Services using laser technology - where to start and what to remember

Practitioners who decide to start their own private practice using laser technology are faced with the question of obtaining a license. This often puts a specialist who has received a medical education into a dead end, and sometimes is a stumbling block on the way to achieving the goal.

Experienced medical law professionals make it easy to obtain a license and provide advice on how to conduct the workflow, taking into account the legal nuances that can protect a specialist.

Managing partner, specialist in medical, corporate and commercial law Antonina Nizhnik agreed to answer the most pressing questions that concern private practitioners and beauty salon managers.

In the article estet-portal.com you can learn in detail the procedure for obtaining a license to practice medicine and get information about the need to obtain informed consent for treatment.

Who is eligible to provide services using laser technology

А.N.: It is impossible to give a universal answer to this question. Those laser devices that are medical equipment (according to the documentation attached to them) can only be used if the service provider has a medical education. A license to practice medicine confirms the right to use laser technology in work.

Obtaining a license to practice medicine – an affordable and easy way to stay safe and competitive.

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How to get the coveted license to practice medicine

A.N.: We have divided the process of obtaining a license to practice medicine into 5 public steps:

1.    Search for premises.
The premises for the provision of services must meet certain requirements: be non-residential, have a separate entrance, have an appropriate area, etc.

2.    Equipment of the room.
The list of equipment depends on the specialty of the doctor and the services provided.

3.    Personnel search.
Personnel must meet uniform qualification requirements, for example, a doctor must have a certificate and / or certificate of qualification category.

4.    Appeal to the State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection – the body that issues the Act of the sanitary and epidemiological examination of the premises.  In some regions, acts are also issued by territorial departments of laboratory centers of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. All parameters of the premises, compliance with sanitary and epidemiological rules and regulations, state building codes are taken into account.

Supplement No. 2 to the Licensing Terms «Information of the sub’state of the state of the material and technical base, reporting to personnel from the assigned lighting and qualification level». A package of documents (Statements, application and inventory) are submitted to the Ministry of Health, which are considered within 10 days and, in the absence of comments, a License is issued.

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This question is very broad. Liability depends on the extent of the harm done to the patient or the area in which the violation was committed. The maximum possible responsibility of the specialist providing services with the help of the laser – criminal.

It should be remembered that the specialist can protect himself by issuing the patient's informed consent for treatment. The signing of this document implies that the patient is informed about the procedure, requirements and possible complications after the manipulation.

Informed consent to treatment – guarantor of legal security

Voluntary consent forms for treatment:

Form No. 003-6 / o “informed the patient's voluntary status for the diagnosis, examination for the operation and the disease” is included in the list of mandatory documentation that the licensee must maintain. It cannot be expanded in text by adding features of the procedure, etc.

More extended, detailed, adapted to the specifics of work according to the services provided. Contains the most complete information about the service, risks and possible complications. Designed to protect the licensee and inform the patient.
The form data is complementary. The signing by the patient of a mandatory and self-designed form of informed voluntary consent protects the licensee in legal terms.

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