and pathology, in the basis of medical clinical fields of internal medicine, surgery, psychiatry, pediatry, geriatrics and social pathology, in the basis of nursing, in community care, in the treatment of rehabilitation, in the basis of informatics, statistics and methodology of scientific research,
(b) practical training providing skills and knowledge in social work methods in relation to addressing the complex social situations of patients arising from illness or disability; practical training takes place in the health establishment of the bed care provider, in the social services establishment providing health care, in the patient's own social environment and administrative offices in the field of social care.
(4) The training programme shall complement the training obtained through the completion of an accredited study programme or an accredited training programme to meet the requirements of paragraphs 2 and 3.
§ 10
Optometrist
(1) The professional competence to pursue the profession of optometrist is acquired through an accredited study programme.
(2) The programme referred to in paragraph 1 shall have a standard period of at least 3 years, of which practical training shall be at least 240 hours.
(3) The study in the programme referred to in paragraph 1 shall provide the knowledge and skills set out in Section 3 and shall include:
(a) theoretical teaching providing knowledge in:
1. fields which form the basis for providing health care in optometry, namely biology and genetics, anatomy focusing on eye anatomy, physiology focusing on eye physiology, histology, biochemistry, microbiology, immunology, physics, pathology, pharmacology,
2. optometry and optometry and clinical fields, in ophthalmology including ophthalmology, in binocular vision, in lessons on refractions, foundations of orthoptics, in medical devices, in special compensation aids, contact lenses and optical and ophthalmological medical instruments,
3. social and other related fields, in psychology, the foundations of pedagogy and education, economics and business management, the foundations of informatics, statistics and methodology of scientific research;
(b) practical training providing skills and knowledge in optometry, contactology, examination on ophthalmological instruments and in the manufacture of contact aids, where the student as part of the team learns to perform the advisory service in the selection of lens frames and modifications of lenses, the advisory service in the field of refractive defects, including contact lenses, to examine visual functions and to perform metric eye examinations, to determine the refractive defect, to perform corrections, to apply contact lenses or special optical aids and to prescribe and to investigate in the area of the front segment eye for the correction of refractive defects.
§ 11
Orthoptist
(1) Professional competence for the pursuit of the profession of orthoptist is acquired through an accredited study programme.
(2) The programme referred to in paragraph 1 shall have a standard period of at least 3 years, of which practical training shall be at least 1600 hours.
(3) The study in the programme referred to in paragraph 1 shall provide the knowledge and skills set out in Section 3 and shall include:
(a) theoretical teaching providing knowledge in:
1. fields which form the basis for providing health care in orthoptics, in biology and genetics, in anatomy, in particular focusing on the anatomy of the eye, in physiology, in histology, biochemistry, microbiology, immunology, pathology, pharmacology, in physics focusing on optics and optometry;
2. orthoptics and clinical disciplines, in ophthalmology, strabology and neuroophthalmology, in orthoptics-pleoptics, in nursing care, in ophthalmology and in medical devices, in special compensating aids and in ophthalmological medical devices,
3. social and other related fields, in psychology, the foundations of pedagogy and education, the foundations of informatics, statistics and methodology of scientific research,
(b) practical training providing skills and knowledge in the fields referred to in (a) (2); practical training shall take place in the medical establishment of the provider of outpatient or bedside care for patients with visual impairment or in the school laboratory.
§ 12
Assistant for the Protection and Promotion of Public Health
(1) The professional competence to pursue the profession of assistant for the protection and promotion of public health is acquired through the completion of:
(a) accredited study programme pursuant to § 13 (1) (a) of Act No. 96 / 2004 Coll.,
(b) the accredited study programme pursuant to § 13 (1) (c) of Act No. 96 / 2004 Coll. and the course training programme; or
(c) the accredited training programme according to § 13 (1) (c) of Act No. 96 / 2004 Coll. and the training programme of the course.
(2) The accredited study programme referred to in paragraph 1 (a) shall have a standard period of at least 3 years, of which practical training shall be at least 1200 hours.
(3) The accredited study programme referred to in paragraph 1 (b) and the accredited training programme referred to in paragraph 1 (c) shall each have a standard study period of at least 3 years. Practical teaching in the accredited study programme and in the training programme of the course or in the accredited training programme and in the training programme of the course shall be at least 1 200 hours.
(4) Study in the accredited study programme referred to in paragraph 1 (a), the accredited study programme and the training programme referred to in paragraph 1 (a). (b) or an accredited training programme and in the training programme of the course referred to in paragraph 1 (a). (c) provide the knowledge and skills set out in Section 3 and include:
(a) theoretical teaching providing knowledge in:
1. biological and clinical fields which form the basis necessary for the promotion and protection of public health, in biology, anatomy, physiology, pathology, histology, biophysics, chemistry and biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, immunology, the foundations of clinical medicine, in particular infectious medicine, occupational medicine and occupational diseases, pediatrics, radiation protection, medical devices,
2. fields of support and protection of public health, in the epidemiology of infectious and non-infectious diseases and in the epidemiological methodology, in general and communal hygiene including consumer protection, in nutrition hygiene, including food microbiology, food technology, nutritional toxicology and nutrition advice, in the hygiene of articles of common use, labour hygiene and occupational medicine including labour physiology, in hygiene of children and adolescents, in methods of protection and promotion of public health, in the production and management of health programmes,
3. social and other related fields, in the foundations of demography, the foundations of sociology and social psychology, including the specificities of population groups, the foundations of pedagogy and communication with the public, legislation in particular in relation to the exercise of national health surveillance and administrative management in the field of protection and promotion of public health, the foundations of informatics, statistics and methodology of scientific research;
(b) practical training providing skills and knowledge in the protection and promotion of public health and in the implementation of national health surveillance, in the development and management of health programmes in the field of protection and promotion of public health, in basic laboratory methods in the field of protection and promotion of public health, in the acquisition of data needed to assess the impact of living and working conditions on the health status of the population, in the detection and evaluation of health risks in the field of protection and promotion of public health in relation to the environment and the working environment; practical training takes place mainly in school laboratories, health institutes, state health institutes and administrative offices carrying out state health surveillance.
§ 13
Orthotic-
(1) Professional competence in the pursuit of the profession of orthototics is obtained through an accredited study programme.
(2) The programme referred to in paragraph 1 shall have a standard period of at least 3 years, of which practical training shall be at least 1000 hours.
(3) The study in the programme referred to in paragraph 1 shall provide the knowledge and skills set out in Section 3 and shall include:
(a) theoretical teaching providing knowledge in:
1. the fields which form the basis for providing health care in ortho and prosthetics, in anatomy and physiology focusing on the movement system, in biophysics, chemistry and biochemistry, in pathological anatomy and physiology focusing on the movement system, in the foundations of biomedical, professional drawing,
2. ortho, prosthetics and clinical disciplines, in orthopaedic and surgery, neurology, rehabilitation, pediatrics and articles providing knowledge of the construction, materials and technological processes used in the design, construction and repair of medical devices,
3. social and other related fields, based on psychology, pedagogy, economics, informatics, statistics and methodology of scientific research;
(b) practical training providing the skills and knowledge necessary for the design, manufacture and repair of ortho-prosthetics; at least half of the period of practical instruction takes place in medical institutions or other orthoteco-prosthetics workplaces.
§ 14
Nutritional therapist
(1) The professional competence to pursue the profession of nutritional therapist is obtained by completing an accredited study programme or an accredited training programme.
(2) The programmes referred to in paragraph 1 shall have a standard period of at least 3 years, of which practical training shall be at least 1800 hours.
(3) The study in the programmes referred to in paragraph 1 shall provide the knowledge and skills set out in Section 3 and shall include:
(a) theoretical teaching providing knowledge in:
1. fields which form the basis for providing nutritional care, in anatomy focusing on the digestive system, physiology focusing on the physiology of nutrition and metabolism, pathology, pathophysiology focusing on the pathophysiology of a particular disease, chemistry, biochemistry, food chemistry, teaching about food, food preparation technology, microbiology, epidemiology and hygiene, pharmacology foundations,
2. nutrition and public health protection, in medical toxicology, community hygiene, epidemiology of infectious and non-infectious diseases in relation to nutrition, in the nutrition of healthy individuals of different ages, including the specific requirements of pregnant women and the specificities of children and adolescents, in relation to physical stress (nutrition of athletes), in community care, in alternative and non-traditional form of nutrition, in nutrition advice, in health education, in the protection and promotion of public health, consumer protection, the production and management of health programmes, clinical dietology, the preparation of basic and special types of medicinal nutrition using the principles of rational nutrition, the processing of a nutritional history, the establishment of therapeutic plans for individual clients, the preparation, distribution, transport, labelling and storage of food, and putting into circulation, artificial nutrition (enteral and parenteral),
3. clinical fields, in internal medicine, focusing on metabolic diseases, surgery, pediatrics, gynecology, gerontology, psychiatry, infectious medicine, oncology and nursing foundations,
4. social and other related fields, in the foundations of sociology and social psychology, the foundations of pedagogy and education, psychology, legislation in relation to the exercise of state health surveillance, economics, informatics, statistics and methodology of scientific research;
(b) practical training providing skills and knowledge in medical nutrition in relation to the clinical disciplines referred to in point (a) (3), in the detection of patient nutritional needs, in the assessment of nutrition status, in the processing of food plans, in the choice of appropriate food supplements, in the preparation and distribution of food, in health education, in education and advice; practical training takes place at the health establishment of the outpatient and bedside care provider, in particular at the departments of gerontology, internal, children and in metabolic units, in education centres, in social services facilities and in catering facilities, in particular in health care facilities, social services facilities and school catering facilities, in school laboratories and in state health institutions and administrative offices carrying out state health surveillance; it includes participation in state health surveillance in the field of nutrition hygiene in community care.
§ 15
Dental technician
(1) Professional competence in the profession of dental technician is acquired through an accredited training programme.

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Regulation Information

CitationDecree No. 39 / 2005 Coll.
Regulation Type-
Author-
CollectionCode of Laws
Date of Promulgation20.01.2005
Effective from01.02.2005
Effective until-
Status Valid
The regulation text is for informational purposes only.
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