Organization
The supervision authorities are the Norwegian Board of Health Supervision (the central office), the Norwegian Board of Health Supervision in the Counties, and the Offices of the County Governor.
The Norwegian Board of Health Supervision is the national supervision authority, with about 85 employees, of which 25 are lawyers, about 20 are doctors, 10-15 are other types of health care personnel, 5 to 10 are social care personnel and about 10 are social scientists.
Supervision is carried out in the counties by the Norwegian Board of Health Supervision in the Counties (supervision of health services and health care personnel) and by the Offices of the County Governor (supervision of social services).
The leader of the supervision authorities is from August 2012 acting Director General Geir Sverre Braut.
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