Nurses are not Medical Practitioners: Karnataka HC quashes Karnataka Medical Council Orders
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Karnataka: Clarifying the position of the law in prosecution of nursing professionals by the medical councils, the Karnataka High Court recently made it clear that nurses are not medical practitioners and by that logic do not fall under the jurisdiction of the State Medical Council.
The observations of law were made in a petition filed by the Medical Superintendent as well as the nurses of Kasturba Hospital Udupi, challenging the orders of the state medical council calling for action against the nurses by the MS, in a medical negligence case
The state medical council, in case filed by the parent of a deceased child alleging medical negligence, had upon inquiry held that while the complainant had failed to prove negligence on the part of
the doctors but held that the nurses were negligent.
Therefore, the council directed the MS of the hospital to take action against the nurses for their negligence.
The MS and the nurses then approached the court calling order passed by the Statutory Body as erroneous, contrary to material on record
The observations of law were made in a petition filed by the Medical Superintendent as well as the nurses of Kasturba Hospital Udupi, challenging the orders of the state medical council calling for action against the nurses by the MS, in a medical negligence case
The state medical council, in case filed by the parent of a deceased child alleging medical negligence, had upon inquiry held that while the complainant had failed to prove negligence on the part of
the doctors but held that the nurses were negligent.
Therefore, the council directed the MS of the hospital to take action against the nurses for their negligence.
The MS and the nurses then approached the court calling order passed by the Statutory Body as erroneous, contrary to material on record
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