REGULATING IRANIAN MEDICAL INSTITUTES: TOWARDS CRIMINAL POLICY FOR A CLEAR REGULATORY MODEL
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical and Clinical Research - Year 2011, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Regulation has been considered as a tool of performance improvement and an instrument of social justice. Iranian criminal legislator didn’t specify criminal policy for a clear regulatory model in Iranian medical law. Lack of clarity and stability of medical regulation in Iranian medical institutes paves the way for some institutes to commit crimes against patients' rights and make their situation even worse. As such, this is going to increase the dark number of crimes committed and to simultaneously create a safe heaven for offenders to continue committing their crimes. To make the matters worse, most of Iranian medical institutes are reluctant to abide by criminal provisions. The authors try to discuss different criminal policies for medical regulation in Iranian statutes. After introducing Iranian health system with its main three sections, the authors explain the necessity of a clear regulatory model then discuss regulating managers and personnel, clinical governance, internal and external regulatory models with legislative approaches. The authors also conclude that crimes against patients’ rights sometimes increase due to diversified regulatory models and new measures including severe criminal sanctions should be considered in Iranian Acts. Finally, the hybrid regulatory model is suggested to use as an appropriate regulatory model with the most benefits and the least disadvantages.
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AMIR SAMAVATI PIROUZ, NASSRIN MEHRA
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- DOI 10.9735/0976-5530.2.2.53-62
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