LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

of October 27, 2005 No. 263-XVI

About the rights and responsibility of the patient

The Parliament adopts this organic law.

Chapter 1 General provisions

Article 1. The purpose of this law and the used concepts

(1) the Purpose of this law is strengthening of fundamental human rights in health care system, providing respect of advantage and integrity of organism of the patient, and also increase in extent of participation of persons in decision making concerning health care.

(2) For the purpose of this law the following concepts are used:

the patient (the receiver of medical services) - the physical person which is needing medical services, who addressed for them or using them, irrespective of state of his health, or voluntarily participating as the subject in biomedical researches;

the patient's rights - the rights derivative of fundamental human rights to life and health which include the social rights connected with availability, justice and quality of receipt of medical care and also the individual rights concerning providing respect of the personality, advantage and integrity of organism of the patient, realized when using of medical services or in connection with its voluntary participation as the subject in biomedical researches;

the legal representative of the patient - person who according to the law, can represent the interests of the minor patient or patient concerning whom the judicial measure of protection is established without power of attorney;

the close relative - person who is in the related relations with the patient (parents, children, brothers and sisters, the grandfather, the grandmother), including the husband (wife) who in recent years more all contacted to him or was appointed the patient when it was capable, to represent its interests in the relations established by this law;

guarantee of the rights of the patient - system of the obligations established by the legal acts providing realization of the rights and responsibility of the patient;

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