The Czech Healing Spa Association (CHSA) was established in 1995 as a professional association of medical spas with the aim of maintaining and guaranteeing the therapeutic standards of spa companies. The association's mission is to cultivate the environment and create conditions for the maintenance and development of healing spas in the Czech Republic and to defend the common and individual interests of its members. At home, the CHSA is a leading partner of the Czech Ministry of Health.

Currently, the CHSA has 48 members, including 46 medical spas, which account for more than two-thirds of all spa beds in the country and represent 95% of all spa treatments covered by public health insurance. All spas affiliated with the CHSA are accredited medical spas, including a connection to the public health system, and therefore meet strict criteria for treatment, catering and accommodation. Healing spas use local natural therapeutic resources approved by the Ministry of Health for treatment, which distinguishes these facilities from other spas or accommodation facilities located in spa towns. It is precisely this emphasis on the therapeutic aspect that has earned Czech spas worldwide renown.

The CHSA is a member of the European Spas Association (ESPA), based in Brussels, whose main mission is to maintain therapeutic spas across Europe and guarantee their quality. The association is also a member of the Czech Tourism Union (CTU).

The CHSA's statutes, as approved by the association's general meeting held on 7 April 2022, can be found here

Board of Directors of the Czech Healing Spa Association

MUDr. Eduard Bláha – President of
the CHSA – management of the CHSA, coordination of the board of directors, management of the secretariat, relations with government authorities, legislative and legal affairs (Lázně Luhačovice a.s.)

Ing. Martin Plachý – Vice-President of
the CHSA – promotion and marketing (LS ROYAL Mariánské Lázně a.s., Lázně Velké Losiny s.r.o., Léčebné lázně Luhačovice – Sanatorium Miramare, s.r.o., Sirnaté lázně Ostrožská Nová Ves, s.r.o.). Ing. Martin Plachý is also Vice-President of the European Spas Association

Ing. Josef Ciglanský, Vice-President of the CHSA

– economic affairs, negotiations with insurance companies (Františkovy Lázně Aquaforum, a.s.)

Ing. Vladimír
Odehnal – climate spas and spa statutes (Priessnitzovy léčebné lázně a.s.)

Ing. Radim Kalfus
 – Analytical Commission, Methodology Commission (Lázně Bělohrad a.s.)

Ing. Petr Valenta

– legislative and legal affairs (Lázně Poděbrady a.s.)

Karel Kalivoda, MBA

– scientific and research activities (Léčebné lázně Mariánské Lázně, a.s.)

Supervisory Board of the Czech Healing Spa Association

Lenka Krótká Lázně Darkov, a.s.

Prof. JUDr. Vilém Kahoun, Ph.D., Slatinné lázně Třeboň, a.s.

Ing. Yveta Slišková, Lázně Teplice v Čechách, a.s.