{"id":43696,"date":"2026-04-21T14:02:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.counselling.nl\/?post_type=ufaq&#038;p=43696"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:02:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:02:24","slug":"wat-is-de-wet-kwaliteit-klachten-geschillen-zorg-wkkgz","status":"publish","type":"ufaq","link":"https:\/\/www.counselling.nl\/en\/ufaq\/wat-is-de-wet-kwaliteit-klachten-geschillen-zorg-wkkgz\/","title":{"rendered":"Wat is de Wet Kwaliteit Klachten Geschillen Zorg (WKKGZ)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-list ewd-ufaq-page-type-distinct ewd-ufaq-category-tabs-\" id='ewd-ufaq-faq-list'>\n\n\t<input type='hidden' name='show_on_load' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-show-on-load' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='include_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-include-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='exclude_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-exclude-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='orderby' value='date' id='ewd-ufaq-orderby' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='order' value='asc' id='ewd-ufaq-order' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='post_count' value='-1' id='ewd-ufaq-post-count' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='current_url' value='\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq\/43696' id='ewd-ufaq-current-url' \/>\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faqs'>\n\n\t\t<div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-div ewd-ufaq-faq-column-count-one ewd-ufaq-faq-responsive-columns- ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-default ewd-ufaq-can-be-toggled\" id='ewd-ufaq-post-43696-yQReB0vCjw' data-post_id='43696'>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title ewd-ufaq-faq-toggle'>\n\t\n\t<a class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin'  href='#' role=\"button\">\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol ewd-ufaq-'>\n\t\t\t<span >A<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title-text'>\n\n\t\t\t<h4>\n\t\t\t\tWat is de Wet Kwaliteit Klachten Geschillen Zorg (WKKGZ)?\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-clear'><\/div>\n\n\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-body' >\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin ewd-ufaq-faq-post'>\n\t<p>Sinds 1 januari 2017 is de Wet Kwaliteit Klachten Geschillen Zorg (WKKGZ) van kracht. Deze wet verplicht elke zorgaanbieder om cli\u00ebnten de mogelijkheid tot zowel een klachtenfunctionaris als een geschilleninstantie te bieden.<\/p>\n<p>Ben jij zorgaanbieder, zoals een counsellor en zelfstandig ondernemer? Dan moet je aangesloten zijn bij een organisatie die zo\u2019n klachtenfunctionaris en geschilleninstantie aanbiedt. Doe je dat niet, dan voldoe je niet aan de WKKGZ en ben je niet langer bevoegd om je beroep als zorgaanbieder (counsellor) te beoefenen. Lees meer hierover op onze pagina over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.counselling.nl\/wettelijke-verplichtingen-als-coach-counsellor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wettelijke Verplichtingen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Wat is de Wet Kwaliteit Klachten Geschillen Zorg (WKKGZ)? Sinds 1 januari 2017 is de Wet Kwaliteit Klachten Geschillen Zorg (WKKGZ) van kracht. Deze wet verplicht elke zorgaanbieder om cli\u00ebnten de mogelijkheid tot zowel een klachtenfunctionaris als een geschilleninstantie te bieden. Ben jij zorgaanbieder, zoals een counsellor en zelfstandig ondernemer? 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