Administrative and legal regulation of medical support of military servants

Abstract

Military service requires a person to give himself completely. The impact on the body of a serviceman of the conditions of service in his daily activities is not always positive, in this regard, since ancient times people are warriors, retired and crippled in wars, did not go unnoticed and concerned about society and the state. In this activity, the most important thing is how the legislative and administrative regulation is carried out to ensure and protect the basic rights of servicemen to receive medical care.

Such regulation is carried out on the basis of laws which, from the point of view of the theory of law, have the highest legal force in the form of normative legal acts which are accepted in a special order by public authorities. At the same time, the laws adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine or local self-government bodies, above all, reflect the interests of civil society.

The exercise of the right to health care by servicemen is carried out in specific conditions due to the special nature of the tasks assigned to them, the performance of which is sometimes associated with the need for unquestioning performance of tasks in all conditions, including risk to life. In this regard, first of all, servicemen have the right to free medical care in military medical institutions. In the absence of military medical institutions at the place of military service or in the absence of appropriate departments or special medical equipment, as well as in emergencies, medical care is provided to them without hindrance and free of charge in health care facilities, regardless of their departmental affiliation and ownership. The servicemen undergo annual medical examinations and undergo treatment and prevention measures.

The article reveals the content of administrative and legal regulation of medical care for servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other law enforcement agencies formed in accordance with the legislation of Ukraine. The author of the scientific article highlights the role and importance in Ukrainian legislation of organizational measures to preserve and strengthen the health of servicemen, which in turn contributes to improving the medical support of troops in hostilities and places of permanent deployment.