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	Dorijan Marušič

Dorijan Marušič

Dorijan Marušič was born on 13 June 1957 in Koper, where he attended primary and secondary school. After graduating from Gimnazija Koper, he enrolled at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, in 1976, graduating in mathematics in 1981. Soon afterwards he became a medical student at the Faculty of Medicine in Ljubljana, graduating in 1989. He specialised in internal medicine and was trained at Izola General Hospital, University Clinic in Groningen and University Medical Centre in Ljubljana. He concluded his specialist training in 1995.

Between 1991 and 1998, Dr Marušič attended numerous advanced education and training programmes in the field of internal medicine. In the period from 1998 to 2000, he was the head of the intensive therapy unit at Izola General Hospital, and in May 2002, went on to assume the position of medical director. In December 2000, he was appointed State Secretary at the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Slovenia and re-appointed to the same position in 2004. In 2003, he enrolled in post-graduate studies in management of non-profit organisations at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. Prior to his nomination for Minister of Health, he was an adviser to the Director-General of the Health Insurance Institute of the Republic of Slovenia and engaged in a clinic as a specialist in cardiology.

Dr Marušič is the author or co-author of more than 200 scientific works published in professional journals and collections. He has also published over 350 popular articles. He has lectured and participated in a number of conferences and expert meetings. Dr Marušič heads the Coronary Society of Slovenian Istria and is the vice-president of the expert council of the Association of Coronary Societies and Clubs of Slovenia. He is a member of the Slovenian Society for Emergency Medicine, the Slovenian Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, and the Slovenian Society of Cardiology.

On 7 April 2010, Health Minister Marušič took the oath of office before the National Assembly.

State Secretary

	dr. Ivan Eržen, dr. med

Dr Ivan Eržen, MD

Ivan Eržen was born on 23 June 1957 in Ljubljana. In 1982 he graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in Ljubljana. He earned his MSc in 1987 and successfully defended his PhD thesis in 2004.

He began his career as a doctor in the department of epidemiology at the University Institute of Health and Social Care in Ljubljana. After five years of work, he became head of the department for hygiene and epidemiology and assistant director at the Celje Institute of Public Health, where he was responsible for expert matters. In 1992 he took over the Celje Institute of Public Health, where he remained at the helm until he took office at the Ministry of Health.

Among his colleagues, he is known to have extensive knowledge of the health care system. He was educated abroad and in Slovenia; he is also a university lecturer. His professional and research work has so far been linked mainly to the study of the impact of environmental factors on human health. He worked as a teacher and was mentor to students and young professionals pursuing postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Ljubljana. In 2006, he became assistant professor of public health. The Medical Chamber of Slovenia appointed him as chief mentor in the field of public health, covering epidemiology, hygiene and social medicine.

He is actively engaged in a number of Slovenian and foreign societies and professional organisations. He is president of the Slovenian Biomedical Informatics Society, founder of the Association of Teachers of Public Health of Slovenia, founder and president of the Cancer Society of the Celje region, and vice-president of the preventive medicine section of the Slovenian Medical Association.

Organisation

Minister:

Dorijan Marušič

Phone: +386 1 478 60 01

fax: +386 1 251 66 41

e-mail: gp.mz[@]gov.si

State Secretary

Dr Ivan Eržen, MD

Phone: +386 1 478 60 32

fax: +386 1 478 60 74

e-mail: ivan.erzen[@]gov.si

Minister's Office

Head of the Office:

Tjaša Vidic 

Phone: +386 1 478 60 94

fax: +386 1 251 66 41

e-mail: tjasa.vidic[@]gov.si

Public Relations:

Irma Sterle Glaner

Phone: +386 1 478 60 40

fax: +386 1 /478 60 67

e-mail: irma.glaner[@]gov.si

Acting Secretary-General:

Andrej Del Fabro

Phone: +386 1 478 60 10

fax: +386 1 478 60 67

avgust.rebic[@]gov.si

Directorates

Healthcare Directorate

Phone: +386 1 478 60 05, fax: +386 1 251 77 55

Director-General: Janez Remškar,M.D.

e-mail: janez.remskar[@]gov.si

Public Health Directorate

Address: Tivolska 50, 1000 Ljubljana

Phone: +386 1 478 60 07, fax: +386 1 478 60 79

Director-General: Mojca Gruntar Činč, M.D.

e-mail: mojca.cinc[@]gov.si

Healthcare Economics Directorate

Phone: + 386 1 478 69 76,

fax: + 386 1 478 69 58

Director-General: Elda Gregorič Rogelj

e-mail: elda.gregoric-rogelj[@]gov.si

Main Areas of Activity

The Ministry of Health deals with matters relating to healthcare and health insurance. These include: healthcare activities at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels; monitoring of the nation’s state of health and the preparation and implementation of health improvement programmes; economic relations in healthcare and tasks relating to the founding of public healthcare institutions in line with the law; health measures to be taken in the event of natural and other disasters; protection of the population against addiction-related health problems; protection of the population against infectious diseases and HIV infection; food safety and the nutritional quality and hygiene of food and drinking water with a view to preventing chemical, biological and radiological pollution and conducting a general policy on nutrition; the production of, trade in and supply of medicines and medical products; the production of and trade in poisonous substances and drugs; the safety of products intended for general use; health and ecological issues relating to the environment, where a direct impact on human beings is involved; problems related to drinking water, bathing waters, air, soil and vibrations; waste management from the health protection aspect; protection against ionising and non-ionising radiation in residential and work environments; conditions relating to the removal and transplantation of human organs; and the formulation and implementation of international agreements on social security.

Bodies Affiliated to the Ministry

Health Inspectorate of the RS

Parmova ulica 33, 1000 Ljubljana

Phone: +386 1 280 38 02fax: +386 1 280 38 08

Internet: http://www.zi.gov.si/en/  

Chief Inspector: Dunja Sever, M.D.

e-mail: dunja.sever[@]gov.si

The Health Inspectorate performs tasks relating to inspection and supervision of the implementation of laws and other regulations in the following areas: infectious diseases; the health, hygiene and safety aspects of food, drinking water, mineral water, and products and substances that come into contact with food; relevant restrictions on the use of alcohol, cosmetic products, toys, tobacco, tobacco products and bathing waters; the minimum health and hygiene standards in public healthcare institutions to be observed by legal and natural persons performing healthcare activities and by those engaged in activities relating to childcare, education, schooling, catering, tourism, hygiene care and social care; and the general safety of products under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health, excluding chemicals, drugs, medical devices and sources of radiation. In the field of food safety, the Health Inspectorate also operates as the national contact point within the EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF), which forwards information on food and foodstuff safety and enables rapid communication and performance of measures by all competent authorities in this field.

National Chemicals Bureau

Ajdovščina 4, 1000 Ljubljana

Phone: +386 1 478 62 51

fax: +386 1 478 62 66

e-mail: gp-ursk.mz[@]gov.si

Internet: www.uk.gov.si/en 

Director: Alojz Grabner

e-mail: alojz.grabner[@]gov.si

The area of work and competence of the National Chemicals Bureau covers the preparation, implementation and supervision of implementation of legislation relating to chemicals, cosmetic products, biocidal products, drug precursors and chemical weapons and agreements for the registration of plant protection products. The Chemicals Bureau coordinates the monitoring of the sale and use of chemicals and biocidal products, and the monitoring of their metabolites and their fate in the environment and living organisms. It regulates the manufacture, sale and use of chemicals and biocidal products and requirements relating to the safety, manufacture and placement on the market of cosmetic products. It carries out administrative and special tasks in procedures for the registration of new substances, risk assessments for new and existing substances and for the registration of biocidal products, and regulates the classification, packaging and labelling of chemicals. It establishes, keeps and maintains a national list of chemicals and ensures that information on chemicals is exchanged with the relevant authorities. It coordinates the establishment of OECD principles of good laboratory practice and verifies compliance with these principles by laboratories.

The Chemicals Bureau performs administrative and coordination tasks to ensure the smooth running of the interministerial commission on the safe handling of chemicals and is also the body responsible for the implementation of international conventions on chemicals and cooperation with international organisations (EU, OECD, IFCS, OPCW, UNEP). It coordinates the implementation of education and training programmes for industry representatives, and draws up public awareness programmes.

Slovenian Radiation Protection Administration

Ajdovščina 4, 1000 Ljubljana

Phone: +386 1 478 87 09

fax: +386 1 478 87 15

e-mail: gp-ursvs.mz[@]gov.si

Website: www.uvps.gov.si/en 

Director: Dr Damijan Škrk

e-mail: damijan.skrk[@]gov.si

The Slovenian Radiation Protection Administration (SRPA) performs technical, administrative, supervisory and development tasks in the area of its competence and in relation to the following: the use of ionising radiation sources in healthcare and veterinary medicine; protection of human health against the adverse effects of ionising radiation; regular inspections of work and residential environments in connection with radiological exposure of the population to natural sources of ionising radiation; the monitoring of radioactive contamination of food and drinking water; control, reduction and prevention of harmful effects of ionising radiation on health; compliance assessments; and the authorisation of radiation protection experts.