The operations of the State Forensic Medical Examination Centre are governed by the following legal acts and regulations:

  • Cabinet Regulation No. 776 of 7 September 2004
    “Regulations of the State Forensic Medical Examination Centre”
  • Medical Treatment Law
  • Cabinet Regulation No. 782 of 11 December 2018
    “Procedure for Conducting Forensic Medical Examinations”
  • Law “On the Protection of a Deceased Person’s Body and the Use of Human Tissues and Organs in Medicine”
  • Cabinet Regulation No. 215 of 27 March 2007
    “Procedure for Establishing the Fact of Brain and Biological Death and the Transfer of a Deceased Person for Burial”
  • Annex 3 to the Law “On the Entry into Force and Application of the Criminal Law”
    “Criteria for Determining the Severity of Bodily Harm”
  • Recommendation No. R(99)32 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
    “The Harmonization of Medico-Legal Autopsy Rules”
  • Council Framework Decision 2009/905/JHA of 30 November 2009
    On Accreditation of Forensic Service Providers Carrying Out Laboratory Activities
  • Law on Forensic Experts

Based on the Law on Forensic Experts, the following Cabinet Regulations have been adopted:

  • Cabinet Regulation No. 835 of 20 December 2016
    “List of Forensic Institutions and Classification of Forensic Expert Specialties”
  • Cabinet Regulation No. 834 of 20 December 2016
    “Certification and Recertification Procedure for Forensic Experts”
  • Cabinet Regulation No. 782 of 13 December 2016
    “Procedure for Initiating and Reviewing Disciplinary Cases of Forensic Experts”
  • Cabinet Regulation No. 606 of 13 September 2016
    “Procedure for Organizing Forensic Examinations”
  • Cabinet Regulation No. 582 of 30 August 2016
    “Regulations of the Forensic Experts Council”