RIGHTS TO MEDICAL SERVICES AND TREATMENT

21.05.2021. Decision on Ancillary Complaint of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-974/2021 Activity of closed-type or medical treatment institutional pharmacies; Borders of the constitutional review of the legal norm

12.04.2021. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-156/2021 Decision on compensation for the prejudice from the Medical Treatment Risk Fund as compulsory administrative act

2021. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-[A]/2021 Forensic psychiatric expert-examination conducted for the purposes of criminal proceedings is not a medical treatment in the meaning of the Medical Treatment Law; Subjective right to claim reimbursement from the Medical Risk Fund for the harm caused by a diagnosis set within a forensic psychiatric expert-examination

28.08.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-1102/2020 Calculation of amount of money to be repaid to the State budget for medical internship; Consideration of the time worked proportionally when calculating the amount of money to be repaid to the State budget for the medical internship - training of a resident (doctor), if the person has not worked in the Latvian medical treatment institution for three years after the end of the medical internship; Content of the principle of objective investigation and the limits of this principle

28.08.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-1102/2020 Calculation of amount of money to be repaid to the State budget for medical internship; Consideration of the time worked proportionally when calculating the amount of money to be repaid to the State budget for the medical internship - training of a resident (doctor), if the person has not worked in the Latvian medical treatment institution for three years after the end of the medical internship; Content of the principle of objective investigation and the limits of this principle

28.08.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-1059/2020 Reclaiming funds used for the medical internship - training of a resident (doctor)

20.11.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-1002/2020 Assistive aids to be used for the assessment of doctor’s behavior

24.03.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-790/2020 Unprofessional behavior by medical practitioners or inappropriate circumstances during medical treatment as a precondition for the compensation from the Medical Treatment Risk Fund; Responsibility of the medical practitioners to provide the patient with information that ensures receipt of informed consent; Charging to the doctor’s unprofessional behavior of the potential and expected consequences of surgery; Determination of the severity of the damages caused to the person

24.03.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-790/2020 Unprofessional behavior by medical practitioners or inappropriate circumstances during medical treatment as a precondition for the compensation from the Medical Treatment Risk Fund; Responsibility of the medical practitioners to provide the patient with information that ensures receipt of informed consent; Charging to the doctor’s unprofessional behavior of the potential and expected consequences of surgery; Determination of the severity of the damages caused to the person

24.03.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-790/2020 Unprofessional behavior by medical practitioners or inappropriate circumstances during medical treatment as a precondition for the compensation from the Medical Treatment Risk Fund; Responsibility of the medical practitioners to provide the patient with information that ensures receipt of informed consent; Charging to the doctor’s unprofessional behavior of the potential and expected consequences of surgery; Determination of the severity of the damages caused to the person

23.03.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-421/2020 Obligation of the court to obtain all possible evidence to recognize the existence of a causal relationship in the case of a claim for compensation from the Medical Treatment Risk Fund; Borders of the competence of the administrative courts in determination of amount of compensation to be paid from the Medical Treatment Risk Fund

23.03.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-421/2020 Obligation of the court to obtain all possible evidence to recognize the existence of a causal relationship in the case of a claim for compensation from the Medical Treatment Risk Fund; Borders of the competence of the administrative courts in determination of amount of compensation to be paid from the Medical Treatment Risk Fund

03.03.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-167/2020 Interpretation of the criterion of „drugstore operating in premises which have been accepted for service”; Interpretation of the condition „well-grounded written proposal from another authority concerning the suspension of a license”; Cancellation of the pharmacy special permit (license) because of distribution of medicinal products without license; Obligation of the court to motivate its judgment; Right of the Court to extend the term of the drawing up the judgment in the written procedure

03.03.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-167/2020 Interpretation of the criterion of „drugstore operating in premises which have been accepted for service”; Interpretation of the condition „well-grounded written proposal from another authority concerning the suspension of a license”; Cancellation of the pharmacy special permit (license) because of distribution of medicinal products without license; Obligation of the court to motivate its judgment; Right of the Court to extend the term of the drawing up the judgment in the written procedure

03.03.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-167/2020 Interpretation of the criterion of „drugstore operating in premises which have been accepted for service”; Interpretation of the condition „well-grounded written proposal from another authority concerning the suspension of a license”; Cancellation of the pharmacy special permit (license) because of distribution of medicinal products without license; Obligation of the court to motivate its judgment; Right of the Court to extend the term of the drawing up the judgment in the written procedure

06.11.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-41/2020 Limits of the right of a medical practitioner or institution to provide patient personal data to the State Police; Obligation of confidentiality of the medical practitioners; Importance of clarity and predictability of the rules granting medical practitioners right to provide information regarding the patient for other non-medical purposes

06.11.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-41/2020 Limits of the right of a medical practitioner or institution to provide patient personal data to the State Police; Obligation of confidentiality of the medical practitioners; Importance of clarity and predictability of the rules granting medical practitioners right to provide information regarding the patient for other non-medical purposes

27.11.2020. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-18/2020 Compensation of expenses for health care services received in the EU, EEA Member State and Switzerland and the system of prior authorization in cases when the health care service is available in Latvia but mismatch to the person’s religious beliefs

23.10.2019. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-534/2019 Conditions to be evaluated and determination of the amount of compensation from the Medical Treatment Risk Fund

26.06.2019. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-453/2019 Distribution of the obligation of proof between the person and Health Inspectorate in the dispute regarding compensation from the Medical Treatment Risk Fund; Standard of proof in determining causation in cases regarding the right of the patient to compensation from the Medical Treatment Risk Fund

26.06.2019. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-453/2019 Distribution of the obligation of proof between the person and Health Inspectorate in the dispute regarding compensation from the Medical Treatment Risk Fund; Standard of proof in determining causation in cases regarding the right of the patient to compensation from the Medical Treatment Risk Fund

26.09.2019. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-294/2019 Right of a family doctor to delegate a specific type of medical manipulation to a doctor’s assistant or medical nurse

07.12.2018. Decision on Ancillary Complain of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-859/2018 Acceptance of the inheritance as precondition for granting compensation from the Medical Treatment Risk Fund for damage to the health of the deceased patient

21.09.2018. Judgment of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-151/2018 Legal nature of the opinion of the Health Inspectorate

30.11.2017. Decision on Ancillary Complain of the Department of Administrative Cases No SKA-1568/2017 Refusal to provide information on the state of health of the patient shall not be examined in administrative process

03.11.2017. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No. SKA-1395/2017 Court evaluation in the examination process for assigned disability group

28.06.2017. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-819/2017 Legal nature of a decision on withhold of payments adopted as a result of Health Inspectorate’s examination

05.07.2017. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-48/2017 Imposition of a fine in provision of health care services paid by the state

13.05.2016. Decision of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-889/2016 Procedure of examination of complaints on treatment processes

31.03.2016. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases, case No SKA-25/2016 Necessity for receipt of advance permit to receive planned health care services in other Member State of the European Union

08.07.2010. Decision of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-635/2010 Provision of access to a disabled person to a medical institution; actual action of a medical institution

26.06.2008. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-155/2008 Legal character of an action of a hospital, not informing an individual about virus antibodies identified in his/her blood; obligations and action of the State Agency  „Sabiedrības veselības aģentūra” in field of epidemiological safety 

14.01.2008. Judgement of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Senate, case No SKA-5/2008 The State has an obligation to admit change of a gender of an individual according to totality of features characteristic to particular gender (biological criteria, look, build, psychology and social behaviour) to avoid situations, when an individual experiences differences between his/her actual gender (inter alia, its perception in society) and legal status