Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare

The Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being (Russian: Федеральная служба по надзору в сфере защиты прав потребителей и благополучия человека) or Rospotrebnadzor (Russian: Роспотребнадзор) is the federal service responsible for Supervision of consumer rights Protection and Human Well-Being in Russia. The service is submissive and was included into the structure of the Ministry of Health Care of Russia till 2012. This service was founded in 2004. Since May 2012 Rospotrebnadzor was excluded from the Minsistry of Health and reports directly to the Russian Government. It functions on the base of the Act of Federal Service on the base of the Administrative Regulation.

Organization's history goes back to the Decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR "On the sanitary authorities of the Republic" dated 15 September 1922.

Up to 2004 in Russia in 2218 functioned sanitary-epidemiological stations (centers).

The current structure of the organization founded by the decree of the President of Russia on March 9, 2004 № 314 "On the system and structure of federal bodies of executive power". Subordinated to the Ministry of Health. In accordance with the presidential decree of May 21, 2012 № 636 "On the system and structure of federal executive bodies" under the direct authority of the Government of Russia. Since the establishment of the Federal Service (2004) is led by GG Onishchenko.

All the organs and institutions of the Federal Service currently employs approximately 110,000 professionals.

Rospotrebnadzor in the plan of regulating of the state functions connected with the technical regulation, evaluation of conformity or other kinds of state regulating performs the following functions:

Even listing the kinds of activities of Rospotrebnadzor, connected with drawing up different kinds of permissive documents makes a significant list. Let’s give more details about some certain directions while receiving permissive documents.

Permissive documents of Rospotrebnadzor are issued in the form of Permit for exploitation of buildings and premises. This document testifies about the fact that the premises conforms to the requirements to performing a certain kind of activity and providing some kind of service. This document is obligatory for receiving for owners of restaurants and cafes, food shops and swimming pools, children's preschool, school institutions, medical cabinets and clinics, by providing hair-dresser, laundry and other similar institutions.

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