Course detail

Health Legislation and Law

FEKT-BPC-ZLPAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course deals with ethics and law in health care, consent and compliance in healthcare, civil, administrative and criminal responsibility in health care, confidentiality as protection of privacy, the interpretation of eligibility for non-medical professions biomedical technicians and engineers. Discusses public and private funding in health, the issue medical materials medical law and ethics research, assisted reproduction, abortion and euthanasia.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Oto Janoušek, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Biomedical Engineering (UBMI)

Entry knowledge

Student who writes this article should be able to discuss the basics of the legal conscious citizens, ethics, accountability, abortion, euthanasia and health organization.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Classified credit with a rating of 0 - 100 points. Seminar classes are compulsory, duly excused missed seminars can be replaced after agreement with the teacher. 

 

Aims

The aim of the course is to provide students with basic knowledge of the structure of law in health care, legal liability in health, privacy, confidentiality, organization and employment in health, health financing, health care materials and research issues of life and death.



The student is able to:
- discuss the basic principles of law and ethics in health care,
- explain the meaning of agreement and consensus in health care,
- interpret the concepts of obligation to care and forced in health care,
- describe the civil, administrative and criminal law liability in health care,
- explain privacy confidentiality in health care,
- discuss conditions of employment for technicians in health care,
- describe the conditions of work with sanitary material,
- explain ethics and law in health care research,
- discuss the terms of abortion and euthanasia.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Císařová D.: Trestní právo a zdravotnictví. Lexis Nexis, 2005 (CS)
Haškovcová H.: Lékařská etika. Galén, 2002 (CS)
Křepelka F. : Evropské zdravotnické právo. Lexis Nexis, 2004 (CS)
Schelle K.: Základy práva. Eurolex Bohemia, 2006 (CS)
Stolinová J., Mach J.: Právní odpovědnost ve zdravotnictví. Galén, 1998 (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-BTB Bachelor's 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Oto Janoušek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Fundamentals of the law, legal system. Laws and legal standards. Legal relationship.
The Czech legal system, fundamentals of private law. The European legal system.
Non-medical jobs, atestations, staff register.
The medical workplace, characteristics, hygienic standards. Ergonomy.
Waste and waste management, management of toxic and infectious waste.
Organisation and technique of mental work.

Seminar

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Oto Janoušek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Concept and significance of the law. The legal system, types of legal standards, legal relationship.
The Czech constitutional law. Fundamentals of the private law. The European law, European citizenship.
Acquisition of qualifications for non-medical jobs in health service, qualification courses.
Atestations, certificates, staff register
Atestations, register, recognition of EU qualifications.
Characteristics of the workplace, hygienic limit sof the microclimate and physical fields
Ergonomy and requirements for the workplace with computers
Waste management strategy in health service.