Legislation

Relevant acts and decrees

Best source for legal information is FINLEX , a free legal database maintained by the Finnish government. It is updated frequently and contains many translations of Finnish acts and degrees.

Note: all English translations are unofficial since Finnish legislation is legally binding only in Finnish and Swedish.

Some relevant topics

• Act on Health Care Professionals (559/1994)
• Act on the Status and Rights of Patients (785/1992)
• Alcohol Act (1143/1994)
• Tobacco Act (549/2016)
• Social Welfare Act (710/1982)
• Act on Assisted Fertility Treatments (1237/2006)