Legal notice

General conditions

The domain www.sanidad.gob.es is owned by the Ministry of Health, based on Paseo del Prado 18-20 in Madrid.

The website www.sanidad.gob.es and all the subdomains and directories included under it (hereinafter jointly referred to as the Portal) fulfil the function of general information and attention to the citizen in the terms of Royal Decree 208/1996, of 9 February, which regulates the services of administrative information and attention to the citizen, and are subject to the terms detailed in this Legal Notice, without prejudice to the fact that access to any of said services or contents may require the acceptance of additional General Conditions.

The Ministry of Health is not responsible for the damages that may be caused by the use of the tools and information contained in its website in relation to the adoption of decisions on the initiation, development or result of administrative procedures. Such decisions must be verified in the competent centres, agencies or units.

In any case, the information and contents of this website may not be alleged in processes contradictory to the Public Administration, not assuming any responsibility for the discrepancies that may exist between the printed documents of the competent Administration and the electronic publication on these pages.

In this sense, it is not guaranteed that a normative document available online will exactly reproduce an officially adopted text, so only the legal texts published in the editions of the Official State Gazette (BOE), the Official Journal of the European Union or any other official Gazette or Journal are considered authentic.

The Ministry of Health does not guarantee the absence of interruptions or errors in access to its website or in its different contents. Nor does it guarantee that it is always and in all cases updated, although it will do everything possible to correct technical errors and ensure the timeliness and accuracy of its contents. In any case, the Ministry of Health reserves the right to make changes to the Portal without prior notice, in order to update, amend, modify, add or remove the contents of the Portal or its design.

The Ministry of Health is not responsible for the replies that are made through the different email addresses that appear on these pages, except that of the department itself. The information obtained through the mailboxes contained in these pages is of an orientation and general information nature, without in any case being able to derive from it any binding legal effect in the terms provided in article 4 of Royal Decree 208/1996, of 9 February.

Protection of Personal Data

The personal data processed by the Ministry of Health are obtained and processed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (General Data Protection Regulation - GDPR). More information.

Intellectual Property and Industrial Property Rights

Both the design of the Portal and its source codes, as well as the logos, brands, graphic elements associated with institutional campaigns, and other distinctive signs that appear in it, belong to the Ministry of Health or collaborating entities and are protected by the corresponding intellectual and industrial property rights.

The information available on this website, unless expressly indicated otherwise, is susceptible to reuse; its total or partial reproduction, modification, distribution and communication are authorized, for commercial and non-commercial uses, subject to the following conditions:

The user is obliged to mention the date of the last update of the documents subject to reuse.

The Ministry of Health declares its respect for the intellectual and industrial property rights of third parties; therefore, if you believe that this site may be violating your rights, please contact the Ministry of Health.

Links or Hyperlinks

Users who intend to establish a hyperlink between their website and that of the Ministry of Health, must take into account the following:

  1. The establishment of the hyperlink does not imply in any case the existence of relations between the Ministry of Health and the owner of the website on which it is established, nor the acceptance and approval by the Ministry of Health of its contents or services. Therefore, it will not be stated or implied that the Ministry of Health has expressly authorized the hyperlink or that it has supervised or assumed in any way the services offered or made available on the website from which the hyperlink is established.
  2. The Ministry of Health is not responsible in any way or guarantees the quality, accuracy, reliability, correctness or morality of content or services that the establishment of the hyperlink may offer. The user assumes sole responsibility for the consequences, damages or actions that may arise from access to the hyperlink website.
  3. The website on which the hyperlink is established may not contain any trademark, denomination, logo, slogan or other distinctive signs belonging to the Ministry of Health, except those signs that are part of the same hyperlink.
  4. The website on which the hyperlink is established will not contain information with illegal content, contrary to morality and generally accepted good customs and public order, nor will it contain content contrary to any rights of third parties.

Cookie Policy

The Ministry of Health informs about the use of cookies on its web pages.

Cookies are files that can be downloaded to your computer through the web pages. They are tools that play an essential role in the provision of numerous services of the information society. Among others, they allow a website to store and retrieve information about the browsing habits of a user or his equipment and, depending on the information obtained, they can be used to recognize the user and improve the service offered.

Types of cookies

Depending on the entity that manages the domain from which the cookies are sent and processes the data obtained, two types can be distinguished: first-party cookies and third-party cookies.

There is also a second classification according to the length of time they remain stored in the client’s browser, which may be session cookies or persistent cookies.

Finally, there is another classification with five types of cookies according to the purpose for which the data obtained are processed: technical cookies, personalization cookies, analysis cookies, advertising cookies and behavioral advertising cookies.

Purpose of the Cookies used on the website

The Ministry’s website uses cookies to store the following information:

Acceptance of the cookie policy

The Ministry assumes that you accept the use of cookies. However, it shows information about your Cookie Policy at the top of any page of the portal with each login in order for you to be aware.

In view of this information, it is possible to carry out the following actions:

How to change the cookie settings

You can restrict, block or delete cookies from the Ministry of Health or any other website, using your browser. In each browser the operation is different, the 'Help' function will show you how to do it.

In addition, you can also manage the storage of cookies in your browser through tools such as the following:

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