Regulation on Health Personnel Published

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca made a statement on social media, "The regulation on the investigation of health personnel and the recourse of compensation arising from malpractice cases has been published."

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca shared the following details about the regulation information he shared on his Twitter account:

1- A Professional Responsibility Board, which is authorized to give permission for investigation and compensation of healthcare professionals, has been established.

2- Complaints made regarding the medical work and transactions of health professionals, other than the faculty members of the state university staff, will be sent to the Board for investigation permission by the relevant prosecutor's offices.

3- Investigation of health personnel working in private health institutions and physicians in self-employment is also subject to the permission of the Board. The Board will make a preliminary examination regarding these complaints and decide whether to grant an investigation permit.

4-An objection can be made to the Ankara Regional Administrative Court against the Board's decision regarding the investigation permission.

5- In cases where the public administrations decide to pay compensation, recourse will not be applied unless there is a finalized criminal court decision that the relevant healthcare professional has misused his office by acting against the requirements of his duty.

6-Recourse to the relevant health personnel of the compensation paid by the administration due to medical procedures and practices; it will only be possible if it is determined by the finalized criminal court decision that he abused his office by deliberately acting against the requirements of his duty.

7- The amount of recourse will be determined by the Board, taking into account the fault rate of the relevant health personnel, in the recourse of the compensation decided by the court only in the presence of these conditions.

8- The members of the Board shall not be held responsible financially and administratively, unless there is a final judicial decision due to their decisions on recourse.

9- Within the framework of this legislation, all our healthcare professionals, especially our physicians, have had the opportunity to freely perform their professions in a scientific framework without experiencing malpractice pressure.

10- Our physicians, like our judges, have been protected and have gained a guarantee that is unmatched in the world.