Introduction: Medical services are of great social importance, and therefore the importance of compliance with their quality level is difficult to overestimate. Aim: Study the concept of "quality of care" in the doctrine of the civil law and the legislation of the Russian Federation. Results: Understanding the quality of services in the various scientific disciplines are different. Legal scholars, defining this concept, consider the criteria of qualitative evaluation of the goods, works or services by including in the definition of reference to match the quality of products to the requirements of normativetechnical documents and conditions of contracts. The quality of medical care legislator understands the totality of characteristics reflecting the timeliness of care, the selection of methods of prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation in health care, the degree of achievement of planned results. Administrative regulation of the quality of medical services performed by checking their compliance with the requirements of the implementation of the licensing of medical activity. Monitoring the quality of medical services provided by private medical institutions, carried out mainly by means of civillegal methods of exposure. On the relationship to provide medical services covered by the legislation on consumer protection. Conclusion: Pressing need is a legislative basis in law definition of "defect of care."
