[Durgical](https://durgical.com/en/) › [DurgiPedia](https://durgical.com/en/durgipedia/) › [Forensic medicine](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/) › A doctor's legal duties in Colombia # A doctor's legal duties in Colombia The doctor as expert witness, the expert report, the death certificate (RUAF), reporting duties, medical liability and forensic psychiatry. 14 pages ## Topic - [**Criminal liability in medical practice: negligent homicide and injury** A doctor is criminally liable when, by breaching the duty of care, they cause a foreseeable…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/criminal-liability-in-medical-practice-negligent-homicide-and-injury/) - [**Criminal responsibility and inimputabilidad (Penal Code art. 33)** A person is inimputable if, when acting, a disorder or immaturity left them unable to see the…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/criminal-responsibility-and-inimputabilidad/) - [**The doctor as expert witness (perito) under Law 906 of 2004** When the justice system needs medical knowledge, the doctor acts as an expert (perito)…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/the-doctor-as-expert-witness-under-law-906-of-2004/) - [**The duty to report a crime and its limits** Everyone must report crimes that are prosecuted ex officio, but no one has to report themselves…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/the-duty-to-report-a-crime-and-its-limits/) - [**The medical record as evidence** In criminal proceedings the medical record is documentary evidence: it shows what was found…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/the-medical-record-as-evidence/) - [**The National Institute of Legal Medicine and the forensic system** The National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences gives scientific support to the…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/the-national-institute-of-legal-medicine-and-the-forensic-system/) - [**The rural doctor (SSO) as forensic examiner** Where there is no Legal Medicine office, the doctor in the mandatory social service may be asked…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/the-rural-doctor-as-forensic-examiner/) ## Law - [**Law 1996 of 2019: legal capacity of adults with disability** Law 1996 of 2019 recognises the full legal capacity of adults with disability, banned…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/law-1996-of-2019-legal-capacity-of-adults-with-disability/) - [**Missing persons and unidentified bodies in Colombia** Colombia requires a search for every missing person, a record of every unidentified body and a…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/missing-persons-and-unidentified-bodies-in-colombia/) ## Finding - [**Malingering in forensic settings** Malingering is producing or exaggerating symptoms on purpose to gain an external benefit, such…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/malingering-in-forensic-settings/) ## Procedure - [**Testifying as an expert at the oral trial** At the oral trial the expert explains the report in person: first the party that called them…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/testifying-as-an-expert-at-the-oral-trial/) - [**The death certificate in RUAF-ND** The doctor who confirms a death issues the death certificate in the Ministry of Health's RUAF-ND…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/the-death-certificate-in-ruaf-nd/) - [**The expert report (dictamen pericial): what it must contain** The expert report is the expert's written statement: what was examined, with what method, what…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/the-expert-report-what-it-must-contain/) - [**The forensic psychiatric evaluation** A forensic psychiatric evaluation answers an authority's question about a person's mental state…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/the-forensic-psychiatric-evaluation/) ## A to Z - [A](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/a/) - [B](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/b/) - [C](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/c/) - [D](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/d/) - [E](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/e/) - [F](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/f/) - [G](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/g/) - [H](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/h/) - [I](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/i/) - [L](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/l/) - [M](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/m/) - [N](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/n/) - [P](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/p/) - [R](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/r/) - [S](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/s/) - [T](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/t/) - [V](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/v/) [← Forensic and legal medicine](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/) Educational content on forensic and legal medicine; 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