Course Details

1. Identify the nature and the role of the Legislative, the ethical and moral rules in the health sector and how they are implemented.
2. Describe the current system of public and private health sector and explain the prospective of implementation of a General Health System.
3. Understand the Nursing and Midwifery law of 1988, as amended to date.
4. List the Rights of Patients under the Registration of Patients' Rights Law.
5. List the principles of the law of negligence.
6. Explain the regulatory framework in childbirth and abortion, clinical research studies and euthanasia.

Introduction: Differences between various legislative and ethical regulation.

Basic principles of law and ethics the Meaning of Duty, diligence, negligence, contract, right, and obligation.

The legislative responsibility. Jurisdiction of the Executive and the sources of law.

The State Powers: The role of law within States. The sources of Law within the Republic

The legislative process: Explaining deontological rules and understanding the extent of their practical application.

Introduction to Health Legislation: The structure of current health system.

The administration of Public and Private hospitals.

The role of Supervisory, Regulatory and Professional Bodies in Public Health.

Introduction in proposed amendments of the General Health System.

The role and operation of the Statutory bodies under the Nursing Law.

The prerequisites for registration under the relevant legislation.

Offences under the relevant Law. The Rights of Patients under the Rights of Patients Act.

The expected compliance with the legislative provisions of the Rights of Patients Act.

The responsible bodies and procedures under the Rights of Patients Act.

The Law of Negligence and the duty of care.

Issues in Bioethics and practical application in Nursing: Differences between various legislative and ethical regulation.

Basic principles of law and ethics. The Meaning of Duty, diligence,right, and obligation, Beneficence and Non Maleficence.

The Principle of Respect of Patients Autonomy. Capacity and Standard of Capacity of Autonomous Choices.

The meaning and Law of Informed Consent, Disclosure and the standard of Disclosure, understanding and applicable waivers

Birth giving and Abortion and related aspects in Law: Involved Rights, the meaning of Person and Life in law.

Clinical Research and their rational.

• Εγκόλπιο Ενοποιημένης Νομοθεσίας περί Υγείας

• Ο περί Νοσηλευτικής και Μαιευτικής Νόμος του 1988, ως τροποποιήθηκε μέχρι σήμερα.
• Ο περί της Κατοχύρωσης και της Προστασίας των Δικαιωμάτων των Ασθενών Νόμος του 2005 Ν. 1(I)/2005
• Ο περί Προστασίας Δεδομένων Προσωπικού Χαρακτήρα (Προστασία του Ατόμου) Νόμος του 2001, ως τροποποιήθηκε μέχρι σήμερα.
• Ο περί Ασφάλειας και Υγείας Στην Εργασία Νόμος του 1996 ως τροποποιήθηκε μέχρι σήμερα.
• Ο περί Γενικού Συστήματος Υγείας Νόμος του 2001, ως τροποποιήθηκε μέχρι σήμερα.
• Ο περί Ιδιωτικών Νοσηλευτηρίων (Έλεγχος Ίδρυσης και Λειτουργίας) Νόμος του 2001, ως τροποποιήθηκε μέχρι σήμερα.
• Ο περί Οδοντιάτρων Νόμος Κεφ. 249 και ο περί Οδοντιάτρων (Σύλλογοι, Πειθαρχία και Ταμείο Συντάξεως) Νόμος του 1968 ως τροποποιήθηκαν μέχρι σήμερα.
• Ο περί Ιατρών Νόμος Κεφ. 250 και ο περί Ιατρών (Σύλλογοι, Πειθαρχία και Ταμείο Συντάξεως) Νόμος του 1967, ως τροποποιήθηκαν μέχρι σήμερα.
• Ο περί Αστικών Αδικημάτων Νόμος Κεφ.147

The course is delivered to the students by means of lectures, conducted with the help of computer-based presentations.
Lecture notes and presentations are available through the web for students to use in combination with the textbooks.