The Importance and Legal Status of the Recommendations and Guidelines
Abstract
Guidelines are a scientific contribution based on the consenusal recommendations with a high quality and level of evidence aimed at giving high quality answers to decision makers, especially health care providers and payors. Guidelines are not legally binding, but because of the legal principle of due diligence they are difficult to be ignored when decisions are made. Authors of guidelines must disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest. Foreign guidelines are considered as recommendations in Slovenia and cannot be directly used as Slovenian guideline until Slovenian studies are considered. At the request of Ministry of Health of Slovenia, the Extended Professional Committees are obliged to issue a recommendation, but the recommendations can be issued also by any other professional society or a group of authors that have expertise in the relevant topic and have no conflict of interest. Currently, Health Council at the Ministry of Health is responsible to approve the guidelines, but an independent agency would be more appropriate.
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