Based on a study of doctrine and legislative basics of implementation of the institute of public services in the medical field Ukraine revealed the meaning of the concept of «doctrine» in legal science, which allowed to formulate the definition of the concept of «legal doctrine» as a system principles, approaches, leading ideas, theories that contain thorough data on legal phenomena and processes that reflect the objective laws of development, is the result of basic research that significantly affects law-making and law enforcement activities. The legal aspects of the provision of public services are revealed: the concept of «public services», their legal nature, criteria for differentiation, features and types, subjects and procedures for the provision of such services. It was found that the concept of «public services» most widely covers all cases of providing services to the public (administrative, social, electronic). They are provided by the subjects of public administration, as well as other authorized bodies and their officials at the request (initiative) of individuals or legal entities in order to exercise their freedoms, rights, legitimate interests; the result of such activities is the formal consolidation of the results of public service (issuance of a specific result of public service: permits; licenses, certificates, certificates, etc.) and the actions of public service entities governed by administrative law. The classification of public services provided by public administration entities in the medical sector of Ukraine, according to the following criteria is proposed:
– The result of the issuance of an administrative act (permits, licenses);
– The scope of procedural actions (basic services provided by applications,
related services, additional services);
– Legal consequences (law-giving, terminating, restrictive);
– Payment criterion (paid, free);
– The subject to receipt (individuals and legal entities of private law, legal
entities of public law);
– Legal regulations (regulated by laws and regulations;
– By the subject of provision: public authorities; local governments; legal entities
of public law that do not have the status of a public authority (state enterprises,
institutions); legal entities of private law);
– By source of funding (from the state and local budgets);
– On the basis of an administrative act (registration, decision).
