The right to accomplish medical activities at the stage of implementation of telecommunication technologies in healthcare: the problems of legal regulation and state control

In contemporary life the implementation of activities in the field ofpublic health, including advising on medical matters through telecommunication information technologies, is becoming widespread. Meanwhile, the level of legal regulation does not allow to satisfy the needs of the subjects of such legal relations, that leads to violations of fundamental human rights. The author analyzes the legal bases of this activity, the mechanisms of state control over ensuring the safety and quality of medical services and the activities of medical specialists. As a result of the research, it is concluded that the use of telemedicine technologies in the activities of specialists requires the performers to undergo licensing procedures for medical activities and the accreditation of medical specialists, and on the part of the state to improve the law in the indicated directions and to change the ways of monitoring the activities carried out in accordance with the needs of the studied legal relations.