Problems of qualification in receiving a bribe on the example of medical workers

Subject of research: norms of the criminal legislation of the Russian Federation devoted to bribery and the concept of an official, as well as clarifications of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on the qualification of certain crimes of corruption. Purpose of research: to give scientifically based proposals to eliminate the problem of qualifying the actions of a medical worker, including one who is the head of a structural unit of a medical organization, as receiving a bribe. Object of research: social relations arising in connection with the performance by a medical worker of his professional and official duties, which were studied using comparative legal, dialectical and analytical methods. Main results of research: a justification is proposed for the need to include in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation a rule on liability for illegal remuneration of officials of healthcare institutions.