Article 8. State Health Care System

The State health care system shall include the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional and Tashkent city health care management bodies, and their district and city subdivisions. The State health care system shall also include curative and preventive institutions, scientific research institutions, educational organizations that train and retrain medical and pharmaceutical personnel, pharmaceutical enterprises and organizations, sanitary and preventive institutions, forensic medical examination institutions, enterprises producing medicines, medical products and medical equipment, as well as other enterprises, institutions and organizations whose primary activity is related to the protection of citizensʼ health, provided that they are State-owned and subordinate to the management bodies of the State health care system.

The clinics of scientific research institutes, curative and preventive institutions and pharmacies established by ministries, departments, State institutions and organizations shall also form part of the State health care system.

Curative and preventive institutions of the State health care system shall provide free medical care to the population within the scope guaranteed by the State. The scope and procedure of such free medical care shall be determined by legislation.

Medical and other services provided in excess of the State-guaranteed scope of medical care shall be considered additional services and shall be paid for by the population in accordance with the established procedure.