Federal Medical-Biological Agency

The Federal Medical-Biological Agency (FMBA; Russian: Федеральное медико-биологическое агентство, ФМБА России) is the federal executive body of the Russian Federation that exercises functions on normative and legal regulation in the sphere of medical and sanitary support for workers in certain industries with particularly hazardous working conditions (including during the preparation and performance of space flights, diving and caisson work), the organization of medical and biological support for athletes of the Russian national sports teams, the provision of state services and the management of state property in the sphere of healthcare, the provision of medical care, the organization of the activities of the blood service, federal state control over the safety of donor blood and its components, the implementation of federal state sanitary and epidemiological control in organizations of certain industries with particularly hazardous working conditions (including during the preparation and performance of space flights, diving and caisson work) and in certain territories of Russia (including facilities and territories of closed administrative-territorial entities, territories with physical, chemical and biological factors hazardous to human health) according to the lists approved by the Government of Russia, as well as functions on medical and sanitary support for workers of the organizations it serves and the population of the territories served (including the provision of services in the resort industry, the organization of forensic medical and forensic psychiatric examinations, transplantation of human organs and tissues), on the organization of medical and social examination of employees of the organizations served and the population of the territories served, on the organization and implementation of medical and sanitary measures to prevent, localize and eliminate the consequences of emergencies associated with radiation, chemical and biological incidents, accidents and terrorist acts, on the implementation of medical and sanitary measures in combat zones and in adjacent territories.