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Author Nys, Herman, 1951-

Title Medical law in Belgium / Herman Nys
Edition Third edition
Published Alphen aan den rijn, the netherlands : Kluwer law international, [2015]
Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, [2015]
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Description 214 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Contents note continued: 1.Legal Conditions For The Practice Of Medicine -- I.Historical Note -- II.Healing Arts and Medicine -- III.Legal Monopoly of Physicians -- IV.Legal Conditions for the Practice of Medicine -- A.Legal Diploma -- 1.Exemption from the Legal Diploma -- 2.Assimilation Based on Mutual Recognition -- B.Visa -- 1.Exemption from the Visa -- 2.Withdrawal of the Visa -- 3.Suspension of the Visa -- 4.Restricted Visa -- C.Inscription on the List of the Order of Physicians -- 2.Illegal Practice Of Medicine -- I.Legal Definition of the Offence -- II.Medical Activities -- A.General Remarks -- B.Specific Medical Activities -- 1.Preventive Medicine -- 2.Self-Care -- 3.Taking of Blood: Venapunctures -- 4.Radiographies -- 5.Blood Pressure Measuring and the Use of Other Simple Measuring Appliances -- 6.Eye-Examination and the Measuring of Eye Deviations -- 7.Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy -- 8.Group Therapy -- 9.Acupuncture --
Contents note continued: 10.Written and Oral Advice and Recommendations -- III.An Unauthorized Person -- IV.In an Habitual Way -- A.The Meaning of Habitual -- B.Exceptions -- 1.Repetition -- 2.Publicity -- 3.Abuse of Titles -- V.Sanctions -- 3.Use Of Automatic 'External' Defibrillators -- 4.Non-Conventional Practices In Medicine -- 5.Non-Surgical Aesthetic Medicine And Aesthetic Surgery -- I.Conditions to Practice Non-surgical Aesthetic Medicine and Aesthetic Surgery -- II.Publicity and Information -- ch. 3 Control over the Practice of Medicine -- 1.The Order Of Physicians -- I.Historical Note -- II.Registration on the List of the Order -- A.Obligation to Register on the List -- B.Exceptions -- 1.Nationals of EU Member States -- 2.Military Doctors -- C.The Obligation to Register and the Freedom of Association -- D.Competent Provincial Council -- E.Refusal or Delay of Registration -- F.Registration after Being Struck Off the Register -- G.Removal from the List --
Contents note continued: 2.Adult Donors -- 3.Special Cases -- 4.Informed Consent -- 5.Duties of Physician Removing Organs -- B.Under the Law on the Procurement and Use of Human Bodily Material -- III.Removal of Human Bodily Material after Death -- A.Under the Organ Transplantation Law -- B.Under the Law on the Procurement and Use of Human Bodily Material -- C.Autopsies -- IV.Recipients -- 6.Research -- I.Research with Human Persons -- A.Field of Application -- B.General Provisions Concerning the Protection of Subjects of Experiments -- 1.Respect for Ethical and Scientific Quality Requirements -- 2.Scientific Acceptability -- 3.Proportionality (Balance between Benefits and Risks) -- 4.Informed Consent of the Subject -- 5.Primacy of the Human Being -- 6.Favourable Opinion of a Fully Licensed Ethics Committee -- a.Fully Licensed Ethics Committee -- b.Composition -- c.Independence -- d.Competent Ethics Committee -- e.Task of the Competent Ethics Committee(s) --
Contents note continued: 3.Conditions Related to Place and Expertise -- 4.Informed Consent of the Persons Concerned -- 5.Favourable Opinion of the Local Ethics Committee -- 6.No Objection of the Federal Committee for Research on Embryos -- 7.Yearly Report on the Research -- 8.Follow-Up by the Federal Committee -- III.Secondary Use of Human Bodily Material for Research Purposes -- IV.Bio-banks -- 7.Professional Freedom. Prescribing Drugs. Treatment With Drugs-Substitutes -- I.Legal Framework of Professional Freedom -- II.Control over the Professional Freedom -- III.Prescription of Drugs -- IV.Treatment with Drugs-Substitutes -- ch. 1 Relations with Other Health Care Providers -- 1.Pharmacists -- I.The Practice of Pharmacy -- 2.Dentists -- I.The Practice of Dentistry -- II.Professional Relations between Physicians and Dentists -- 3.Physiotherapists -- I.The Practice of Physiotherapy -- II.Professional Relations between Physicians and Physiotherapists -- 4.Nursing Profession --
Contents note continued: 3.Relinquishing the Right to Information -- 4.Not Informing about a Patient's State of Health at the Physician's Initiative (The Therapeutic Exception) -- E.The Right to Give Consent -- 1.The Right to Well-Informed, Free and Prior Consent -- 2.The Way of Giving Consent -- 3.Content of the Information -- 4.Presumed Consent in Cases of Emergency -- F.The Right to Refuse or Withdraw Consent -- G.Rights Related to the Patient's Medical Record -- 1.The Right to a Medical Record -- 2.The Right to Addition of Documents -- 3.The Right to Access -- 4.The Right to a Copy -- 5.Access by Next of Kin after the Death of the Patient -- H.The Right to Protection of Privacy and Intimacy -- I.The Right to Representation in the Event of Incompetence -- 1.The Patient Is a Legally Protected Adult -- 2.The Patient Is Not a Legally Protected Adult -- J.The Right to Lodge a Complaint -- K.The Right to Palliative Care and Pain Relief -- II.The Legal Duty to Help --
Contents note continued: 4.Proportionality -- 5.Competence of Ethics Committee regarding Patient Population -- 6.No Incentives or Financial Inducements -- 7.As Soon as Possible, Informed Consent of Participant -- E.Specific Provisions for the Protection of Persons Whose Consent Cannot Be Obtained Due to Emergency -- 1.Direct Relation with the Life-Threatening Clinical Condition of the Subject -- 2.Validation of Previously Obtained Data -- 3.Minimal Pain, Discomfort, Fear and Risk -- 4.Proportionality -- 5.Competence of Ethics Committee regarding Disease and Patient Population -- 6.No Incentives or Financial Inducements -- 7.As Soon as Possible, Informed Consent of the Subject -- II.Research with Embryos In Vitro -- A.Prohibited Procedures with Embryos In Vitro -- B.Prohibition to Create Embryos In Vitro Solely for Research Purposes -- C.Research with Embryos In Vitro -- 1.Research with Supernumerary Embryos -- 2.Conditions Related to the Research --
Contents note continued: A.Law on the Health Care Professions -- B.Article 422bis and 422ter Criminal Code -- 1.Article 422bis -- a.Applicability to Physicians -- b.Constitutive Factors of Article 422bis -- 2.Article 422ter -- 3.Law on Emergency Medical Care -- III.Respect for the Privacy of the Patient -- A.General Rule for Processing of Personal Medical Data -- B.Exceptions -- C.Guarantees with Respect to the Processing of Personal Health-Related Data -- D.Rights of the Data Subject -- IV.Duty of Medical Secrecy -- A.General Principle -- B.Exceptions -- 1.Testimony in a Court or before a Parliamentary Committee -- 2.Statutory Obligations to Disclose Confidential Information -- C.Notification of Criminal Acts -- D.Consent of the Patient or Waiver -- E.Delivering Medical Certificates to Third Parties -- V.Medical Fees -- A.Right to Fees or Remuneration for Services -- B.Amount of the Fee -- C.Fee-Splitting -- D.Unlawful Enrichment --
Contents note continued: E.The Actual Request of the Patient (Article 3, 4-5) -- F.Conditions and Procedures in Case of an Advance Request by an Adult or Emancipated Minor Patient (Article 4) -- G.Notification and Control -- H.No Obligation to Perform Euthanasia -- II.Withholding or Withdrawing (Cessation) of Treatment -- III.Termination of Treatment (at the Request of the Patient) -- IV.Pain Relief with Life-Shortening Effects -- V.Palliative and Terminal Sedation -- VI.Physician Assisted Suicide -- ch. 3 Specific Activities -- 1.Termination Of Pregnancy (Abortion) -- I.Short Overview of the Existing Legal Rules on Termination of Pregnancy -- II.Short Historic Overview of the Legislation on Termination of Pregnancy -- III.Termination of Pregnancy by a Physician -- IV.Evaluation of the Application of the Law of 3 April 1990 -- 2.Sterilization -- I.Surgical Contraception -- II.Sterilization of Mentally Handicapped -- 3.Medically Assisted Procreation -- I.Legal Framework --
Contents note continued: H.Maintenance of the Registration Subject to Restrictions -- III.Disciplinary Competence of the Order of Physicians -- A.Control over the Observance of the Rules of Professional Conduct -- 1.General Description of the Disciplinary Competence -- 2.Rules of Professional Conduct and Standards of Discretion, Probity and Dignity -- a.The Code of Professional Ethics -- b.Legally Determined Rules of Professional Conduct -- c.Normative Authority of the Provincial Councils -- d.The Precedent Authority of Disciplinary Decisions -- e.Advice of the Provincial Councils -- f.Advice of the National Council -- 3.Limitations to the Disciplinary Power of the Provincial Councils -- a.Non-interference in Fundamental Freedoms -- b.Duty to Motivate Decisions -- 4.Disciplinary Sanctions -- a.Possible Disciplinary Sanctions -- b.Consequences of a Disciplinary Sanction -- 5.The Disciplinary Procedure and Article 6 of the European Convention --
Contents note continued: I.The Practice of Nursing -- II.Professional Relations between Physicians and Nurses -- 5.Paramedical Professions -- 6.Midwives -- ch. 2 Relations With Health Care Provisions -- 1.Hospitals -- 2.Relations Between Physicians And Hospitals -- 3.Health Insurance
Contents note continued: II.Medically Assisted Procreation -- A.Definition -- B.Monopoly of Fertility Centres for IVF and Cryopreservation -- C.Access to Medically Assisted Procreation -- III.Medically Assisted Procreation with Embryos or Gametes -- A.General Conditions -- 1.Evaluation of Causes of Sterility, Infertility or Sub-fertility -- 2.Information and Counselling -- 3.Agreement between the Infertility Centre and the Candidate(s) -- B.Medically Assisted Procreation through Implantation of Embryos In Vitro -- C.Medically Assisted Procreation through Artificial Insemination -- IV.Surrogacy -- 4.Human Genetics -- I.Higher Council on Human Genetics -- II.Centres for Human Genetics -- III.Genetic Testing and Insurances -- IV.Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis -- 5.Removal And Transplantation Of Organs -- I.Scope of the Organ Transplantation Law -- II.Removal of Human Bodily Materials from Living Donors -- A.Under the Organ Transplantation Law -- 1.General Conditions --
Contents note continued: III.Criminal Liability -- 3.Quality Assurance -- 4.Medical Ethics Committees -- I.General Remarks -- H.Ethics Committees in Hospitals -- III.The Federal Council on Bioethics -- A.Composition of the Council -- B.The Competences of the Council -- C.Dissemination of the Work of the Council -- 5.Compensation Of Damage Caused BYO Health Care -- I.Introduction -- II.Damage Caused by Health Care -- III.Conditions for Compensation by the Fund -- A.Damage Emerging from a Medical Accident without Fault -- B.Damage Caused by a Fact That Gives Rise to Liability (Fault) -- ch. 1 General Description -- 1.Rights And Duties Of Patients And Physicians -- I.The Law on the Rights of Patients -- A.The Duty of the Patient to Cooperate -- B.The Right to Quality Care -- C.The Right to Free Choice -- D.Rights Related to Information about the State of Health -- 1.The Right to Information about One's State of Health -- 2.The Right Not to Know about One's State of Health --
Contents note continued: a.The Applicability of Article 6 of the European Convention in Disciplinary Proceedings -- b.Public Character of Disciplinary Proceedings -- c.Hearing within a Reasonable Time -- d.Right to Challenge Members of Councils -- 6.Disciplinary Procedure before the Provincial Councils and the Appeals Councils -- B.Preventive Control -- IV.Organs of the Order of Physicians and Their Function -- A.Provincial Councils -- 1.Composition -- 2.Functions -- B.Appeals Councils -- 1.Composition -- 2.Functions -- C.The National Council -- 1.Composition -- 2.Functions -- 2.Professional Liability -- I.Introduction -- II.Civil Liability -- A.Classification of Physician's Liability -- B.Contents of the Physician's Duty -- C.The Basis of Liability and Burden of Proof -- 1.Fault -- 2.Damages -- 3.Causation -- D.Aspects of Vicarious Liability -- 1.Liability of Hospitals for the Acts of Their Medical Staff -- 2.Physician's Liability for Medical Activity of Other Persons --
Contents note continued: ch. 2 The Physician: Patient Relationship in Specific Terms -- 1.The Minor Patient -- 2.The Mental Patient And Involuntary Placement -- I.Legal Framework -- II.Involuntary Placement in a Mental Hospital -- A.Admission for Observation -- 1.Simple Procedure (Non-emergency Cases) -- 2.Emergency Procedure -- 3.Practical Modalities of the Admission for Observation -- B.Prolonged Stay -- III.Care within a Family -- IV.The Rights of an Involuntary Placed Mental Patient -- 3.The Dying Patient -- I.Euthanasia -- A.Definition of Euthanasia -- B.Conditions and Procedure in Case of an Actual Request by a Terminally Ill Adult or Emancipated Minor Patient (Article 3, 1-2) -- C.Conditions and Procedure in Case of an Actual Request by a Terminally Ill and Non-emancipated Minor Patient (Article 3, 1-2) -- D.Conditions and Procedures in Case of an Actual Request by an Adult or Emancipated Minor Patient Who Is Not Terminally Ill (Article 3, 3) --
Contents note continued: f.Time Limits to Issue an Opinion -- g.Legal Value of an Opinion -- 7.Intervention of a Qualified Health Care Practitioner -- 8.No-Fault Liability -- 9.Obligation to Enter into an Insurance Contract -- C.Specific Provisions for the Protection of Minors Participating in Experiments -- 1.Informed Consent of the Parents or the Guardian -- 2.Respecting the Explicit Will of the Minor -- 3.Directly Linked to the Clinical Condition of the Participant or Directly Beneficial for Minors -- 4.Validation of Previous Research -- 5.Proportionality -- 6.Minimal Pain, Discomfort, Fear and Risk -- 7.Competence of a Fully Licensed Ethics Committee regarding Paediatrics -- 8.No Incentives or Financial Inducements -- D.Specific Provisions for the Protection of Legally Protected Adults -- 1.Informed Consent of the Administrator (Article 8, 1°) -- 2.Directly Related to the Clinical Condition of the Participant -- 3.Minimal Pain, Discomfort, Fear and Risks --
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The General Background of the Country -- 1.Geography And Climate -- 2.Population -- 3.Political And Judicial System -- 4.Population And Vital Statistics -- 5.Social And Cultural Values Regarding Health -- ch. 2 General Description Of The Health Care System -- 1.General Overview Of The Belgian Health Care System -- 2.Regulation Of The Health Care System -- 3.Financing Of Health Care -- 4.Health Insurance -- ch. 3 Medical Law -- 1.Definition And Functions Of Medical Law -- 2.Sources Of Medical Law -- I.International Sources -- II.National Sources -- ch. 1 Access to the Medical Profession -- 1.Medical Education -- I.Historical Note -- II.Constitutional Competence -- III.Undergraduate Medical Education -- IV.Graduate Medical Education -- 2.Licensing Of General Practitioners And Medical Specialists Postgraduate Medical Education -- 3.Manpower Planning: Freedom Of Establishment -- ch. 2 Practice of Medicine --
Notes "This book was originally published as a monograph in the International Encyclopaedia of Laws/Medical Law."
Previous edition: 2010
Publication date from publisher's website
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-208) and index
Subject Medical laws and legislation -- Belgium.
LC no. 2015372242
ISBN 9789041160003 (paperback)
OTHER TI International encyclopaedia of laws. Medical law