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Federal Decree-Law No. (4) of 2016 Concerning Medical Liability is one of the rulebooks issued by the Ministry of Health and Prevention. For compliance officers, legal teams, and advisors working under this regime, finding the right article quickly matters. Lexara indexes the full text of Medical Liability Law (FDL 4/2016) and makes it searchable two ways: full-text and keyword search for rapid lookup, and AI Explorer for natural-language questions answered with citations to the exact article.
13 articles in 1 chapters, each with a plain-English summary by Arakan. The full text of every article is in the Laws Browser.
Article 4Chapter I - Physician duties
Physicians are required to follow practice rules, record patient histories, provide treatment options, and cooperate with other practitioners.
Article 5Chapter I - Consent and confidentiality
Physicians must obtain patient consent to treat, except in emergencies or infectious cases, and may not disclose patient secrets without specific justifications.
Article 6Chapter I - Medical error
A medical error is defined by practitioners' failures in knowledge, standards, due diligence, or negligence; gross error standards are detailed in regulations.
Article 8Chapter I - Surgery
Surgery requires a qualified surgeon, pre-operative assessments, and written informed consent, along with adequate facility preparations, except in emergencies.
Article 9Chapter I - Discharge
Patients can only be discharged when medically fit, or with specific approvals; consent is required to retain them in a facility.
Articles 2-3Chapter I - Duty of care
All health practitioners must provide care accurately and honestly, adhering to scientific standards and respecting patient rights without discrimination.
Articles 10-11Chapter I - End of life
Life termination is prohibited; resuscitation can only be removed under specific conditions, and patients may not be denied resuscitation if requested.
Articles 12-16Chapter I - Research, cloning and reproductive medicine
Human cloning is banned, and consent is required for human research, assisted reproduction, and pregnancy terminations under specific medical circumstances.
Articles 18-21Chapter II - Medical Liability Committees
Compensation claims must first be referred to a Medical Liability Committee, which reports within 30 days, and grievances can be raised afterward.
Articles 22-24Chapter III - Investigations and licence suspension
Health authorities must be notified of practitioner investigations, which may result in licence suspensions pending reports; provisional actions require confirmation of gross errors.
Articles 25-27Chapter IV - Mandatory insurance
Practitioners must have insurance against medical errors, with facility owners responsible for insuring their staff and covering premiums.
Articles 28-35Chapter V - Penalties
The law imposes fines and imprisonment for breaches related to cloning, assisted reproduction, and medical errors, with varying penalties based on severity.
Articles 37-39Chapter V - Disciplinary liability and facilities
Practitioners share liabilities with physicians; private health facilities must follow disciplinary rules for breaches of the Medical Liability Law.
Medical Liability Law (FDL 4/2016)'s 13 indexed articles break down by obligation type as follows.
Medical Director / Compliance — 7 articles
Legal / HR — 2 articles
Medical Director / Ethics Committee — 1 article
Legal / Risk — 1 article
Finance / HR — 1 article
Legal — 1 article
Medical Liability Law (FDL 4/2016) spans the following regulatory topics, as tagged by Lexara.
healthcare
medical liability
clinics
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What is Federal Decree-Law No. (4) of 2016 Concerning Medical Liability?
Federal Decree-Law No. (4) of 2016 Concerning Medical Liability is issued by the Ministry of Health and Prevention. It has 13 articles across 1 chapters.
What does Medical Liability Law (FDL 4/2016) cover?
It is organised into: Medical Liability.
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