What Healthcare Law Is in Georgia
The foundation of the Georgian healthcare-law system is the Law of Georgia on Medical Activity, and the law's introductory chapter — purpose, scope of regulation, legislative framework and definitions — is the constitutional layer of the entire field. The law's purpose is defined by its elements: ensuring appropriate professional education and practical training of the subject of independent medical activity; establishing proper state supervision over that professional activity; protecting the subject's rights; and establishing the medical standards and ethical norms recognised in the country — ultimately, for the purpose of highly qualified medical services for the population.
The scope of regulation is precisely drawn: the law regulates legal relations between the subject of independent medical activity, the paramedic and state authorities, natural persons and legal persons. The law's operation thus extends along three axes — the professional subject, the state and the patient — and it is precisely this triangle that defines every subsequent institution of healthcare law.