Medical Validation Act, 1738

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ACT OF THE IMPERIAL DIET

 

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MEDICAL VALIDATION ACT, 1738

11 Harren’s Folly

Introduced in the Imperial Senate.

Passed through the Imperial Senate in the term of 1736-1738.

 

AYE

 

Armas

Bowers

Corbish

May

Rutledge

Sola

 

NO

 

Helvets

ABSTAIN

 

Vacancy

 

An act to establish a self-funded office of the Imperial Practitioner-General with the power to create regulations, protocols, and oversee matters of a medical nature. This office shall verify medical products and medical facilities to ensure the safety of consumers and shall exist under the purview of the Ministry of the Interior, who controls its appointments.

 

((OOC: This is intended to be an act to help flavor roleplay. All credits to @Language who is the author and instigator of this law.))

 

INTRODUCTION

 

In 1718, Emperor Joseph I declared that humanity has three inalienable rights that are the very backbone to man. One of them is known as the ‘right to life’, the right which most, if not all, doctors and medical practitioners hold closely. With this right, we treat the wounded and the diseased; however, one’s right to life is always in danger of being dissolved when they are not treated safely by impostor practitioners or counterfeited products. The Medical Validation Act strives to create a barrier against such dangerous incidents by authorizing or certifying establishments that are found to be adequate to treat the wounded of humanity and its allies.

 

SECTION I:

 

The accreditation of any institution or business providing medical care shall bear a publicly available sign which designates its approval by the office of the Imperial Practitioner-General.  When a citizen sees this sign, they will be comforted knowing that the authorized care they are receiving is authentic. It shall contain a basic message that the structure and employees are authorized to practice medicine, followed by the year it was authorized.
 

SECTION II:

 

In order to spearhead such an effort to improve the medicine in which may save the lives of our fellow descendant, an office, composed of the best and well-known medical practitioners, will need to be formed. The duties of the Imperial Practitioner-General are as follows:

 

• The Imperial Practitioner-General is responsible for the research and advancement of medicine; whether it be the refining of medicine, developing a new treatment, perfecting medical procedures, etcetera.

• The Imperial Practitioner-General is responsible for the unbiased authorization of safe and authentic clinics or medical shops.  Applicants must pay 50 minae to the office to apply for each attempt authorization; if the application is authorized and then later found to be committing fraudulent medical practices, then they will be punished accordingly.

• The Imperial Practitioner-General is responsible for the standardization and control of controlled or addictive substances, i.e night sap, king’s ivy, opium, shadeleaf, etcetera. 

 

SECTION III:

 

The following actions will be considered violations of the office’s guidelines and are categorized according to the classifications established by the previously employed Pandectarum Johannes Fredericus Imperator.

 

1. The third-degree offense, of the least severity.
2. The second-degree offense, of intermediate severity.
3. The first-degree offense, of the greatest severity.

 

Fraud

1. Whereas an already authorized individual is found to be selling unauthorized, under-quality, or counterfeit items.

   1. If the item is found to be fake or under-quality, a fine of 250 minae.

2. If the fraud causes injury to the consumers.

   1. If the result of injury is temporary, a fine of 500 minae and their authorization is to be taken away until the fine is paid. They may re-apply for authorization as soon as the fine is paid.

   2. If the result of injury is long-lasting, a fine of 1000 minae and their authorization is to be taken away until the fine is paid. They may re-apply for authorization as soon as the fine is paid.

   3. If the result of injury is permanent, a fine of 1500 minae to the injured and their authorization is to be taken away until the fine is paid. They may re-apply for authorization as soon as the fine is paid.

   4. If the result ends in death, a fine of 2000 minae paid to the injured’s family and revocation of their authorization, they may never apply again. It will also be counted as murder and will be punished accordingly as follows Imperial law.

 

Impersonation

1. Whereas the offender is found to be intentionally operating under a false identity.

   1. If found to be impersonating an authorized medical establishment, a fine of 200 minae.

   2. If found to be impersonating a common or upper member of the office of the Imperial Practitioner-General, a fine of 400 minae.

   3. If found to be impersonating the Imperial Practitioner-General, a fine of 600 minae.

 

Malpractice

1. Whereas the offender knowingly mistreats or denies necessary care to a patient. 

   1. If the result is temporary, a fine of 500 minae paid to the injured.

   2. If the result is long-lasting, a fine of 1000 minae paid to the injured and revocation of their authorization, they may never apply again.

   3. If the result is permanent but not life-ending, a fine of 1500 minae paid to the injured and revocation of their authorization, they may never apply again.

   4. If the result ends in death, a fine of 2000 minae paid to the injured’s family and revocation of their authorization, they may never apply again. It will also be counted as murder and will be punished accordingly as follows other Imperial statute.

 

Introduced by Senator Matthias Rutledge on the 1st of Harren’s Folly, 1738.

 

Cosponsored by Senator Charles Bowers.

 

ISSUED AND PROCLAIMED,

 

His Imperial Majesty, Peter III Anthony,

Holy Orenian Emperor, King of Renatus, Salvus, and Seventis, Protector of the Heartlanders, Highlanders, and Farfolk, etcetera.

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