The Polish government legalises alternate treatments, in short, the activity of healers – alarms Radio ZET. All due to changes in the Polish Classification of Activities. Doctors alert, wellness department calms and explains. Was the patient’s wellness truly given into unauthorised hands?
According to the station, after the change of PKD can be treated legally with herbal oils and even at a distance. The medical community is outraged by changes and they want the government to respond quickly. They say that the PKD change means that the government legalized pseudomedicine and... goof. For they emphasize that it is not only about healers, but besides people dealing with crystal therapy or flowers. Doctors believe this is simply a threat to patients' health.
What does the Ministry of wellness say? He believes that the fresh PKD list does not change in the treatment of patients – only those with the right to practice the medical profession can proceed their medical activity.
The Ministry of wellness besides explained that the author of the changes is the Central Statistical Office and the request to adapt the classification to global standards.
Below we print a full MZ message:
Explanations of the Ministry of wellness on changes in the Polish Classification of Activities (PKD)
Only medical professionals can legally treat patients.
In view of the emerging information on patients’ attempts to treat unauthorised persons, The Ministry of wellness wishes to point out that only medical professionals, specified as doctors, can legally treat patients. They must usage the number of the profession.
Modifications in the Polish Classification of Activities (PKD) do not change the existing regulations on the conduct of medical activity – only persons with the right to practice the medical profession can proceed to execute medical activity. Changes in the classification of the activities do not so extend the ellipse of persons entitled to treat patients.
The fresh PKD classification for paramedical activities entered into force on 1 January 2025. erstwhile subclass (86.90.D) – Paramedical activities were replaced by Activities in the field of traditional, complementary and alternate medicine (86.96.Z).
The fresh classification had to be adapted to global standards, including:
- International Standard Classification of Activity Types (ISIC Rev.5) — UN,
- Statistical Classification of economical Activities in the European Union (NACE Rev. 2.1).
The Ministry of wellness is not the author of changes in PKD – the classification was developed by the Central Statistical Office (GUS). The wellness hotel submitted its comments to the project, but due to the request to adapt the classification to global standards, they were not taken into account.
It should be noted that the fresh name and extended description of activities in the field of traditional, complementary and alternate medicine do not apply to hospitals or professional practices, including doctors – for them there are also classifications, e.g. 86.10.Z, 86.21.Z, 86.22.Z.
We urge you to always usage medical professionals for wellness problems.
Source: Radio ZET, right.pl, gov.pl
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