The supreme medical chamber as a representative of professional self-government in Poland

The issue of medical professional self-government is essential from the point of view of the functioning of the health care system, as well as of a practical nature. The chambers of physicians qualify as stakeholders in this system. These chambers represent the medical professional self-government in Poland. There are 23 entities with district status and the Military Medical Chamber in Warsaw. The Supreme Medical Chamber is the highest organ of the medical professional self-government in Poland. The article aims to present the Supreme Medical Chamber as a representative of the professional self-government in Poland. Within the framework of the adopted research assumptions, reference was made to the Act on Medical Chambers. The discussed legal act outlines the fundamental tasks undertaken by the highest body representing the analysed self-government in Poland. As part of the analysis, selected statutory provisions were analysed, which organise the tasks and principles of operation of the doctors' self-government and the rights and duties of its members.