The article is devoted to the study of the mechanism of organization of primary health care (hereinafter referred to as PHC) at the present stage in the focus of constitutional and legal regulation. The state pays special attention to the development and improvement of modern medical technologies, however, deviation from traditional healthcare leads to a substitution of priorities, does not contribute to the implementation of the constitutional principles of public health protection. Some imperfections of the legal regulation in the field of organization of the provision of medical care that undermine public confidence in the primary health care system are given.