PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE OF MEDICAL WORKERS IN THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN: ISSUES OF FORMATION OF LEGISLATIVE BASIS

After several years of discussion, a draft law was adopted in Kazakhstan, and at the end of 2024, a system of professional liability insurance for medical workers was launched. To consolidate the legislative initiative, amendments were made to the legal acts regulating healthcare, special orders of the supervising ministry defining the insurance procedure were issued, and amendments and additions were made to other regulatory acts.

The purpose of the scientific article is to give an overview of the legal basis of a new type of insurance, analyze the available risks and the possibility of implementation in practice, and determine the necessary and sufficient conditions of professional liability insurance as a form of social and legal protection of the rights of medical workers.

Following the set objectives, the article explores the essence and legal nature of professional liability insurance for medical workers, discussing the necessity and relevance of introducing this insurance system in the country today. The authors note that, alongside the formation of the legislative basis for insurance, the issues of its application in practice are also relevant. For this reason, the article extensively discusses the risks associated with the application of this type of insurance in its empirical realization.

The authors concluded that the adopted package of regulations fully defines the procedure of professional liability insurance of medical workers in the Republic of Kazakhstan and should be sufficient for its introduction at the initial stage.

However, it is also noted that certain risks are associated with the introduction of this type of insurance. The article presents a prediction on which the author's assessment is based.

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