bp4858 Law and administrative work in healthcare

Faculty of Sports Studies
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Michal Koščík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Bc. Michal Koščík, Ph.D.
Department of Physical Activities and Health Sciences – Faculty of Sports Studies
Supplier department: Department of Physical Activities and Health Sciences – Faculty of Sports Studies
Prerequisites (in Czech)
BOZP_OK(bozp_po_stud) && BOZP_OK(bozp_po_stud_fsps)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objective of the subject is to make student familiar with the with legal regulation on the provision of health services and the performance of the medical professions. The second goal is to acquaint the student with the role of selected public authorities in the field of health care and public health insurance. Learn about leadership in outpatient medical records and the ways of management and archiving of medical documentation, in the form of expert opinions and the rights of those who can look into the documentation.
Learning outcomes
After the completing of the subject, the student knows:
- patient's rights;
- the issues covered by the Law on Health Services;
- the roles and competences of respective public institutions active in the health sector;
- the most important labor law rules.
Syllabus
  • Law:
  • 01. The system of law in the Czech Republic, the method of regulation of health care, the most important legal regulations from the point of view of a medical practitioner. Searching for up-to-date information and legal standards.
  • 02. Act on Health Services - Systematic and Relationship to Other Legal Standards, Act on Specific Health Services - Systematic.
  • 03. Patient's Rights, Rights of Specially Protected Patients - Children and the Disabled, Patient and Patient Relationship at Contract Level, Patient Rights for Specific Health Services.
  • 04. Informed consent, disagreement with the provision of health services, reversal, refusal to provide health care by the provider and the health care professional.
  • 05. Confidentiality, privacy, handling of personal data, communication with relatives and close persons, rules of communication with public authorities in questions about patient information.
  • 06. Legal liability in healthcare.
  • 07. Performance of public administration in the field of health. Competencies of individual public authorities and self-governing institutions.
  • 08. Financing of health care and health insurance issues. Claims of the insured.
  • 09. The role of the health service provider, prerequisites for the provision of health services, the obligations of the provider. Provider's contractual relationships.
  • 10. Performance of regulated professions, legislation and qualifications.
  • 11. Labor law, shift scheduling, Health and safety standards.
  • Administrative work in health care:
  • 01. Outpatient documentation, documentation during hospitalization.
  • 02. Medical report, orders for professional examinations.
  • 03. Consultant at surgery and diagnostic tests.
  • 04. List of medical performances with point values.
  • 05. Protection of medical records, expert opinions.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • ŠÍMA, Alexander and Milan SUK. Základy práva pro střední a vyšší odborné školy. 16. doplněné vydání. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2019, xviii, 438. ISBN 9788074007552. info
  • ŠUSTEK, Petr and Tomáš HOLČAPEK. Zdravotnické právo. Vydání první. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2016, 850 stran. ISBN 9788075523211. info
Teaching methods
tutorials
Assessment methods
Active participation in seminars, written midterm test is successful for 75 or more percentage points.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://www.fsps.muni.cz/impact/pravo-ve-zdravotnictvi/
The course is also listed under the following terms spring 2024.
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