Act No. 96 / 2004 Coll.

Act on the conditions for obtaining and recognising competence for the pursuit of non-medical medical professions and for carrying out activities related to the provision of medical care and amending certain related laws (Act on non-medical health professions)

Valid Effective from 01.04.2004
Contents
ČÁST PRVNÍ HLAVA I § 1 § 2 § 3 § 4 § 4a HLAVA II Díl 1 § 5 § 5a § 6 § 7 § 8 § 9 § 10 § 11 § 12 § 13 § 14 § 15 § 16 § 17 § 18 § 19 § 20 § 21 § 21a § 21b § 21c Díl 2 § 22 § 23 § 23a § 24 § 25 § 26 § 27 § 28 Díl 3 § 29 § 29a § 30 § 31 § 32 § 33 § 35 § 36 § 37 § 39 § 40 § 41 § 42 HLAVA III § 43 § 44 HLAVA IV § 45 § 46 § 47 § 48 § 49 § 50 HLAVA V Díl 1 § 51 § 52 Díl 2 § 53 § 54 Díl 3 § 55 § 56 § 57 § 58 § 59 § 60 § 60a § 60b § 60d Díl 4 § 61 § 62 § 63 § 64 HLAVA VII Díl 1 § 73 § 74 § 75 § 75a Díl 2 § 76 § 76a § 76b Díl 3 § 77 § 78 § 78a § 79 § 80 § 81 § 82 § 83 HLAVA VIII § 85 § 85a § 85b § 85c § 86 § 88 § 89 HLAVA IX § 89a § 89b HLAVA X § 90 HLAVA XI § 91 § 91a § 91b § 92 § 94 § 95 § 95a § 95b § 95c § 95d § 96 § 97 ČÁST DRUHÁ § 98 ČÁST TŘETÍ § 99 ČÁST PÁTÁ § 101 ČÁST ŠESTÁ § 102
96
THE LAW
of 4 February 2004
on the conditions for obtaining and recognising eligibility for the pursuit of non-medical health professions and for carrying out health care activities and amending certain related laws (Law on non-medical health professions)
Parliament has decided on this law of the Czech Republic:

ČÁST PRVNÍ

CONDITIONS FOR RECOGNITION AND RECOGNITION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF NON-MEDICAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES AND FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROVISION OF HEALTH EMPLOYMENT

HLAVA I

GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 1
(1) This law implements the relevant provisions of the European Union1), and provides for
(a) the conditions for acquiring competence for the exercise of the medical profession and for carrying out activities related to the provision of healthcare in the Czech Republic;
(b) lifelong learning of health workers and training of other professionals;
(c) recognition of competence for the pursuit of the health profession and for the pursuit of health care activities
1. persons who have acquired such competence in a Member State other than the Czech Republic (Title VII),
2. persons referred to in Title VIII; and
(d) the free provision of visiting services (Title VII).
(2) This law applies to the recognition of fitness to pursue a medical profession or activities related to the provision of medical care by a natural person who intends to pursue a profession in the Czech Republic as a self-employed or employed person or as a person established or visiting.
(3) The Education of Health Workers under this Act is not covered by the Act on Recognition of Result of Further Education 1a).
(4) This law shall not apply to the conditions for obtaining and recognising professional competence and specialised competence in the exercise of the profession of medical practitioner, dental practitioner and pharmacist, which are governed by special legislation1b).
§ 2
Definition of basic terms
For the purposes of this Act:
(a) health profession summaries of the healthcare activities under this Act, in particular nursing care, childcare, preventive care, diagnostic care, medical care, rehabilitation care, palliative care, pharmacy care and clinical and pharmaceutical care, emergency care, anesthesiologic-resuscitation care, assessment and dispensary care,
(b) by a health professional, a natural person who carries out the medical profession under this law;
(c) another professional, a natural person carrying out activities which are not health care but are directly related to the provision of such care; activities directly related to the provision of healthcare are considered to be activities provided for by legislation (1c);
(d) an accredited Bachelor's study programme accredited under the Act on Higher Education or its possible field of study; For the purposes of this Act, the accredited Bachelor's study programmes carried out by a university in the field or areas of education for which the College has institutional accreditation, as well as the fields of study in which universities carried out a fully integrated part of higher education before 1 January 1999, are considered to be accredited,
(e) an accredited master's study programme accredited in accordance with the Higher Education Act or its possible field of study; for the purposes of this Act, Master's study programmes carried out by a university in the field or areas of education for which the university has institutional accreditation, as well as the fields of study in which higher education was carried out before 1 January 1999 by higher education, regular study or basic study at university, shall be considered as accredited master's programmes;
(f) an accredited doctoral study programme accredited under the Act on Higher Education or its possible field of study; for the purposes of this Act, doctoral study programmes carried out by a university in the field or fields of education for which the university has institutional accreditation and the fields of study in which the higher education institutions had post-graduate studies before 1 January 1999 shall be considered as accredited doctoral programmes;
(g) accredited medical Master's or Bachelor's Degree, accredited by Master's or Bachelor's Degree, as referred to in (d) or (e), to be carried out by a university in accordance with the Higher Education Act
1. the opinion of the Ministry of Health (hereinafter referred to as "the Ministry") that graduates of a given field carried out on the basis of accreditation of the study programme will be adequately prepared to pursue a regulated health profession; or
2. authorisation of the Ministry on the basis of an authorisation resulting from institutional accreditation, issued in the event that graduates of a given field carried out on the basis of an institutional accreditation are adequately prepared to pursue a regulated health profession;
h) graduating from a secondary medical school to obtain a full secondary vocational education in the relevant field, which has obtained a favourable opinion from the Ministry;
(i) graduating from a higher medical school to obtain higher vocational education in the relevant field, which has obtained a favourable opinion from the Ministry;
(j) an indication of the mandate to perform the activity on the basis of an order, practice, order or prescription;
(k) by the designated organisation:
1. a legal person established by the Ministry or any other legal person entrusted by the Ministry to perform certain activities under this Act; or
2. the university or other legal person with whom the Ministry has concluded a public contract pursuant to Paragraph 95b for the purpose of transferring certain activities under this Act;
(l) a professional association of a professional organisation or a professional company which is a legal person or an organisational body of a legal person and which brings together natural persons with professional or specialised competence in the profession of health in order to promote the professional level of its members;
(m) a Member State of the European Union, another Contracting State of the Agreement on the European Economic Area or the Swiss Confederation,
(n) a residential place of training with a health service provider or at a regional health station where specialist training from the state budget is co-financed by a participant in specialisation training;
(o) resident participant in specialisation training which participates in specialisation training at a resident place;
(p) University of University3a) which carries out the relevant accredited medical Master's degree or bachelor's degree;
(q) by a lecturer, a person in employment or other similar relationship to an accredited establishment who teaches the theoretical part of the training programme and checks the knowledge of the training participant;
(r) a person in a professional or other similar relationship to an accredited establishment who oversees the performance of professional experience or practical instruction, including a performance plan, and who continuously examines the theoretical knowledge and practical skills of the training participant;
(s) the administration system information system of the Administration of Education in Health according to the Act on the conditions for obtaining and recognising professional competence and specialised competence for the performance of the medical profession of doctor, dental practitioner and pharmacist (33).
§ 3
Eligibility to pursue the profession of health professional and other professional
(1) Eligibility for the pursuit of the profession of healthcare professional and other professional staff shall be granted to those who:
(a) has a professional competence under this law or which has been recognised as fit to pursue a medical profession or another professional in accordance with the provisions of Title VII or VIII;
(b) is medically fit;
(c) is fair.
(2) A health professional and another professional shall be required to provide evidence of medical fitness for the pursuit of the profession to medical assessment3b) issued following a medical examination. The medical opinion is issued by the registrar of health services in the field of general medical practice and, if not, by another health service provider in the field of general medical practice. The list of diseases, conditions or defects which exclude or restrict medical fitness to pursue the profession, the content of medical examinations and the particulars of the medical opinion shall be laid down in the implementing legislation. Medical fitness to be assessed
(a) before the beginning of the profession and after the interruption of the profession for more than 3 years;
(b) in the event of a reasonable suspicion that there has been a change in the health status of a health professional or other professional;
1. at the request of the administrative authority which has issued the authorisation to provide health services, if it is a health service provider authorised to provide health services without the provision of an expert representative, or of an expert representative, if it is established,
2. at the request of the employer, if it is a staff member who, according to the medical opinion of the occupational health service provider, has lost his medical capacity; or
3. at the request of the Ministry, if there is a medical worker under this law.
Natural persons who have been recognised as fit for health under Title VII shall document the medical fitness by decision of the Ministry (§ 81) before the first beginning of the profession. Visitors shall provide evidence of medical fitness with the document required in the Member State of origin (§ 79).
(3) For the purposes of this Act, a person who has not been legally sentenced to an unconditional prison sentence for an intentional offence committed in connection with the provision of health services shall be deemed to be righteous.
(4) Proof of integrity
(a) is required before any medical profession begins, or in other justified cases, for a health professional or other professional; in the course of the course of the medical profession, where justified, also at the request of the employer, if it is an employee, or at the request of an administrative authority which has issued an authorisation for the provision of health services to a health worker or another professional who provides health services,
(b) request the Ministry for Administrative Procedure under this Act.
(5) The integrity is evidenced by an extract from the register of the Register of Crimes (24) or by a document proving compliance with the condition of integrity issued by the State of which the natural person is a citizen and by documents issued by States in which the natural person has remained continuously for more than 6 months in the last 3 years; an extract from the Register of Penalties and such documents shall not be more than 3 months old. Where the State referred to in the sentence does not issue a first extract of the criminal record or an equivalent document or cannot obtain it, the natural person shall submit a declaration of good repute. A stranger who is, or has been, a national of another Member State of the European Union, or has or has had an address in another Member State of the European Union, may, instead of an extract from a register similar to the Register of Penalties, provide proof of integrity with an extract from the Register of Penalties with an annex containing information which is entered in the criminal record of another Member State of the European Union24).
(6) Natural persons who have been recognised as being fair under Title VII are proof of integrity by decision of the Ministry before the first start of the profession. Visitors shall provide proof of integrity with the document required in the Member State of origin.
§ 4
Exercise of the profession of health professional and other professional
(1) The exercise of the activities provided for in this Act and the implementing legislation and special legislation1c, as well as management, methodological, conceptual, control, research and training activities in the relevant field or activities related to the provision of health care, shall be considered to be the pursuit of the profession of a healthcare professional and other professional professional worker, provided that they are carried out by the staff of the health service provider. For the purposes of calculating the pursuit of the profession referred to in Sections 56 and 57, the pursuit of the profession shall be considered as:
(a) a healthcare professional or other professional personnel managing, methodological, conceptual, research and training activities in the relevant field carried out in a professional relationship by employees other than health service providers;
(b) a health professional carrying out the activities provided for in this Act and in the implementing legislation by health professionals with competence in the relevant field during practical training in accredited medical master's or bachelor's studies.
(2) If that law lays down requirements for the duration of the exercise of the profession of health, this shall mean the pursuit of the profession to the extent of at least half of the weekly workings.6) Where a health professional or another professional carries out a profession to a lesser extent than that provided for in the weekly working time, the necessary period of professional activity shall be extended proportionally. The period of incapacity for work and maternity leave and, where applicable, the period of parental leave of the father shall be taken into account until the period of employment, but not more than the period of maternity leave; However, a maximum of 6 months in a calendar year shall be taken into account in the summary. Military active service shall be included if it has been performed in the relevant profession under this law. The first to fourth sentences shall not apply to the pursuit of a medical profession in the course of the acquisition of specialised competence under § 57, to the pursuit of a medical profession in the course of the completion of the training provided for in § 4a and to the demonstration of the period of professional activity for the recognition of qualifications under acquired rights.
(3) The pursuit of an occupation without direct management or professional supervision (hereinafter referred to as "the pursuit of a profession without professional supervision ') shall be considered to be the pursuit of activities for which a health professional is eligible; that law and the implementing legislation lay down the activities which a health professional may carry out without an indication which he or she carries out on the basis of an indication and which he or she carries out under the direct guidance of a doctor, dentist, pharmacist, clinical psychologist or clinical speech. A part of the profession without professional supervision is also a control activity under another legislation7).
(4) The pursuit of activities for which a health professional or another professional is competent or has acquired competence, in the achievement of the advice and assistance of a healthcare professional qualified to carry out such activities without professional supervision and to the extent specified by that health professional, shall be considered to be professional supervision. Professional supervision may also be carried out by a physician, dental practitioner, pharmacist, clinical psychologist, or clinical looped to the extent that he is fit to pursue the medical profession; the scope of these activities is laid down in implementing legislation7a).
(5) The pursuit of an occupation under direct management shall be considered to be the pursuit of activities for which a health professional or another professional is competent or has acquired competence, in the presence and direction of a health professional who is competent to carry out such activities without professional supervision and to the extent specified by that health professional. Direct management may also be carried out by a doctor, dental practitioner, pharmacist, clinical psychologist or clinical logoped to the extent that he is fit to pursue the medical profession; the scope of these activities is laid down in implementing legislation7a).
(6) A health professional who carries out the profession referred to in Title II
(a) Part 1, is eligible for the pursuit of a profession without professional supervision to the extent resulting from this Act after obtaining professional competence;
(b) Part 2 shall be eligible for the pursuit of an occupation without professional supervision to the extent resulting from this Act after having acquired specialised competence, unless otherwise specified below; the implementing legislation sets out the activities which a health professional is competent to carry out without professional supervision before obtaining specialised competence;
(c) Part 3, is not eligible for professional activity without professional supervision.
§ 4a
Discontinuation of the profession of health professional and other professional
(1) The professional, specialised or specific competence acquired in the pursuit of the profession of a health professional and the professional competence of another professional shall remain unaffected by the interruption of the profession.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, the exercise of the profession of a health professional or another professional worker shall be considered to be an interruption in the profession of a healthcare professional or another professional worker to a range lower than one fifth of the fixed weekly working hours, taken together from all the basic employment relationships where the type of work performed is the profession of a health professional or another professional.
(3) Where a health professional or another professional has interrupted the pursuit of the profession for a period of more than 6 years in total over the last 7 years, he shall be obliged to train immediately after the cessation of the profession within a period of at least 60 working days at the place of work of the health service provider providing health services in the profession of a health professional or other professional. The training shall take place under the guidance of a healthcare professional who is competent to work without professional supervision, who shall issue a certificate of the course and completion of the training.
(4) The completion of the training shall take place as a full-time course to the extent appropriate to the weekly working period specified). The training may also take place as an open-ended preparation of at least half of the fixed weekly working hours; the total length, level and quality shall not be lower than in the case of day-ahead training.
(5) The health service provider for which the completion of the training takes place maintains attendance documentation for the purposes of the training.

HLAVA II

PROHIBITION OF ELIGIBILITY OF HEALTH WORKER

Díl 1

A health professional qualified to pursue a medical profession without professional supervision after obtaining professional competence
§ 5
Professional competence to pursue the profession of general nurse
(1) Professional competence to pursue the profession of general nurse is acquired through the completion of
(a) at least three years of accredited medical bachelor studies for the preparation of general nurses;
(b) at least three years of study in the field of certified general nurse at higher education institutions;
(c) studies in the field of a certified general nurse at a higher education institution of at least one year, if it is a medical worker who has acquired professional competence in the profession of a practical nurse, a medical paramedic, a midwife or a pediatric nurse under § 5a (1) (a) or (b), if he has been admitted to a higher than the first year of education;
(d) higher education in the study programmes and studies of psychology - care for sick, pedagogy, nursing, pedagogy - care for sick, sick or teaching of vocational subjects for secondary education, if the first year of study was started no later than the academic year 2003 / 2004;
(e) a three-year study in the field of a certified pediatric nurse or a certified psychiatric nurse at higher education institutions, provided that the first-year course started no later than the 2003 / 04 school year;
(f) the general nurse at the secondary school of education, if the first year was started no later than the school year 2003 / 2004,
(g) a medical nurse, a pediatric nurse, a psychiatric nurse, an intensive care nurse, a female nurse or a midwife at a secondary school, if the first year was started no later than 1996 / 1997; or
(h) three years of study in the field of a certified midwife at higher education institutions, provided that the first year of study started no later than the school year 2003 / 2004.
(2) The provision of nursing care shall be considered to be the pursuit of the profession of general nurse. In addition, the general nurse, in cooperation with a doctor or dental practitioner, is involved in preventive, therapeutic, diagnostic, rehabilitation, palliative, urgent or dispensary care.
§ 5a
Professional competence to pursue the profession of nurse
(1) Professional competence to pursue the profession of nurse shall be acquired through the completion of:
(a) at least three years of accredited medical bachelor studies for the preparation of nurses;
(b) at least three years of study in the field of a certified child nurse at a higher education institution;
(c) studies in the field of a certified nurse in a higher education institution of at least one year, if it is a medical worker who has acquired professional competence in the profession of a practical nurse, a general nurse, a medical nurse or a midwife, who has been admitted to higher than the first year of education; or
(d) a children's nurse in a secondary medical school, if the first year was started in 1996 / 1997 at the latest.
(2) The provision of nursing care in children, including newborns, shall be considered as a nurse's profession. In addition, the child nurse, in cooperation with a doctor or dental practitioner, is involved in preventive, therapeutic, diagnostic, rehabilitation, palliative, urgent or dispensary care.
§ 6
Professional competence to pursue the profession of midwife
(1) Professional competence in the profession of midwife is acquired by the completion of the
(a) at least three years of accredited medical bachelor studies for the preparation of midwives;
(b) three years of study in the field of a certified midwife at higher education institutions, provided that the first year of study started no later than the school year 2003 / 2004;
(c) secondary school in the field of female nurse or midwife, if the first-year course was started no later than 1996 / 1997.
(2) The provision of health care in childbirth assistance shall be considered as the pursuit of the profession of midwife, that is to ensure the necessary supervision, provision of care and advice to women during pregnancy, childbirth and six weeks in the event of physiological development, the conduct of physiological delivery and the provision of childbirth care; Part of this medical care is also nursing care of a woman on the gyno section. Furthermore, the midwife, in cooperation with the doctor, is involved in preventive, medical, diagnostic, rehabilitation, palliative, immediate or dispensary care.
(3) Practical teaching in the field referred to in paragraph 1 (a) must be carried out in an accredited establishment.
§ 7
Professional competence to pursue the profession of ergotherapist
(1) Professional competence to pursue the profession of ergotherapist is acquired by completion
(a) the accredited medical bachelor's field of study for the preparation of ergotherapists;
(b) three-year studies in the field of certified ergotherapy at higher education institutions, provided that the first-year study was started no later than the school year 2004 / 2005;
(c) secondary medical schools in the field of ergotherapy, provided that the first-year course was started no later than the school year 1998 / 1999; or
(d) secondary medical school in the field of rehabilitation and post-graduate specialisation studies treatment of work, provided that the first year of study was started in the school year 2003 / 2004 at the latest.
(2) The profession of ergotherapist shall be considered as an activity in the field of preventive, diagnostic or therapeutic, rehabilitation and palliative care in the field of ergotherapy.
§ 8
Professional competence to pursue the profession of radiological assistant
(1) Professional competence in the pursuit of the profession of radiological assistant is acquired through the completion of:
(a) the accredited medical bachelor's degree for the preparation of radiological assistants;
(b) a three-year study in the field of certified radiological assistant at higher education institutions, provided that the first year of study was started no later than the school year 2004 / 2005; or
(c) secondary medical school in the field of radiological laboratory, if the first year of study was started in 1996 / 1997 at the latest.
(2) In particular, the performance of both radiological imaging and quantitative procedures, the treatment of ionising radiation and the specific nursing care provided in connection with radiological performance shall be considered to be the profession of radiological assistant. The radiological assistant carries out radiation protection activities in accordance with the special legislation8) and is involved in diagnostic and medical care in cooperation with the doctor. Activities of special importance for radiation protection may be carried out by a radiological assistant if it meets the requirements laid down in specific legislation8).
§ 9
Professional competence to pursue the profession of medical laboratory
(1) Professional competence in the profession of medical technician is acquired by completion
(a) the accredited Bachelor's Bachelor's Degree for the Preparation of Medical Laborants;
(b) at least three years of study in the field of certified medical technician at higher education institutions;
(c) the accredited Bachelor's field of study of science or at least three years of study in the field of science at higher vocational schools and the accredited qualification course of the laboratory method;
(d) the accredited Bachelor's field of study of science, electrotechnical or mathematical physics and the accredited qualification course of the laboratory method in the protection and promotion of public health or at least three years of study in the fields of science or electrical engineering at higher vocational schools and the accredited qualification course of the laboratory method in the protection and promotion of public health; or
(e) secondary medical school in the field of medical laboratory, provided that the first year of study started no later than the school year 2004 / 2005.
(2) A medical professional who has acquired professional qualifications in laboratory methods and in the preparation of medicinal products pursuant to Article 26 shall also have the professional competence to pursue the profession of a medical laboratory.
(3) A laboratory activity in the framework of diagnostic care and investigation and measurement of components of living and working conditions in the framework of the protection and promotion of public health in cooperation with a doctor and a professional in laboratory methods shall be considered to be an occupation of a health laboratory.
§ 10
Professional competence to pursue the profession of health professional
(1) Professional competence in the profession of health care worker is acquired by the completion of
(a) the accredited medical bachelor or master's degree in social studies;
(b) studies
1. in higher vocational schools in the fields or programmes of education aimed at social work and social pedagogy, social pedagogy, social and humanitarian work, social work, social legal activity, charity and social activity; or
2. universities in the fields of social work, social policy, social education, social care, social pathology, law or special education; and
an accredited health training course; the condition for the completion of an accredited qualification course does not apply if it is a person with competence to pursue the profession of general nurse, pediatric nurse, midwife or medical examiner,
(c) specialisation studies in the field of health care after the general nurse's proficiency in accordance with Section 5.
(2) The profession of health care worker shall be considered as a preventive, diagnostic, palliative and rehabilitation activity in the field of health care. Furthermore, the health care professional is involved in nursing care in the area of satisfying the patient's social needs.
§ 11
Professional competence for the profession of optometrist
(1) The professional competence to pursue the profession of optometrist is acquired by completion of
(a) the accredited medical bachelor's degree for the preparation of optometrists; or
(b) the accredited Bachelor's Optometry Study, if it was initiated not later than the school year 2005 / 2006.
(2) An optometrist's profession is considered to be an activity in the diagnosis and correction of eye refractive defects and advice and application of contact lenses.
§ 12
Professional competence to pursue the profession of orthoptist
(1) Professional competence in the pursuit of the profession of orthoptist is acquired by completion of
(a) the accredited medical bachelor's degree for the preparation of orthoptists;
(b) the field of study for the preparation of general nurses in accordance with § 5 and the post-graduate specialisation study of orthoptica- pleoptics, provided that the first year of the post-graduate specialisation course was started no later than the school year 2006 / 2007; or
(c) the field of study for the preparation of general nurses in accordance with Section 5 and long-term preparation in orthoptics and pleoptics, provided that the first year of the post-graduate specialisation course was started in 1994 at the latest.
(2) An orthoptist who has acquired the competence referred to in paragraph 1 (a) may pursue his profession without professional supervision after one year of the profession of orthoptist. Until then, he must pursue his profession only under the professional supervision of an orthoptist competent to pursue the profession without professional supervision or by a doctor with specialised competence in ophthalmology.
(3) The profession of orthoptist shall be considered as an activity in the framework of preventive, therapeutic and diagnostic care provided in cooperation with doctors to patients with motor or sensory eye disorders, and the prevention of such disorders.
§ 13
Professional competence to pursue the profession of public health assistant
(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) the accredited Bachelor's Bachelor's Degree for the preparation of public health protection and support assistants;
(b) studies in the field of certified assistant health services at higher education institutions, provided that the first-year course was started no later than the school year 2004 / 2005;
(c) the accredited Bachelor's field of study of science, electrotechnical or mathematical physics and the accredited qualification course protection and promotion of public health or at least three years of study in the fields of science or electrical engineering at higher vocational schools and the accredited qualification course protection and promotion of public health; or
(d) secondary medical school in the field of assistant health services, if the first year was started in 1996 / 1997 at the latest.
(2) An activity relating to the exercise of national health surveillance in the framework of the protection and promotion of public health under specific legislation9 shall be considered to be the pursuit of the profession of public health assistant. The performance of the State Health Supervision 9) is not considered to be the profession of assistant for the protection and promotion of public health. Furthermore, the Assistant for the Protection and Promotion of Public Health, in cooperation with the Doctor, shall perform the tasks of preventing disease and protecting and promoting public health.
§ 14
Professional competence to pursue the profession of ortho-protetics
(1) Professional competence in the pursuit of the profession of orthototics is acquired by completion of
(a) accredited medical bachelor studies for the preparation of orthototics;
(b) secondary medical schools in the field of orthopaedic and prosthetics techniques or other secondary vocational schools of orthopaedic and prosthetics, provided that the first-year course was started no later than the school year 2004 / 2005; or
(c) a retraining course accredited under the specific legislation9a) in the field of the preparation of orthototics, provided that the first-year study was started by the end of 2007 at the latest.
(2) The profession of ortho-protetics is considered to be an activity in the framework of therapeutic and rehabilitation care in which, in cooperation with a doctor, it proposes, produces, modifies, corrects and applies individually manufactured orthopaedic and prosthetic aids. In addition, an orthopedic prosthetic may, in cooperation with a physician, adjust and apply serial orthopaedic and prosthetic devices.
§ 15
Professional competence to pursue the profession of nutritional therapist
(1) Professional competence to pursue the profession of nutritional therapist is acquired through the completion of
(a) the accredited medical bachelor's degree for the preparation of nutritional therapists;
(b) a three-year study in the field of a certified diet nurse at higher education institutions, provided that the first year of study was started no later than the school year 2004 / 2005;
(c) at least three years of study in the field of certified nutritional therapists at higher education institutions; or
(d) secondary medical school in the field of diet nurse, if the first year of study was started no later than the school year 2004 / 2005.
(2) The profession of nutritional therapist shall be considered as a preventive care activity on the section of clinical nutrition and specific nursing care aimed at meeting nutritional needs. In addition, the nutritional therapist, in cooperation with the doctor, is involved in therapeutic and diagnostic care in the field of clinical nutrition.
§ 16
Professional competence to pursue the profession of dental technician
(1) Professional competence in the exercise of the profession of dental technician is acquired by completion
(a) at least three years of study in the field of certified dental technicians in higher medical schools; or
(b) secondary medical schools in the field of dental technician, dental technician for the hearing impaired or dental technician, provided that the first-year study started no later than the school year 2004 / 2005.
(2) The profession of dental technician shall be considered as an activity in the framework of therapeutic and preventive care, whereby, on the basis of the indication and the design of the dental practitioner, all types of dental products, including dental prostheses and orthodontic aids, are produced, modified and repaired.
§ 17
Professional competence to pursue the profession of dental hygienist
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CitationAct No. 96 / 2004 Coll., on the conditions of acquisition and recognition of competence for the pursuit of non-medical medical professions and for the pursuit of activities related to the provision of medical care and the amendment of certain related laws (Law on non-medical medical professions)
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CollectionCode of Laws
Date of Promulgation03.03.2004
Effective from01.04.2004
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