[SOME ASPECTS OF LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL TOURISM IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION].

The article discusses the prospects for the development of the export of medical services and issues of regulatory regulation of medical tourism in the Russian Federation. Today, Russian legislation does not unite a number of concepts related to medical tourism and are drivers of the development of the tourism industry. The development of medical tourism has a close relationship with plans to expand the volume of incoming tourist flow and attract funds from foreign investors to Russia. At the same time, medical organizations and structures providing treatment and rehabilitation of foreign citizens note the absence of the concept of «medical tourism» in the regulatory legal framework, which acts as a significant barrier to the transformation of this process. In this regard, it is necessary to improve the current legislative framework and develop an appropriate model law.