The Law on Health Protection of Citizens - Generic

The basic principles of state policy in the field of public health protection in the Kyrgyz Republic are: 1) respect for the rights of citizens to health protection and non-discrimination in the provision of medical care, taking into account the age and gender needs of various social groups and ensuring social protection in the event of loss of health by citizens; 2) accessibility of medical and sanitary-preventive care for all groups of the population, creation of equal opportunities for persons with disabilities in receiving medical care; 3) development of the healthcare sector in accordance with the needs of all groups of the population by forming a comprehensive integrated system of medical care and creating equal conditions for the functioning of healthcare organizations, regardless of their form of ownership; 4) free/preferential use by citizens of medical and sanitary-preventive care within the framework of the State Guarantees Program; 5) responsibility of citizens for maintaining and strengthening their health, the health of their children, parents and other persons; 6) scientific validity of medical and sanitary measures; 7) preventive focus of healthcare with the formation of a commitment to a healthy lifestyle among the population with the active participation of the population and public organizations in resolving healthcare issues; 8) responsibility of state authorities and local governments, legal entities and officials for failure to provide state guarantees in maintaining and strengthening the health of citizens; 9) responsibility of persons providing medical and sanitary care for failure to provide its safety and quality; 10) voluntary donation of blood and its components, as well as a guarantee of maintaining health and respect for the rights of the donor when performing the donor function, with the provision of state guarantees and social protection; 11) priority of observance of human rights and freedoms in the implementation of sexual and reproductive rights; 12) the focus of state programs on improving the demographic development of the Kyrgyz Republic; 13) implementation of generally recognized principles and norms of international law, as well as international obligations of the Kyrgyz Republic.

1. Health promotion, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation services must be available to the rural population at all levels of rural healthcare.
2. To ensure the availability of primary health care and specialized medical care at the level of rural healthcare, groups of family doctors and feldsher-midwife stations, emergency medical care, mobile medical complexes and means of providing remote medical services are used close to the population.
3. When planning the volume of medical care for rural healthcare, geographical remoteness, population density, demographic indicators, characteristics of age and gender composition and other criteria affecting the availability of medical care are taken into account.
4. Ensuring the availability of medical care for the rural population at all levels of medical care is carried out by the authorized body in the field of healthcare.

1. Citizens, regardless of gender, race, age, ethnicity, language, disability, marital status, religion, political or other beliefs, education, origin, property or other status, place of residence in the Kyrgyz Republic, have an inalienable right to health protection, which is ensured by:
1) protection of the natural environment, creation of favorable conditions for work, life, recreation, education and training of citizens, production and sale of safe food products and medicines;
2) provision of equal opportunities in the implementation of the right to receive medical and sanitary care in state healthcare organizations, as well as medical and social assistance from individuals engaged in private medical practice;
3) provision of medical and sanitary care to citizens throughout the territory of the republic;
4) granting the right to protect their lives and health;
5) granting citizens the right to freely choose a family doctor, general practitioner, as well as to choose a treating physician in hospitals;
6) providing free and preferential medical care under the State Guarantees Program and providing medicines included in the list of vital medicines in the amount approved by the Cabinet of Ministers;
7) providing emergency and urgent medical care for medical reasons;
8) providing information on preventive medicine, hygiene, and the formation of a healthy lifestyle taking into account age and gender characteristics;
9) granting other rights stipulated by the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic.
2. Citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic infected with HIV have the right to adopt children equally with other citizens and to use assisted reproductive methods and technologies.

1. Foreign citizens located in the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic, stateless persons permanently residing in the Kyrgyz Republic, and refugees are guaranteed the right to health protection in accordance with the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic in the field of health care, basic state and compulsory health insurance and international treaties of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2. The procedure for providing medical and sanitary assistance to foreign citizens, stateless persons and refugees is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.

1. Citizens have the right to humane, respectful treatment, non-discrimination and confidentiality in the provision of medical care and to maintain medical secrecy.
2. Citizens have the right to regularly receive reliable and timely information about factors that contribute to the preservation of health or have a harmful effect on it.
3. Citizens have the right to receive information about the nature of the disease, the methods of diagnosis and treatment used in accordance with medical ethics.

1. Everyone has the right to comprehensive, accessible sexual and reproductive health services as an integral part of health care.
2. Citizens, regardless of their marital status, have the right to control and make a free, responsible decision regarding the number of children, the time of their birth, the intervals between births, including the use of modern methods of birth control.
3. Citizens have the right to access existing safe technologies for the protection of reproductive health, including contraception, family planning, termination of pregnancy, as well as diagnosis and treatment for infertility, sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV.
4. Citizens have the right to use artificial insemination methods: insemination, implantation and in vitro fertilization.
5. Citizens, regardless of medical indications and marital status, have the right to parenthood using the method of surrogacy.
6. Citizens have the right to cryopreservation and storage of their reproductive cells, reproductive organ tissues and embryos. The spouse, father, mother, children, siblings have the right to use stored reproductive cells for the purpose of reproduction in the event of the death of the person.
7. Adult citizens, somatically and mentally healthy, who have undergone a medical and genetic examination, have the right to be anonymous and non-anonymous donors of reproductive cells. Anonymous donors do not have the right to information about the fate of their reproductive cells.
8. Women, regardless of marital status, have the right to independent reproductive choice, including the choice of safe abortion.
9. Citizens who have reached marriageable age have the right to voluntarily use surgical sterilization.

1. Every woman during the period of preparation for pregnancy, during pregnancy, during and after childbirth has the right to receive the necessary medical and sanitary care in health care organizations free of charge within the framework of the State Guarantees Program.
2. Pregnant women have the right to work in conditions that meet their physiological characteristics and health status, and to be provided with prenatal and postnatal leave.
3. A woman has the right to social support from the state during pregnancy and after childbirth, as well as during care for sick children in the manner established by the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic on labor and state benefits.
4. Women have the right to support for breastfeeding, including the protection and promotion of breastfeeding, including:
1) providing conditions for the preparation and implementation of breastfeeding of children under six months of age and subsequent continuation of breastfeeding of children for two years or more (additional breaks during the working day for feeding young children, part-time work, priority service in healthcare organizations, use of mother and child rooms, etc.);
2) providing nursing mothers (parents) with qualified support, counseling by health workers trained in exclusive breastfeeding and complementary feeding;
3) support for breastfeeding practices implemented by child-friendly healthcare organizations;
4) information on the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding of children under six months of age and continuation of breastfeeding with healthy complementary foods for up to two years or more;
5) free transportation of infants and young children by air, water, rail, urban passenger transport and public automobile transport.
5. In order to create favorable conditions for nursing mothers, special premises for mother and child are provided in state and local government bodies, as well as at enterprises, institutions and organizations regardless of their form of ownership. The requirements for the organization of such premises are determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.

1. Every child and minor shall have the right to preventive medical examinations, vaccination, dynamic observation, treatment, provision of medicines, health improvement and organized recreation in the manner determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
2. Children and minors shall have the right to information and education, to the protection and defence of their sexual, reproductive rights and health, and to preparation for family life.
3. Educational and healthcare organizations shall be responsible for ensuring minors’ access to information and sexual education. Training shall be provided according to approved programs developed jointly with healthcare organizations taking into account the needs of minors in accordance with their age, and shall be conducted by specialists with the appropriate training.
4. Children and minors, with their consent or the consent of their legal representatives, shall have the right to free drug addiction treatment in specialized drug addiction healthcare organizations (narcological departments, offices, children’s crisis or rehabilitation centers, etc.) for children and adolescents.
5. Conducting drug testing, examination and drug expertise in relation to children and adolescents is carried out with the mandatory participation of their parents or legal representatives.

1. PWD, including children with disabilities and people with disabilities from childhood, have the right to medical and sanitary care, rehabilitation and habilitation, provision of medicines, prostheses, prosthetic and orthopedic products, mobility aids, consumables for artificial lung ventilation, consumables for people with ostomies (gastrostomy, tracheostomy, colostomy) on preferential terms, as well as professional training and retraining.
2. Disabled PWD have the right to receive medical and sanitary care in healthcare organizations within the framework of the State Guarantees Program, home care, and in case of inability to meet basic life needs - to be maintained in institutions of the social protection system.
3. The procedure for providing medical and sanitary assistance to persons with disabilities and the list of benefits for them are determined by the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic in the field of healthcare, basic state and compulsory medical insurance.