Question 77 · LEK · Mandatory treatment
Can a person with a suspected occurrence of a particularly contagious disease that threatens health or life be subject to direct coercion measures in order to force him/her to undergo medical treatment?
- A. no, Polish regulations do not regulate this issue.
- B. yes, it is possible, but only with the consent of the guardianship court or (alternatively) the public prosecutor.
- C. yes, such an action is allowed by the regulations of the act on preventing and combating infections and infectious diseases in humans.
- D. no, direct coercion may be used only in psychiatric institutions.
- E. yes, it is possible, but only with the consent of the Chief Sanitary Inspector.
Hint
Coercion is not limited to psychiatry — check the statute on infections for people who refuse procedures in dangerous diseases.
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