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Types of personnel 
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| doctors | Excluding dentists. The practice of the medical profession consists in the provision of health services by a person possessing the required qualifications, in particular: examination of health status, diagnosis and prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of patients, providing medical advice, as well as issuing opinions and medical certificates. (Act of 5 December 1996 on the professions of a doctor and dentist, consolidated text: Journal of Laws of 2005 No. 226, item 1943). |
| dentists | Dentist (up to 31 May 2004 – a stomatologist) – a person who has required qualifications, confirmed by appropriate documents, to perform the profession of a dentist, which consists of providing services specified in item 1, in the scope of teeth, oral cavity, facial part of the skull and adjacent area. The Act of 5 December 1996 on the Profession of Doctor and Dentist, consolidated text: Journal of Laws of 2011 No. 277, item 1634 with subsequent amendments. |
; Sex; Form of ownership
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| public institutions | According to the Act from 30 August 1991 on health care establishments (Journal of Laws, No. 91, item 408 with later amendments) health care establishments are split into public and non-public. The PUBLIC health care establishment can be established by a minister or a central body of government administration, a voivode, a territorial self-government unit, a State-owned medical higher school or a State-owned higher school performing teaching and research in the domain of medical sciences. |
| non-public institutions | According to the Act from 30 August 1991 on health care establishments (Journal of Laws, No. 91, item 408 with later amendments) health care establishments are split into public and non-public. The NONPUBLIC health care establishment can be established by a church or an association of religion, professional self-government or association, a company without the status of legal person, and other domestic and foreign legal person or natural person. |
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