Medical Law

By Prof. Narendran Thiruthy, Prof. Chaitanya Mittal | IIT Kharagpur

Learners enrolled: 1981 | Exam registration: 499

ABOUT THE COURSE : Medical Law covers the rights, duties and legal responsibilities of healthcare professionals and establishments. The interface between Medical Law and the Legal profession is not much explored. There is a variety of legal issues connected with medical practice and the healthcare industry. The proposed 8-week course on Medical Law will comprehensively cover various aspects of this interface. Starting with Medical ethics, the course will take you through Consent, Medical Negligence, medical malpractice, Health care policy and IPR. The course will end by giving an overview of the regulatory framework governing the healthcare sector. The objective of this program is to develop sound understanding among both medical students and law students about the latest developments in this field. The course will be useful for Medical Students, Nursing Students, Law Students, Healthcare workers, Hospital Managers and Policymakers. Following a multidisciplinary approach, the course will help the learners to understand and effectively respond to the legal and regulatory issues in the healthcare sector.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Medical Students, Nursing Students, Law Students, Healthcare workers, Hospital Managers

PREREQUISITES : No. But Preferably Graduate Student of Medicine, Nursing, Hospital Management or Law

INDUSTRY SUPPORT : Healthcare Industry

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	8 weeks
Category :	Multidisciplinary
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	19 Feb 2024
End Date :	12 Apr 2024
Enrollment Ends :	19 Feb 2024
Exam Registration Ends :	15 Mar 2024
Exam Date :	27 Apr 2024 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

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 of hospitals/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:

Surrogacy 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 governing 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

Books and references

1. Stauch, Marc, and Kay Wheat. Text, cases and materials on medical law and ethics. Routledge, 2017.

2. Modi, Rai Bahadur Jaising P. Lexis Nexis’s A Textbook of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology– 27th Edition 2021

3. Thiruthy N. R&D crisis in drug discovery for neglected diseases: scope for an open source approach to pharmaceutical research. Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice. 2016 Aug 1;11(8):599-611.

4. Suraj S, Mittal C, Shaik MN. Law, Policy and Practice of Rights of the Child in India in Context to United Nations Conventions. Journal of Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology. 2022 Jan 1;22(1).

5. Aggrawal A. APC Textbook of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology-Avichal Publishing Company. Avichal publishing company; 2014.

6. Pillay V. Textbook of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology (20th Edition 2023).

Instructor bio

Prof. Narendran Thiruthy

IIT Kharagpur

Prof. Narendran Thiruthy is a faculty at Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Before joining the faculty of IIT Kharagpur, he served as the head of IPR Section in the National Biodiversity Authority, Government of India. He has represented the government in many bilateral and multilateral meetings. At IIT Kharagpur, he teaches Copyright in the Global Information Age, Music and Entertainment Law, Advanced Theories of Intellectual Property and Trademark and Designs. Narendran’s research explores the intersection of law, technology and the environment. His research areas include IP Philosophy, Protection of Cultural Property, IP procedure, IP Business models, New Technology Developments and IP, Theories of Creativity, Biodiversity Governance etc.

Prof. Chaitanya Mittal

Prof./Dr. Chaitanya Mittal is a medical faculty and medico-legal consultant in the Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology at Dr. B. C. Roy Multi-Speciality Medical Research Centre BCRMMRC, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He has more than six years of teaching and research experience in his expertise. Prof. Mittal got specialized in Forensic Medicine & Toxicology from Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research JIPMER, Puducherry in 2017 and further did his senior residency at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur. His research interest is in the field of Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic Pathology and Forensic Toxicology and allied fields. He has more than 22 publications in Pubmed and Scopus indexed journals and book chapters. He had received three best paper awards in his field and presented more than 15 papers in various National & Zonal conferences. He is a life member of many associations and an editorial board member & Reviewer of multiple journals.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.

The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).

Date and Time of Exams: 27 April 2024 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.

Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.

Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 6 assignments out of the total 8 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

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