This procedure regulates the manner of access to public interest information according to Law no. 544/2001 and the Methodological Norms from February 7, 2002, for applying Law no. 544/2001 regarding free access to public interest information, with the subsequent amendments and completions, within the Gorj Public Health Directorate.

The person responsible for applying Law no. 544/2001 regarding free access to public interest information, with the subsequent amendments and completions, at the level of the Gorj Public Health Directorate is Pitian Elena, inspector within the Public Relations Department.

Public authorities and institutions have the obligation to respond in writing to requests for public interest information within 10 days, or, as the case may be, within a maximum of 30 days from the registration of the request, depending on the difficulty, complexity, volume of documentary work, and urgency of the request. If the time required to identify and disseminate the requested information exceeds 10 days, the response will be communicated to the applicant within a maximum of 30 days, provided that the applicant is notified in writing of this fact within 10 days.

The deadlines for communicating a response to applicants for information of interest are calculated from the date the request is registered, and the day on which the term begins to run and the day it expires are not included in the calculation of the deadlines. When the last day of a deadline falls on a non-working day, the deadline is extended to the first working day that follows.

As regards the personal data collected by the Gorj Public Health Directorate, these are processed in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EU) no. 679/2016 on the Protection of Personal Data, the purpose of processing this data being established by the fulfillment of the duties and legal obligations instituted by Law no. 544/2001 regarding free access to information of public interest, with the subsequent amendments and completions.

More information regarding the policy of the Gorj Public Health Directorate in relation to the processing of personal data, as well as the data protection officer within the institution, can be found on the institution's website https://dsp-gorj.centruldecalcul.ro/ , in the section “https://dsp-gorj.centruldecalcul.ro/protectia-datelor-cu-caracter-personal-gdpr/”