Issuance of a Permit-Hygiene Passport (PHP)

Kinds of activities that require a permit-hygiene passport:

1) Activities of outpatient institutions of personal health care (according to the list of licensed outpatient personal health care services approved by the Minister of Health*)

2) Activities of hospitals (according to the list of licensed inpatient personal health care services approved by the Minister of Health*)

3) Other personal health care activities approved by the Minister of Health*

3¹) Complementary and alternative health care practices**

4) Education activities: pre-school education activities, education activities of general education schools, education activities of children's non-formal education schools, education activities of vocational schools, education activities of higher education institutions

5) Activities of residential adult care and nursing institutions, activities of residential child and youth care and nursing institutions

6) Accommodation service activities (activities of hotels, motels, guesthouses, resort sanatoriums, resort rehabilitation centres, camping sites, tourist centres, rest houses, youth hostels)

7) Beauty service activities (hair care services, face care services, body care services, nail care services, tattoo services, permanent makeup services, piercing services)

8) Service activities of solariums

9) Service activities of sports clubs

10) Service activities of bathhouses, saunas, swimming pools

11) Service activities of laundries

12) Manufacture of cosmetic products

13) Activities relating to the provision of funeral services (storage of human corpses, their preparation for viewing, and laying out), cremation activities, embalming activities

14) Activities of stationary sources of noise in noise abatement zones

15) Activities of health services that use complementary alternative health care products, animals and other living organisms and which are not licensed under the Law on Complementary and Alternative Health Care. 

* In accordance with the list of licensed personal health care services, approved by Order No. V-943 of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Lithuania of 27 August 2018.

** In accordance with the list of specific groups and/or subgroups of complementary and alternative health care services, approved by Order No. V-2199 of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Lithuania of 6 October 2020.
 

Not necessarily. All procedures and formalities related to submission of the documents required for obtaining a permit-hygiene passport and decisions related to granting, correcting and obtaining a permit-hygiene passport, or a duplicate, can be completed: 

1. Upon arrival at the appropriate NVSC district department, and upon presentation of an identity document (identity card or passport) and filling out the application.

2. By sending an application and a copy of the document confirming the identity of the person (identity card or passport), approved in accordance with the procedure established by legal acts, by mail or by courier to NVSC to the following address: 153 Kalvarijų St., Vilnius, or to the appropriate NVSC district  department.

3. Through National information system for delivery of electronic messages and electronic documents using post infrastructure (eDelivery), where the identity of the person will be confirmed. 

4. By sending an application form to NVSC by e-mail by mail [email protected]. When submitting an application form by e-mail, it must be signed using a qualified electronic signature that meets the requirements set out in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, or in a way that allows the person submitting an application to be identified or to verify the authenticity of the application.

5. Through administrative and public e-services portal E-Government Gateway epaslaugos.lt, where the identity of the person will be confirmed (suspension of permits-hygiene passports, revocation of permits-hygiene passports, revocation of suspension of permits-hygiene passports when specifying the number of permit-hygiene passport, date of issuance, suspension, revocation or revocation of suspension, correction of permit-hygiene passport or issuance of duplicate of permit-hygiene passport). 
 

1.    Standard application form for obtaining a permit-hygiene passport (PHP).

2.    Natural persons should submit a copy of the document proving their identity.

3.    A document (or a copy of the document) that proves the right to use premises where economic/commercial activities are planned or carried out (the outdoor kindergarten should provide a document showing the right to use a plot of land where economic/commercial activities are planned or carried out), except in cases when the rights are registered in the Real Estate Register.

4.    Explanations of the cadastral measurements (inventory) of the premises where economic/ commercial activities are planned or carried out, with drawings of the premises or their copies (this requirement does not apply to simple structures, outdoor kindergarten activities).
 

It is recommended to submit an application and documents electronically through the E-Government Gateway. Direct link to order the service: https://www.epaslaugos.lt/portal/service/43221/19220?searchid=fd52b7b8-4d5c-429e-b974-4b5b183e7e9a 

Other ways of submitting documents to NVSC are described here https://nvsc.lrv.lt/lt/struktura-ir-kontaktai/asmenu-aptarnavimas
 

Yes. Information on issuance of permits-hygiene passports (PHP), suspension of permits-hygiene passports, revocation of permits-hygiene passports, revocation of suspension of permits-hygiene passports when specifying the number of permit-hygiene passport, date of issuance, suspension, revocation or revocation of suspension, the identity of the recipient of permit-hygiene passport (a natural person or legal entity or a branch), the place and the type of activities can be found here. 

The said information is available in the License Information System at https://www.licencijavimas.lt/lis-epp-app/public/licenceSearch
 

Yes. The specific activity must be indicated according to the list of types of economic/commercial activities, which require a permit-hygiene passport, specified in Article 21(4) of the Law on Public Health Care of the Republic of Lithuania and not according to the types of activities indicated in the classification of types of economic activities. 

No. Environmental noise measurements must be taken in the premises defined in Lithuanian Hygiene Standard, which regulates noise emission limits, for certain activities specified in Article 21(4.2, 4.4-6) of the Law on Public Health of the Republic of Lithuania (activities of hospitals, educational activities, stationary social service institutions, accommodation services).

When all correctly completed documents are submitted, the assessment of the conditions for the performance of economic/commercial activities is carried out no later than within 5 working days from the date of receiving the documents. 

A natural person, legal entity or a branch that has lost a permit-hygiene passport must submit an application for the issuance of a duplicate permit-hygiene passport (PHP) (free form). A copy of the permit-hygiene passport (PHP) marked "Duplicate" is given to the applicant or sent by registered mail only after payment of the state fee. 

No. If commercial activities are carried out in several locations at different addresses, separate permits-hygiene passports (PHP) are issued for each address. 

A permit-hygiene passport (PHP) is corrected by issuing a new permit-hygiene passport if the data specified in the permit-hygiene passport (PHP) changes, i.e. name of the legal entity or branch, address of the registered office, code (a new code is provided), personal data, correspondence address or other data (details) not related to the conditions of the economic/ commercial activity being carried out, after reorganisation of a legal entity, if the location of economic/ commercial activity does not change, as well as to correct errors made when issuing a permit-hygiene passport (PHP).

A natural person, a legal entities or a branch that holds a permit-hygiene passport, upon completion of reconstruction or repair work of the premises where economic/commercial activities are carried out which require the procedure of acceptance as fit for use, must immediately apply to the authority issuing permits-hygiene passports for the issuance of a new permit-hygiene passport (PHP). 

Accredited or certified. The list of accredited laboratories can be found on the website of the National Accreditation Office http://db.nab.lt/ais/accreditation

1. A natural person, a legal entities or a branch that holds a permit-hygiene passport (PHP) must comply with the requirements of legal acts regulating public health safety, applicable to their economic/ commercial activities, and carry out economic/commercial activities under the conditions declared in the application for a permit-hygiene passport ( PHP), except for the cases when the changed conditions of economic/commercial activity have been reported to the institution that issued the permit-hygiene passport (PHP) in accordance with the procedure established in Clause 48.2 of the Rules, and the change in the conditions of economic/commercial activity does not violate the requirements of public health safety legislation. 

2. A natural person, a legal entities or a branch that holds a permit-hygiene passport (PHP) must inform the institution that issued the permit-hygiene passport about:

Changed data recorded in the permit-hygiene passport (PHP) (legal entity and branch – name, registered office address, changed code (given new code); natural person – personal data, correspondence address) no later than within 10 working days from the change of these data.

Changed conditions for performance of economic and commercial activities no later than within 3 working days from the change of such conditions. 

3. PHP holder must not authorize or transfer the right to engage in the activities specified in the PHP to other persons under the contract. 

4. The original PHP or its copy must be presented in a place visible to users (the published PHP original or its copy should not show the personal identification number and address of the natural person). 

5. In case of temporary cessation of the activity for which the PHP was issued, the PHP holder must submit an application to the NVSC for suspension of PHP. 

6. Upon termination of the activity for which the PHP was issued, the PHP holder must submit an application to the NVSC for revocation of the PHP. Such an application must also be submitted when a new PHP is issued to a person who had already obtained an PHP after starting to provide new services in existing premises or starting to operate in existing premises where no activity was previously carried out (in this case, an application for revocation of the old PHP is submitted).