Topical issues of legal regulation of licensing requirements in the field of medical activity
The main direction of reforming the domestic healthcare system is to improve the quality of providing Russian citizens with medical care, various medical services in the field of business relations in this area. Considering the fact that in our country the principle of freedom of economic relations is enshrined and regulated by constitutional norms, the mechanisms that are involved in this area should work smoothly and meet the needs of the modern development of Russian society. One of such mechanisms, which is aimed at regulating economic relations in the healthcare sector, is the licensing of medical activities. Based on the analysis of normative acts and materials of law enforcement practice, the article deals with problematic issues related to some licensing requirements for the medical activities of a license applicant and a licensee, their application by licensing and supervisory authorities. The main attention is focused on the problems that arise in the implementation of licensing control of licensees-medical organizations and in the licensing of license applicants. Increasing the efficiency of regulatory regulation of the licensing of medical activities is one of the directions for a full-fledged reform of both the healthcare system and, in general, the reform of the current legislation, which aims, among other things, to bring control and supervision functions in the area under consideration to uniformity.