Principles of Physician Responsibility in Jurisprudence and Iran Law: Analysis of Article 495 of Islamic Penal Code

Article 495 of Islamic punishment law can be considered as a new legal regulation for the medical community. Passing through the responsibility of the doctor and entering the contract with the factors of failure and fault, the 495 criminal code of Islamic punishment is regarded as a fate of sincere and loyal services and in practice it opens up bold action by the physician, who is always tied to human life. In 495 Islamic Penal Code The principle is based on the continuing treatment of physician and physician and in another, the acquittal of the patient or his authorities, the absence of the physician, the standards of medicine, the standards of medicine. And… is a condition. It follows that with the legal analysis of this article and the conflict that is likely to have in the form of a 496 article, the same rule may prove that this article is not complete and needs necessary modifications. Please cite this article as: Baqeripour M, Khazaei AR, Bahrami Nejad A. Principles of Physician Responsibility in Jurisprudence and Iran Law: Analysis of Article 495 of Islamic Penal Code. Iran J Med Law 2019; 13(48): 49-64.