BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS / Šturma, Mozetic (eds)

However, the only punishment they may receive will be related to the license to allow the activities to be performed, which in Brazil are granted by a government agency and allow the health professional to keep his clinic open to the public. Regarding the health plans (the health business companies) it was not possible to infer any mechanism that was able to compel the health insurance companies to demand from the healthcare professionals the observation of these norms under some administrative penalty, which would have been effective mechanism. Therefore, it is perceived that Santa Catarina’s law does not generate effectiveness in relation to an effective accountability of those who violate it, since it did not such relevant penalties, especially in relation to health plans, which were not held liable if their members did not comply with the law. For this reason, although it is an important instrument for the beginning of the protection of pregnant women and parturients, it still seems to be lacking educational campaigns that give people the knowledge of the subject so that the effectiveness of this protection can be guaranteed.

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