January 2021 – Slovakia's Prosecutor General, Maroš Žilinka, has filed a prosecutor's protest against parts of two decrees of the Public Health Authority

The new Slovak Act for COVID-19 emergency measures authorises the Public Health Authority to collect, process and store data from mobile phones of Slovak Republic residents, even without their consent.

To address the spread of COVID-19 in Europe and Slovakia, the Slovak Government has declared an ‘extraordinary situation' under Act No 42/1994 Coll. On Civil Safety

As of 15 March 2023, a new regulation on the sale of certain types of foods in schools was introduced by Decree of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic No. 75/2023 Coll.

The Constitutional Court has ruled unconstitutional a law requiring health insurance companies to reinvest in the healthcare system all profits they make from the public health insurance market.

A new National Health Information System is expected to be introduced in 2012 as part of the EU’s e-Health initiative.

This is the first court decision ordering a health insurance company in Slovakia to pay for a medicinal product that is not reimbursed.

May 2019 – The Slovak Data Protection Authority ("Slovak DPA") has fined Faculty Hospital Nitra EUR 2,000 for unlawfully processing sensitive personal data in breach of § 13 section 1 of Act. No 122/2013 Coll.

Spoločnosti podnikajúce v oblasti life sciences pravidelne čelia novým výzvam súvisiacimi s aktuálnymi zmenami legislatívy.

The Slovak Cyber Security Act (Act No. 69/2018 Coll., the "Act") defines the minimum requirements to ensure cyber security in Slovakia.

According to New Zealand government statistics, 1/5 of Kiwis die from smoking each year and around 400 more yearly, die from passive smoking/ environmental tobacco smoke. The numbers get higher each year.

A discussion paper on health and lifestyles in the new Northern & Central European states in the European Union presented by DrJur. Edward Lestrade, MA (Org.Psych – Lancaster, UK), LLB (Northumbria); DrJurSc (NWCU;)Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine; Fellow of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health of the United Kingdom (elected in 1996); Member – Chartered Institute of Journalists; International Bar Association; Eligible Member (Barrister & Solicitor) Asia Pacific Bars. Dr Lestrad