Central

The Ministry of Health is responsible for:

• Drawing up public health policy and legislation. This includes:
• Healthcare activities at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels;
• Monitoring of the nation's state of health and the preparation and implementation of health improvement programmes;
• Economic relations in healthcare and tasks related to the founding of public healthcare institutions according to law;
• Health measures to be taken in the event of natural and other disasters;
• Protecting the population against addiction-related health problems;
• Protecting the population against infectious diseases;
• Food safety and the nutritional quality and hygiene of food and drinking water with a view to preventing chemical, biological, and radiological pollution and conducting a general policy on nutrition;
• The production of, trade in, and supply of medicines and medical products;
• The production of and trade in toxic substances and drugs;
• Safety of products intended for general use;
• Health and ecological issues related to environments in which a direct impact on human beings is involved;
• Problems related to drinking water, bathing water, air, soil, and vibrations;
• Waste management from the health protection aspect;
• Protection against ionising and non-ionising radiation in residential and work environments;
• Conditions related to the removal and transplantation of human organs; and
  
   

The National Institute of Public Health performs public service in the field of public health (social and medical, hygiene, epidemiological, and health care and ecological activities) on the basis of legislation.

Local

Local authorities are responsible for:

• Citizens' primary health care (health centre in every municipality)
• Ensuring secondary-level public health service in local territories;
• Provide for the construction and maintenance of health service infrastructure.

Responsible ministries/bodies

Ministry of Health

Public Health Directorate

Ministry of Health

Healthcare Directorate

The National Institute of Public Health

Sources

Ministry of Health, Public Health Directorate

Ministry of Health, Healthcare Directorate

The National Institute of Public Health

The Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 33/91-I, 42/97, 66/2000, 24/03, 69/04, 68/06, 47/13 and 75/16)

Local Self-Government Act (Official Gazette RS, Nos. 94/07 – official consolidated text, 76/08, 79/09, 51/10, 40/12 – ZUJF, 14/15 – ZUUJFO, 11/18 – ZSPDSLS-1, 30/18 and 61/20 – ZIUZEOP-A)