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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 280: Failure of members of health professions to report an offence

Book Two: Special Provisions › Part Four: Offences against the Nation and the State, and Final Provisions › Chapter Two: Offences against the Administration of Justice

(1) A member of a health profession who, despite encountering an indication that an offence has been committed while performing his or her duty, fails to notify the competent authorities of the situation or delays in doing so shall be punished with imprisonment for a term of up to one year.

(2) The term 'member of a health profession' means physicians, dentists, pharmacists, midwives, nurses and other persons providing health services.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 280 · Sağlık mesleği mensuplarının suçu bildirmemesi

(1) Görevini yaptığı sırada bir suçun işlendiği yönünde bir belirti ile karşılaşmasına rağmen, durumu yetkili makamlara bildirmeyen veya bu hususta gecikme gösteren sağlık mesleği mensubu, bir yıla kadar hapis cezası ile cezalandırılır.

(2) Sağlık mesleği mensubu deyiminden tabip, diş tabibi, eczacı, ebe, hemşire ve sağlık hizmeti veren diğer kişiler anlaşılır.

Text as of 1 October 2026 · Official source (Turkish): mevzuat.gov.tr ↗

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