Federal Service for Supervision of Healthcare Roszdravnadzor

The Federal Service for Supervision of Health Care (Roszdravnadzor) is the federal executive body of the Russian Federation that performs the functions of control and supervision in the field of health care and social development.

The Federal Service for Surveillance in the Field of Health is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. On May 21, 2012, it was renamed the Federal Service for Supervision of Health Care (Roszdravnadzor) and subordinated to the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.

History

2022

The Accounts Chamber pointed to billions of dollars in budget violations in the healthcare sector

Billions of violations were identified in financial management in the Ministry of Health of Russia, Roszdravnadzor, Rospotrebnadzor and the Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA). This is evidenced by the audit of the Accounts Chamber, the results of which were published on July 4, 2023. Read more here.

Roszdravnadzor launched a service for serial accounting of medical products entered into circulation

The Federal Service for Supervision of Health Care (Roszdravnadzor) announced the launch of a service for serial accounting of medical devices introduced into circulation. The department announced this on its website in September 2022. Read more here.

Opening of the Center for Clinical Trials of Innovative Medical Devices

On April 18, 2022, the Center for Clinical Trials of Innovative Medical Devices of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "National Institute of Quality" of Roszdravnadzor was opened. It was created as part of the implementation of the project of the National Action Plan for the creation of a system of accelerated launch of medical devices. Read more here.

2021: Roszdravnadzor received the right to block sites where fake certificates are sold

In November 2021, it became known about granting Roszdravnadzor the right to block sites where fake medical certificates are sold without court permission. The corresponding amendments are posted on the portal of draft legal acts.

The law will come into force on March 1, 2022. From that moment, Roszdravnadzor will be able to enter domain names and site page pointers in the Unified Register of Prohibited Information. It will contain those electronic resources that offer citizens medical documents without having a license for medical activities, as well as if this license is issued with violations (for example, it does not have an address at which the issuance of documents is proposed).

Roszdravnadzor received the right to block sites where fake certificates are sold

A site that offers courier delivery of medical documents or promises to issue certificates without examination, and vaccination certificates without vaccination will also be considered a violator.

From the beginning of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in the first quarter of 2020 to the end of November 2021, Roskomnadzor removed and blocked 5504 resources with information about the sale of fake certificates about the absence of coronavirus, vaccination certificates, as well as generating fake QR codes.

According to Part 1 of Art. 15.3 of the Law "On Information"..., if false data are found on the Internet that pose a threat to life and health, the citizen himself, authorities, local governments and organizations can send a notification to the prosecutor's office. After that, the Prosecutor General or his deputy has the right to apply to Roskomnadzor with a demand to restrict access to the Internet resource.

Earlier in November 2021, Kaspersky Lab reported that scammers sell European COVID certificates on the darknet. The announcements suggest choosing a vaccination country and one of the vaccines approved in the EU.^[1]

2020

Alla Samoilova - the new head of Roszdravnadzor

On April 10, 2020, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin appointed Alla Samoilova as head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Health Care (Roszdravnadzor) instead of Mikhail Murashko, who at the beginning of the year became Minister of Health. Read more here.

Withdrawal from the subordination of the Ministry of Health of the Russian federation

In January 2020, the president Russia Vladimir Putin signed a decree "On the structure of federal executive bodies," which removed Roszdravnadzor Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA) from subordination. Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

According to the text of the document, "the management of the activities of the Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography, the Federal Service for Supervision of Health Care and the Federal Medical and Biological Agency is carried out by the Government of the Russian Federation."

Vladimir Putin signed a decree "On the structure of federal executive bodies"

The reassignment of Roszdravnadzor and FMBA took place after the government of former Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev resigned on January 15, 2020. This decision was made by the Cabinet of Ministers immediately after the message of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly. The government was headed by the former head of the Federal Tax Service Mikhail Mishustin.

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin appointed Dmitry Parkhomenko as interim head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Health Care (Roszdravnadzor). Previously, he was the deputy head of this service.

It was assumed that Veronika Skvortsova, the former Minister of Health, could become the head of Roszdravnadzor. Mikhail Murashko, who held the post of head of the service, headed the Ministry of Health.

On January 23, 2020, Veronika Skvortsova became the head of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency, and Vladimir Uyba, who held this post since November 2004, was appointed Deputy Minister of Health of the Russian Federation.

Skvortsova's activities were often criticized. Before the resignation of the government, Vladimir Putin also spoke about health problems. In particular, he expressed dissatisfaction with the situation in primary care.^[2]

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