Bulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public HealthBulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health2415-84102415-8429FSSBI «N.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health»273210.25742/NRIPH.2024.01.016Обзорная статьяImproving organizational aspects of maintenance of medical documentation (based on the example of a review of the decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation)UmnovAleksandr B.umnoff2011@yandex.ruhttps://orcid.org/0009-0009-5506-8962State budgetary healthcare institution of the city of Moscow «Psychiatric Clinical Hospital №1 named after N.A.Alekseeva Department of Health of the City of Moscow»State University of Education1603202428110911725042025Copyright © 2025,2025<p>The article examines the judicial practice of the Russian Federation the resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation dated July 13, 2022 №31-P In the case of checking the constitutionality of paragraphs 11 and 12 of Part 1 of Article 79 of the Federal Law On the basics of protecting the health of citizens in the Russian Federation in connection with the complaint of citizen F., and also considers the issue of informed voluntary consent to provision of medical care without the consent of the person.<br />Procedures and methods. The main content of the study is a review of the decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation of July 13, 2022 №31-P, as well as 16 publications that examined clinical and legal aspects related to the maintenance of medical records. The study also used private scientific and general scientific research methods (analysis and synthesis), as well as a comparative method, which made it possible to formulate ideas about reforming the current legislation in terms of improving approaches to the legal regulation of registration and storage of medical documentation.<br />Theoretical and/or practical relevance. The conducted research allows us to improve the legal regulation of informed voluntary consent. 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