Medical Liability: The Current State of Italian Legislation
Medical Liability: The Current State of Italian Legislation
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DOI：
10.1163/15718093-12341357
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发表时间：
2015-01-01
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0.8
通讯作者：
Marsella, Luigi T.
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作者：
Feola, Alessandro;Marino, Valeria;Marsella, Luigi T.
医疗保健专业人员的职业责任无疑是当前的一个问题；事实上，在过去十年中，欧洲有关医疗事故指控的诉讼呈指数级增长。 1 随着第 1 号法律的生效，意大利的医疗责任立法发生了重大变化。 189/2012，也称为“巴尔杜齐法”。该法第 3 条规定，“医疗保健专业人员在开展其专业活动时，遵守科学界认可的准则和最佳实践，不能因医疗事故而被追究刑事责任，同时《民法典》第 2043 条规定的赔偿义务仍然存在。法官在确定最终赔偿损失时还应适当考虑上述行为标准”。 2 本条还建立了医疗专业人员责任保险特别优惠制度。生物损害赔偿的量化依据的是《保险法》第138条和第139条的表格，其适用范围原本仅限于道路交通事故造成的伤害赔偿。新法出台以来，存在两个关键问题：
The professional liability of healthcare professionals is a decidedly current issue; indeed, in the past decade litigation regarding alleged medical malpractice has increased exponentially in Europe. 1 Substantial changes have occurred in the context of medical liability legislation in Italy with the coming into force of Law no. 189/2012, also known as the ‘Balduzzi Law’. Article 3 of this law states that “the healthcare professional who, in carrying out his/her professional activities, adheres to the guidelines and best practices accredited by the scientific community, cannot be held criminally liable for malpractice, whilst the obligation for compensation, as defined in article 2043 of the Civil Code, persists. The judge shall also take due account of the standard of conduct denoted above when determining eventual compensatory damages”. 2 This article also establishes a special concession system for the liability insurance of medical professionals. The quantification of compensation for biological damages is based on the tables of Articles 138 and 139 of the Insurance Code, whose applicability was originally restricted to compensation for injuries caused by road traffic accidents. Since the emission of the new law, two key issues have