State Medical Association of Thuringia

State Medical Association of Thuringia
chamber
Organizational form	Public corporation
founding year	1990
Seat	Jena
Homepage	www.laek-thueringen.de
president	Ellen Lundershausen
Chief Executive	Matthias Zenker
Members
Associated	13,118 (as of December 31, 2017)
General Assembly	43
Bureau	1 president + 2 vice-presidents + 4 assessors

The State Medical Association of Thuringia is the medical association for the state of Thuringia . It is a corporation under public law with its seat in Jena.

organization

The State Medical Association of Thuringia consists of two organs:

• Chamber Assembly (43 members)
• Board of Directors (President, 2 Vice Presidents, 4 Assessors)

tasks

The State Medical Association of Thuringia is the self-governing body of the Thuringian medical profession. All doctors in Thuringia belong to it. The tasks of the State Medical Association are regulated in the Health Professions Act of the State of Thuringia. This includes:

• Protection of interests
• Continuing education and training
• Professional supervision
• Quality check
• Retirement benefits
• Advice to authorities
• Informing the population

history

The State Medical Association of Thuringia was initially founded in the legal form of a registered association "State Medical Association Thuringia eV" on July 7, 1990 in Erfurt. Eggert Beleites, who would later become president of the chamber for many years, held the chairmanship of the association. On October 2, 1990, just one day before the end of the German Democratic Republic, she was granted corporate status by the last Minister for Health Care of the German Democratic Republic, Jürgen Kleditzsch .

Web links

• 150 years of struggle for medical self-determination in Thuringia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH: Ärzteblatt Thuringia. Retrieved November 4, 2018 .