A person conducting business activity is subjected to sickness insurance on a voluntary basis which means that this insurance depends on the request of the concerned
person. Lack of sickness insurance deprives a person conducting business activity sickness insurance benefits, related to the inability to work or to the birth of a child. Supreme Court’s ruling resolved this legal problem by an affirmative answer to the question: “Does the commencement of receiving maternity benefit by a person running a non-agricultural activity, who had previously been voluntarily covered by sickness insurance, result in the termination of this insurance under Article 14 (2) (3) in connection with Art. 11 (2) of the Act of October 13,
1998 on the social insurance system?”