With the approval of the law on chambers of health professionals No.-04 / L-150 by the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, health professionals have gained the right to self-organization, self-regulation and self-government in order to advance, protect and represent interests. professional as well as professional defense and deontology.

The law in question leaves a very wide space for the Medical Chambers themselves to be regulated through normative activity within the responsibilities of the Chamber.

For the first time in the history of Kosovo, the state by law has delegated a substantial part of the state competencies in the administration and self-regulation of health professionals.

The Kosovo Chamber of Nurses, as the largest professional chamber of health professionals in Kosovo, has had additional responsibilities for fulfilling the purpose and mission of the Law.

The Kosovo Chamber of Nurses, Midwives and Other Health Professionals was established on January 23, 2015, following an extremely democratic and transparent electoral process ensuring all professional, institutional and territorial involvement.

In the first constitutive meeting of the chamber held on January 23, 2015, the election results were verified and certified and the chamber assembly was established as the highest representative and self-regulatory body of the chamber.

In the same session of the assembly, the chairman of the Chamber was elected as the executive body of the Chamber.

The process of electing the chairman of the chamber was conducted with a strong competition between the candidates certified by the CEC for chairman of the chamber.

Each candidate had the opportunity to present their views and development program. After the first round of elections, the two candidates with the highest number of votes qualified in the second round of elections.

In the first two rounds of voting, the qualified candidates for the second round received the same number of votes and only in the third round was the election of the current chairman Mr. Naser Rrustemaj.

In addition to the members of the assembly present at the constitutive meeting of the assembly were guests from chambers and associations as sisters in the region (Slovenia, Albania, Macedonia, Poland, etc.) as well as the chairmen of the newly formed chambers, the Minister of Health and other officials. All those present admired and welcomed the very democratic process of constituting the assembly and electing the chairman of the chamber.