Study of the Legal Liability of Pharmaceutical Workers During the Professional Activity in Ukraine
Today, the issue of the liability of specialists in healthcare system is debatable in the medical and legal context and requires better legislative regulation, since it is a measure to ensure the life, safety and health of citizens. In this regard, the aim of the study was to investigate the responsibility of pharmaceutical workers in their professional activities. During study, legal acts that regulate the professional responsibilities of pharmaceutical workers in Ukraine were established It has been determined that for violations of the health care legislation of Ukraine, specialists in this field are subject to criminal, administrative and civil liability, in particular, administrative liability is provided by Articles 42-4, 44, 44-2, 167, 168-1, 170 of the Administrative Offenses Code of Ukraine; criminal liability - by articles 131, 140, section XIII (articles 305-327) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine; civil law - chapter 21 (articles 281-293), chapter 82 of the Civil Code of Ukraine. Also found that the cases brought to the legal pharmaceutical professionals in the professional activity are unitary and identified the main causes of their occurrence, which include insufficient awareness of health professionals of legal responsibility in their professional activities, insufficient regulation of prescription drugs at the state level, imperfect legislative regulation of the professional activities of pharmaceutical workers, their competence, certain provisions of the current legislation, the complexity of the investigation of offenses in the provision of medical or pharmaceutical assistance, the lack of implementation of the basic norms of the Ethical Code of pharmaceutical workers of Ukraine at the legislative level.