Question 1 · LEK · Other
Is the doctor obliged to report to the police an attempt to kill a man if they obtained this information during medical examination?
- A. doctor never has such an obligation.
- B. reporting a patient is a matter of choice not duty.
- C. doctor in this kind of situation is obliged to inform the Medical Chamber.
- D. law does not address such issues.
- E. doctor is obliged to do so because the matter concerns an activity that is forbidden by Art. 240 § 1 of the Penal Code.
Hint
Think of the general criminal-law duty of every person who has credible knowledge of certain serious crimes, including their attempts.
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