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Surgeon under labor contract in public hospital held public official for bribery, not assimilated status

Case Number ICCJ_112549
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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Outcome Allowed / Granted
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice admitted the referral from the Court of Appeal and ruled, in a preliminary ruling for the resolution of a legal question, that a surgeon employed under an indefinite labor contract in a public health hospital unit, prosecuted for bribery under art. 289(1) of the Criminal Code, qualifies as a public official under art. 175(1)(b), second thesis, of the Criminal Code, and not under art. 175(2) (as an "assimilated" public official). The ruling, which is binding from its publication in the Official Gazette of Romania per art. 477(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code, resolves the interpretation of the term "public official" in the context of corruption offenses, clarifying that such medical personnel exercise public functions and therefore fall within the scope of stricter anti-corruption provisions.

Legislator headnote

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art. 175 alin.1 lit. b teza a-II-a din Codul penal, art. 477 alin. 3 din Codul de procedură penală; Surgeon under labor contract in public hospital held public official for bribery, not assimilated status: 289(1) of the Criminal Code, qualifies as a public official under art. 175(1)(b), second thesis, of the Criminal Code, and not under art. 175(2) (as an "assimilated" public official). The ruling, which is binding from its publication in the Official Gazette of Romania per art. 477(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code, resolves the interpretation of the term "public official" in the context of corruption offenses, clarifying that such medical personnel exercise public functions and therefore fall within the scope of stricter anti-corruption provisions.

Keywords

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bribery public official provision of medical care contract interpretation status of official legal status

Cited Legislation

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art. 175 alin.1 lit. b teza a-II-a din Codul penal
Main ground for the decision: establishes that the doctor is a public official under this provision.
art. 477 alin. 3 din Codul de procedură penală
Procedural rule applied: the decision is binding from the date of publication in the Official Gazette.
AI generated
ICCJ_114065
Qualification of public hospital surgeons as public officials under Article 175(1)(b) of the Penal Code for bribery offenses
Decizia nr. 3809/2012
Classification of medical staff as public officials for corruption offenses and distinction between bribery and post-service improper benefits
Decizia nr. 5/2017
Classification of public hospital section heads under administrative contracts as public officials for bribery offenses
Decizia nr. 620/2004
Bribery classification: Surgeon's pre-operative demand for payment constitutes corruption rather than receipt of undue benefits
Decizia nr. 1606/2006
Public official status of a state-employed physician for active bribery liability when issuing administrative medical certificates

Key legal questions extracted by Legislator

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art. 175 alin.1 lit. b teza a-II-a din Codul penal

Main ground for the decision: establishes that the doctor is a public official under this provision.

art. 477 alin. 3 din Codul de procedură penală

Procedural rule applied: the decision is binding from the date of publication in the Official Gazette.

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE Şl JUSTIŢIE

COMPLETUL PENTRU DEZLEGAREA UNOR CHESTIUNI DE DREPT ÎN MATERIE PENALĂ

Minuta deciziei nr. 26 Dosar nr.28/1/2014/HP/P

ÎN NUMELE LEGII DECIDE:

Admite sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Târgu - Mureş - Secţia penală şi pentru cauze cu minori şi de familie, în dosarul nr. 7932/102/2012, prin care se solicită pronunţarea unei hotărâri prealabile în vederea rezolvării de principiu a modalităţii de interpretare a dispoziţiilor art. 175 din Codul penal, respectiv dacă medicul chirurg angajat cu contract de muncă pe perioadă nedeterminată într-o unitate spitalicească din sistemul public de sănătate, trimis în judecată sub acuzaţia săvârşirii infracţiunii de luare de mită prevăzută de dispoziţiile art, 289 alin.1 din Codul penal se încadrează în categoria funcţionarilor publici prevăzută la art. 175 lit. c din Codul penal, sau în categoria funcţionarilor publici prevăzută la art. 175 alin. 2 din Codul penal.

Stabileşte că medicul angajat cu contract de muncă într-o unitate spitalicească din sistemul public de sănătate, are calitatea de funcţionar public în accepţiunea dispoziţiilor art. 175 alin.1 lit. b teza a-ll-a din Codul penal.

Obligatorie de la data publicării în Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, potrivit art. 477 alin. 3 din Codul de procedură penală.

Pronunţată în şedinţă publică, astăzi, 3 decembrie 2014.