Overview
- The law was published on the official legal acts portal as an amendment to Russia’s health protection framework.
- The FMBA is authorized to approve methodological guidelines for medical‑biological support and to determine how those guidelines are developed.
- Such guidelines must be drafted by medical organizations subordinate to the FMBA, concentrating technical authorship within the agency’s system.
- Regional ministries of health will approve how support is organized in coordination with regional sports ministries, covering athletes on regional teams including adaptive sports.
- Sports minister Mikhail Degtyarev welcomed the change as bolstering athlete safety and combating unqualified care, citing plans to build a modern support system with the FMBA.