Department of Chief Public Health Officer
The Ministry of Transport and Construction of the Slovak Republic is tasked with the protection, promotion and development of public health as a public health authority. The Ministry’s Department of Chief Public Health Officer is the national administrator for protecting, promoting and developing public health within the Ministry in the scope defined by Act No. 355/2007 Coll. It also implements measures put in place by public health authorities even in emergencies and provides government health surveillance. It also plays a role in addressing public health within the Ministry’s competence with impact throughout Slovakia and accordingly imposes sanctions for public health violations within the Ministry.
The Office is divided into the following organisations:
- Regional Hygienist Section (Bratislava, Zvolen, Žilina and Košice): Government administration and national health surveillance in the following areas
- Environmental hygiene
- Nutritional hygiene
- Preventive occupational medicine
- Epidemiology
- Radiation Protection Section (►): Government administration and national health surveillance in the following areas
- Radiation protection, especially when transporting radioactive materials, addressing emergency exposure to radiation, authorising activities leading to exposure to radiation and activities important in terms of cosmic radiation related protection
- Specialised Activities Section: Government administration and national health surveillance in the following areas
- Workplace health protection, evaluating relationships between work, workplace environment, labour conditions and occupational health of people
- Labour factor and workplace environment exposures
- Issuing health cards on board vessels
- Protecting health against non-ionising radiation especially in connection with the operation of telecommunications equipmen
Contact details:
Ministry of Transport and Construction of the Slovak Republic
Department of Chief Public Health Officer
Namestie slobody 6
P. O. BOX 100
810 05 Bratislava - Slovak Republic
Work place:
Lamačská cesta 8
811 04 Bratislava - Slovak Republic
Head of Department: RNDr. Martina Pilková, PhD., MPH
Email: martina.pilkova@mindop.sk
Phone: 02 / 594 94 694
Fax: 02 / 524 93 284
Specialized Activities Section
Head of Section: RNDr. Miroslava Kováčová
Email: Miroslava.Kovacova@mindop.sk
Phone: 02 / 594 94 693
Radiation Protection Section (►)
Head of Section: RNDr. Darina Páleníková, MPH
Email: Darina.Palenikova@mindop.sk
Phone: 02 / 594 94 707
Mob.: 0915 393 669
Section of Local Hygienist - Bratislava
Head of Section: MUDr. Iveta Dubrovová, PhD.
Email: Iveta.Dubrovova@mindop.sk
Phone: 02 / 594 94 733
Districts: Bratislava, Senica, Skalica, Malacky, Pezinok, Trnava, Piešťany, Myjava, Nové mesto nad Váhom, Senec, Dunajská Streda, Šaľa, Galanta, Nové Zámky, Komárno.
Section of Local Hygienist Košice
Head of Section: Mgr. Katarína Petríková
Address: Štefánikova 50/A, 040 00 Košice
Email: Katarina.Petrikova@mindop.sk
Phone: 055 / 22 93 282
Districts: Košice, Rožňava, Snina, Gelnica, Spišská Nová Ves, Prešov, Levoča, Sabinov, Stará Ľubovňa, Bardejov, Svidník, Stropkov, Medzilaborce, Snina, Sobrance, Michalovce, Trebišov, Vranov nad Topľou.
Section of Local Hygienist Žilina
Head of Section: MUDr. Zuzana Szabová
Address: Hviezdoslavova 1, 010 01 Žilina
Email: Zuzana.Szabova@mindop.sk
Phone: 041 / 70 02 591
Districts: Žilina, Kysucké Nové Mesto, Čadca, Námestovo, Trstená, Dolný Kubín, Ružomberok, Liptovský Mikuláš, Poprad, Kežmarok, Bytča, Púchov, Považská Bystrica, Ilava, Trenčín, Bánovce nad Bebravou, Prievidza.
Section of Local Hygienist Zvolen
Head of Section: RNDr. Soňa Hanesová
Address: M.R.Štefánika 295/2, 960 02 Zvolen
Email: Sona.Hanesova@mindop.sk
Phone: 045 / 22 93 035
Districts: Zvolen, Banská Bystrica, Brezno, Detva, Rimavská Sobota, Revúca, Poltár, Lučenec, Veľký Krtíš, Krupina, Levice, Banská Štiavnica, Žarnovica, Žiar nad Hronom, Turčianske Teplice, Martin, Topoľčany, Hlohovec, Nitra, Zlaté Moravce, Partizánske, Levice.