The Members of the Cabinet of Ministers on Monday discussed a project setting new standards for providers of dental services. On the initiative of the Health Ministry, the rules for starting practice and operating will be stricter. The goal of these amendments is to protect patient safety and ensure services meeting modern standards.
According to the amendments, criteria necessary for infection prevention, control, sterilization-disinfection, and medical waste management are updated, specified, and defined in greater detail for dental clinics. To better manage the process, it will be mandatory to designate a person responsible for infection control in clinics.
Dental clinics will be obligated to ensure its staff’s prophylactic immunization for hepatitis B and screening for hepatitis C once a month.
The requirements defined in the amendments for currently operating dental offices and clinics will come into force starting in January 2024. New establishments, however, will be able to start operating only by complying with these standards.
