MEDICO LEGAL

PREPARED BY:
CABALTICA, HANAH JANE
DABU, JERRICHA ANNE P.
 What is medico legal?
• medicine and law
• medical and paramedical
sciences as demanded by
law and administration of
justice.
• medico-legal can be
further divided into
two sectors
 Legal Medicine
 Medical Jurisprudence
What is medico legal case?
 Cases that fall under this
realm of medico-legal practice
require independent medical
evaluations and expert
testimony in order to prove a
case. Teams of independent,
non-biased doctors are called
in to evaluate a patient's
claims, injuries, medical
history, and treatment
protocols.
What are the instances of

1.medico
Cases oflegal case?
injuries and burns
that suggest the commission
of an offense.
2. Unnatural accident cases of
grievous hurt or death
3. Sexual assault
4. Criminal abortion
5. Unnatural unconsciousness
6. Poisoning or intoxication
7. Cases referred by the courts
 MEDICO-
LEGAL
CERTIFICATE
VS.
MEDICO-
LEGAL
REPORT
What is medico legal certificate?
• A form of documentary
evidence
• It is the usual requirement
that the prosecutors office
requires for filling cases of
physical injuries, homicide
and the like.
• medical findings by the
doctor of the injuries you
sustained as a result, say, of
an accident or a crime.
Who is medico legal officer?
• Medical Jurist / Medico-
legal Expert / Medical
Examiner is a physician
who specializes in the
science of legal medicine.
• He must possess sufficient
knowledge pathology,
surgery, toxicology, and
other branches of medicine
in the application to law
and justice.
Where do you get a medico
legal certificate?
 Any hospital may issue a
medico legal certificate.
 However, police authorities
recommend securing one
from a public hospital.
 The reason for this is that in
court proceedings, lawyers
would normally go to great
lengths to impugn the validity
of a medico legal certificate
issued by a public/private
hospital or clinic.
 How to secure a medical
certificate for medico-legal
cases?
 Seek treatment
immediately.
 Have medical treatment.
 Request for medical
certificate for medico-legal
cases.
 Proceed to the Records
Section.
 Pay the certificate fee.
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE
No. 169 April 4, 1973
1. The attending physician of any
hospital, medical clinic, sanitarium or
other medical establishments, or any
medical practitioner, who has treated
any person for serious or less serious
physical injuries as those injuries are
defined in Articles 262, 263, 264 and 265
of the Revised Penal Code shall report
the fact of such treatment personally or
by fastest means of communication to the
nearest Philippine Constabulary unit
without delay: Provided, That no fee
shall be charged for the transmission of
such report through government
communication facilities;
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE
No. 169 April 4, 1973
2. The report called for in this
Decree shall indicate when
practicable, the name, age; address
and nearest of kin of the patient;
the nature and probable cause of
the injury; the approximate time
and date when, and the place
where, the injury was sustained; the
time, date, and nature of treatment;
and the physical diagnosis and/or
disposition of the patient;
What is medico legal report?
 Medico-Legal reports are
written by medical
professionals who have
been chosen as an expert
witness in a legal case.
 Unnatural accident cases of
grievous hurt or death
 Sexual assault
 Criminal abortion
 Unnatural unconsciousness
 Poisoning or intoxication
 Cases referred by the courts
What is medico legal autopsy?
 Medico-legal autopsies
usually provide information
in connection with violent
acts and may provide
relevant insight into cases of
suicidal, accidental, or
unnatural death.
 The procedures involved in
medico-legal autopsies may
include the death-scene
investigation as well as the
ancillary examinations.
What are the contents of the medico
legal report?
• patient’s name and date of birth
• requesting party’s name, date of the
request and purpose of the report
• your credentials, including
professional address, qualifications,
experience and position at the time
you were involved in the patient’s
management
• It should contain:
(NOI) Nature of Incident
(TOI) Time of Incident
(POI) Place of Incident
(DOI) Date of Incident
The list of injuries
The Conclusion
How long do medico legal
reports take?
 A medico-legal report can
take up to 8 hours to write
and approximately 2x one
hour face to face
consultations to write.

 However, serious cases may

take days or weeks to claim
the result of medico-legal
report.
Notes to Remember when making
Medico-legal Certificate/Report:
• The medico legal certificate/report
should be in a chronological order
with numbered pages.
• The medico legal certificate/report is
to have a detailed summary of the
evidence, based on factual description
and accurate information.
• The expert should refer to important
parts for clarity in the medico legal
certificate/report .
• All the information written in the
certificate/report must be clear,
avoiding any sort of ambiguity.
• It is also significant to mention the
source of information to prove its
authenticity.
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• https://www.racgp.org.au/afp/2014/november/h
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• http://lawschoolnoob.blogspot.com/2020/11/guid
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• https://expedientmedicolegal.com/what-exactly-i
s-medico-legal/
• https://www.scribd.com/doc/38739142/Legal-Me
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 The safety of the
people shall be the
highest law.
–Marcus Tullius Cicero