The law enters into force on February 15, 2024, and on that date new obligations will arise for health care providers.
According to Article 3(1) of the Law, the specific safeguards against the risks of sexual crime referred to in Article 1 are "the obligations of employers and other organizers in activities related to the upbringing, education, recreation, treatment, provision of psychological counseling, spiritual development, sports or the pursuit of other interests by minors, or the care of minors, and of employees and other persons admitted to such activities."
In addition, in accordance with the referenced law, the Law of May 13, 2016 on Countering the Threat of Sexual Crime was amended, which also requires entities working with children, including those engaged in activities related to the treatment and care of minors, to have standards for the protection of minors.
At the outset, it should be emphasized that the development of the Standards for the Protection of Minors touches basically every entity providing health services, including individual practices in the medical profession. It can be pointed out, of course, that there are some entities that do not come into contact with children in their practice. This could be assumed, for example, in the case of nursing and treatment facilities whose object i...
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