ABOUT THE COURSE :Medical Law covers the rights, duties and legal responsibilities of healthcare professionals and establishments. This course will provide a broad overview of the legal and regulatory framework goveming the healthcare sector and introduce the students to fundamental legal concepts like infbrmed consent, medical negligence, medical malpractice, liduciary care etc. The course is intended to cater to medical professionals, hospital managers, healthcare workers, law students, legal practitioners etc. Students will be equipped to understand and respond to the legal and regulatory issues in the healthcare sectorINTENDED AUDIENCE : Medical Students, Nursing Students, Law Students, Healthcare workers, Hospital ManagersPREREQUISITES : No. But Preferably Graduate Student of Medicine, Nursing, Hospital Management or LawINDUSTRY SUPPORT : Healthcare Industry
Overview
Syllabus
Week 1:
Introduction to Medical Profession and Law
1.1. Interface between Medical Profession and Law
1.2. Role of Medical practitioners in Justice Administration
1.3. Do's and Don'ts for Doctors
1.4. Do's and Don'ts for Legal Practitioners
1.5. Knowledge exchange between Medical and Legal Practitioners
Week 2:
Law of Consent and Medical Ethics
2.1. 'Consent' in Law
2.2. Types of Consent in Medical Profession
2.3. Ethics in Medical Profession
2.4. Importance of documentation in Medical practice
2.5. Legal implications of improper documentation
Week 3:
Medical Negligence and Medical Malpractice
3.1. Legal responsibilities of Medical Practitioners
3.2. Medical Negligence and Legal implications
3.3. Legal Implications of Medical malpractice
3.4. landmark judgements on Negligence
3.5. Testimony of Doctors in Medical negligence
Week 4:
Law regulating Clinical Establishments / Healthcare Sector
4.1. Healthcare Policy and Law
4.2. Clinical establishment Law
4.3. Legal liability ofhospitals/clinical establishments
4.4. Legal responsibility in Diagnostics
4.5. Penalties for non-compliance
Week 5:
Healthcare and Intellectual Property Rights
5.1. Role of IPR in promoting medical innovation technologies
5.2. Health Policy formulation and role for IPR
5.3. Intellectual Property and Access Medicine
5.4. Neglected diseases and role of IPR
5.5. Patenting Therapeutic practices and Techniques
Week 6:
Medical Jurisprudence and Forensic Science
6.1. Duties of Doctor in Courts
6.2. Evidence Law and Medical experts
6.3. Admissibility of Forensic Evidence
6.4. Various Legal procedures in Medical practice
6.5. Collection, preservation and dispatch of Forensic Evidence
Week 7:
Surogacy and Assisted Reproductive Techniques - Legal Regulations
7 .1. Ethical insight into different aspects of Surrogacy practice
7.2. Surrogacy Regulation in India
7.3. Assisted Reproductive Technology Regulation in India
7.4. Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic
7.5. Penalties for non-compliance
Week 8:
Regulatory Law on Clinical Trials and Organ Transplantation
8.1. Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation
8.2. Law goveming organ transplantation
8.3. Comparative Law on organ transplantation
8.4. Medico legal issues in Clinical Trials
8.5. Regulatory Law for Clinical Trials in India
Introduction to Medical Profession and Law
1.1. Interface between Medical Profession and Law
1.2. Role of Medical practitioners in Justice Administration
1.3. Do's and Don'ts for Doctors
1.4. Do's and Don'ts for Legal Practitioners
1.5. Knowledge exchange between Medical and Legal Practitioners
Week 2:
Law of Consent and Medical Ethics
2.1. 'Consent' in Law
2.2. Types of Consent in Medical Profession
2.3. Ethics in Medical Profession
2.4. Importance of documentation in Medical practice
2.5. Legal implications of improper documentation
Week 3:
Medical Negligence and Medical Malpractice
3.1. Legal responsibilities of Medical Practitioners
3.2. Medical Negligence and Legal implications
3.3. Legal Implications of Medical malpractice
3.4. landmark judgements on Negligence
3.5. Testimony of Doctors in Medical negligence
Week 4:
Law regulating Clinical Establishments / Healthcare Sector
4.1. Healthcare Policy and Law
4.2. Clinical establishment Law
4.3. Legal liability ofhospitals/clinical establishments
4.4. Legal responsibility in Diagnostics
4.5. Penalties for non-compliance
Week 5:
Healthcare and Intellectual Property Rights
5.1. Role of IPR in promoting medical innovation technologies
5.2. Health Policy formulation and role for IPR
5.3. Intellectual Property and Access Medicine
5.4. Neglected diseases and role of IPR
5.5. Patenting Therapeutic practices and Techniques
Week 6:
Medical Jurisprudence and Forensic Science
6.1. Duties of Doctor in Courts
6.2. Evidence Law and Medical experts
6.3. Admissibility of Forensic Evidence
6.4. Various Legal procedures in Medical practice
6.5. Collection, preservation and dispatch of Forensic Evidence
Week 7:
Surogacy and Assisted Reproductive Techniques - Legal Regulations
7 .1. Ethical insight into different aspects of Surrogacy practice
7.2. Surrogacy Regulation in India
7.3. Assisted Reproductive Technology Regulation in India
7.4. Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic
7.5. Penalties for non-compliance
Week 8:
Regulatory Law on Clinical Trials and Organ Transplantation
8.1. Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation
8.2. Law goveming organ transplantation
8.3. Comparative Law on organ transplantation
8.4. Medico legal issues in Clinical Trials
8.5. Regulatory Law for Clinical Trials in India
Taught by
Prof. Narendran Thiruthy, Prof. Chaitanya Mittal
