The Criminal Liabihty of Medical Teams

Since long ago، a question has been the concern of the medical prachtioners، patients and their relatives: what about the likely، and probably irreparable، losses، while the patient and the prachitioner have both been in full consent on the medical process? The authors of this article seek to find a solution for cases of criminal errors or cases where the law is silent or is in contrast، at least by providing their personal and export legal interpretation of the present criminal medical rules. No doubt، the present article can reduce the worries of medical teams concerning the legal and criminal consequences of medical treatment. According to present rules، if the members of medical teams have enough expertise، their medical or surgical work is lawful and they have taken all technicall and scientific standards in to consideration، they are not taken accountable; otherwise، they are legally and morally accountable (article 59، Part Two). Medical teams have two types of responsibility: civil and criminal. This article is concerned with the criminal type، which is more important and crucial. It describes and analyzes the present rules and regulations and tries to clearly and coherently articulate the criminal liability of medical teams according to Iranian statute law and provides reasonable and scientific suggestions where there are lacunae.