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The article "Legal Innovations" in the Journal for Medical and Health Law reports on various legislative changes in the field of healthcare in Austria. Changes in professional law, medical products, social law, and sanitary law are presented. Among other things, new framework conditions for the competencies and qualification certificates of healthcare and nursing professionals are created, an apprenticeship for nursing assistance and nursing specialist assistance is introduced, and a federal law on the establishment of a federal crisis camp for the healthcare sector is enacted. Further changes concern the pharmacy and pharmaceutical law, primary care law, and the parent-child passport law. [Extracted from the article]

The summary of the text is as follows: The article "Legal Innovations" deals with various changes in legislation in the field of social law, medical law, professional law, medical products, and e-health. In social law, amendments were made to the Federal Care Allowance Act, including an increase in the hardship supplement for people with dementia-related impairments. In medical law, regulations on vaccination in outpatient settings were maintained, and further allowances for tests and treatments for COVID-19 were introduced. In professional law, special regulations were introduced for the vocational training occupations of nursing assistant and nursing care assistant. In the field of medical products and e-health, adjustments were made in connection with the introduction of a digital prescription process (e-prescription). [Extracted from the article]

The second issue of the Journal for Medical and Health Law in the year 2023 contains a mixture of current topics. It addresses, among other things, the reform of nursing and health insurance, cross-border treatments, and questions of product liability. It also discusses topics such as the collaboration between medical and non-medical health professions, the basis for consent in cross-border medical treatments, and the protective effects of nursing home contracts. Another focus is the introduction of e-prescriptions and the legal regulation of triage in Germany. The issue offers a variety of interesting articles for readers. [Extracted from the article]