<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><bold>Introduction.</bold> The profession of midwife belongs to the medical ones. In the Polish legal system, the definition it is not of a legislative nature. It refers to liberal professions associated with practical medical knowledge. However, the profession of midwife has also been included in the catalog of liberal professions under the commercial law, and the legislature allows the practice of midwife in the form of a partnership.Nevertheless, the majority of midwives working in Poland is employed on the basis of an employment relationship and a civil law agreement, while exercising practice in the form of partnership is not a frequent choice.<bold>Aim.</bold> The purpose of this article is to profile the midwife partnership, including the approximation of its essence and purpose, as well as the rights and obligations of the partner, and discussion of the terms and conditions of the company's medical business.<bold>Summary.</bold> Compared to other commercial companies, a limited liability partnership company is an attractive legal form for exercising the profession of midwife, primarily because of the partner's liability for the company's obligations. At the same time, the midwife partnership company, by combining both a reduction of personal responsibility, transparent representation with the use of possibility of appointing a board, and the possibility of accumulating financial and intellectual capital, meets the demands of the free services market and growing competition, thereby fostering service quality.</abstract>

Introduction. The profession of midwife belongs to the medical ones. In the Polish legal system, the definition it is not of a legislative nature. It refers to liberal professions associated with practical medical knowledge. However, the profession of midwife has also been included in the catalog of liberal professions under the commercial law, and the legislature allows the practice of midwife in the form of a partnership.Nevertheless, the majority of midwives working in Poland is employed on the basis of an employment relationship and a civil law agreement, while exercising practice in the form of partnership is not a frequent choice.Aim. The purpose of this article is to profile the midwife partnership, including the approximation of its essence and purpose, as well as the rights and obligations of the partner, and discussion of the terms and conditions of the company's medical business.Summary. Compared to other commercial companies, a limited liability partnership company is an attractive legal form for exercising the profession of midwife, primarily because of the partner's liability for the company's obligations. At the same time, the midwife partnership company, by combining both a reduction of personal responsibility, transparent representation with the use of possibility of appointing a board, and the possibility of accumulating financial and intellectual capital, meets the demands of the free services market and growing competition, thereby fostering service quality.

Partnership as a legal form of exercising the profession of midwife

Pracownia Technik Diagnostycznych, Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu

Pielegniarstwo  XXI wieku / Nursing in the 21st Century

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Introduction. The profession of midwife belongs to the medical ones. In the Polish legal system, the definition it is not of a legislative nature. It refers to...

Partnership as a legal form of exercising the profession of midwife

Published Online: Mar 24, 2018

Page range: 24 - 30

Received: Sep 22, 2017

Accepted: Nov 29, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pielxxiw-2017-0030

Keywords
partner company, midwife profession

© 2017 Monika Sadowska et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Partnership as a legal form of exercising the profession of midwife

Published Online: Mar 24, 2018

Page range: 24 - 30

Received: Sep 22, 2017

Accepted: Nov 29, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pielxxiw-2017-0030

Keywordspartner company, midwife profession

© 2017 Monika Sadowska et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
partner company, midwife profession