The right of citizens to medical care (Article 19 of the Federal Law No. 323 "On the Fundamentals of Protecting the Health of Citizens in the Russian Federation")

Article 19 of this Federal Law shall enter into force on January 1, 2012.

1. Everyone has the right to medical care.

2. Everyone has the right to medical care in a guaranteed volume, provided free of charge in accordance with the program of state guarantees of free provision of medical care to citizens, as well as to receive paid medical services and other services, including in accordance with a voluntary medical insurance contract.

3. The right to medical care for foreign citizens residing and staying on the territory of the Russian Federation is established by the legislation of the Russian Federation and the relevant international treaties of the Russian Federation. Stateless persons permanently residing in the Russian Federation enjoy the right to medical care on an equal footing with citizens of the Russian Federation, unless otherwise provided by international treaties of the Russian Federation.

4. The procedure for rendering medical assistance to foreign citizens is determined by the Government of the Russian Federation.

5. The patient has the right to:

the choice of a doctor and the choice of a medical organization in accordance with this Federal Law;

prevention, diagnosis, treatment, medical rehabilitation in medical organizations in conditions that meet sanitary and hygienic requirements;

3) obtaining advice from medical specialists;

4) relief of pain associated with a disease, condition and (or) medical intervention, methods and drugs, including narcotic drugs and psychotropic drugs;

obtaining information about their rights and obligations, the state of their health, the choice of persons to whom, in the interests of the patient, information about the state of his health can be transferred;

receiving therapeutic nutrition in the case of a patient being treated in a hospital;

protection of information constituting a medical secret;

refusal of medical intervention;

compensation for harm caused to health during the provision of medical care to him;

admission to him of a lawyer or legal representative to protect their rights;

the admission of a clergyman to him, and in the case of a patient being treated in a hospital, to the provision of conditions for the performance of religious rites, which can be carried out in a hospital, including the provision of a separate room, if this does not violate the internal regulations of the medical organization.