Legal framework

Legal basis for the operation of the occupational qualifications system is specified in the Professions Act that entered into force 01.09.08. This Act provides the bases for the development, operation and quality assurance of the occupational qualifications system. Based on this act the following legal acts have been issued:

• List of areas of occupational activity, the names of professional councils, the procedure for the formation and termination thereof, the organisation of activities, and the procedure for appointment of representatives of institutions (regulation of the Government of the Republic);
• The procedure for the organisation of the public competition and the list of documents certifying compliance with the conditions to be an institution awarding occupational qualification (regulation of the Government of the Republic);
• The statutes of the register of occupational qualifications (regulation of the Government of the Republic);
• The procedure for the preparation, amendment and recording of occupational qualification standards (regulation of the Ministry of Education and Research);
• The statute and form of the occupational qualification certificate (regulation of the Ministry of Education and Research).