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Health services and health care personnel are regulated by current legislation. The most important acts of relevance to the health sector are the following:
- Health Personnel Act
- Patients’ Rights Act
- Patient Injury Act
- Specialized Health Services Act
- Municipal Health Services Act
- Health Authorities and Health Trusts
- Communicable Diseases Act
- Health Services Supervision Act
- Mental Health Care Act
- Dental Health Services Act
- Tobacco Act
- Pharmacy Act
- Medicinal Products Act
- Abortion Act
- Public Administration Act
- Freedom of Information Act
Social services are regulated by current legislation. The most important acts of relevance to the social sector are the following:
- Social Services Act
- Health and Social Emergency Preparedness Act
Supervision of health services and health care personnel is regulated by the Health Services Supervision Act.
Supervision of social services is regulated by the Social Services Act.
English translations of the following Acts and regulations are available on the website of the Ministry of Health and Care Services (please note that these translations are unofficial, and that not all the translations are updated with the latest changes to the Acts):
English translations of the following Acts are also available:
Below is a link to a list of acts relating to health an social services, giving both the full names and the short names in Norwegian and English:
Updated 2. March 2006
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