The author attempts to determine the legal status of bioethics committees. Based on the analysis of the norms of administrative law, he claims that bioethics committees are public administration authorities whose enactments – under the provisions of the Code of Administrative Procedure – should be considered as administrative decisions.. Moreover, the argument (shared by the doctrine and case law) that if the legislature does not specify the form of settlement of the matter by the authority, the form of an administrative decision should be presumed, speaks in favour of treating committee opinions as administrative decisions. The conditions – defined by the jurisprudence – requisite for recognition of a decision due to its individual and concrete character, are also presented.
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