Admissibility of referral to High Court on whether private physician contracted by public insurer qualifies as public official for bribery offense
Romania (RO)
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AI generatedThe High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed as inadmissible the request for a preliminary ruling submitted by the Court of Appeal of Suceava. The dispute concerned whether a private physician operating within a commercial entity that holds a service contract with the National Health Insurance House falls under the definition of a "public official" for the purposes of the crime of bribery under Article 289(1) of the Penal Code. The reference was based on the second part of Article 175(2) of the Penal Code, which extends the status of public official to persons in private sector roles performing public services under contract, but the Supreme Court found the referral procedurally defective and did not rule on the substantive legal question, leaving the original appeal proceedings pending without a binding interpretation from the higher court.
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AI generatedart. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală; Admissibility of referral to High Court on whether private physician contracted by public insurer qualifies as public official for bribery offense: The dispute concerned whether a private physician operating within a commercial entity that holds a service contract with the National Health Insurance House falls under the definition of a "public official" for the purposes of the crime of bribery under Article 289(1) of the Penal Code. The reference was based on the second part of Article 175(2) of the Penal Code, which extends the status of public official to persons in private sector roles performing public services under contract, but the Supreme Court found the referral procedurally defective and did not rule on the substantive legal question, leaving the original appeal proceedings pending without a binding interpretation from the higher court.
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R O M Â N I A
ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE
COMPLETUL PENTRU DEZLEGAREA UNOR CHESTIUNI DE DREPT ÎN MATERIE PENALĂ
Minuta deciziei nr. 13 Dosar nr. 1416/1/2018
Şedinţa din data de 12 septembrie 2018
ÎN NUMELE LEGII
D E C I D E:
Respinge, ca inadmisibilă, sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Suceava – Secţia penală şi pentru cauze cu minori în dosarul nr. 4971/86/2016 prin care se solicită pronunţarea unei hotărâri prealabile pentru dezlegarea următoarei chestiuni de drept:
„Dacă medicul care funcţionează în cadrul unei societăţi comerciale care are contract de prestări servicii medicale cu CNAS, trimis în judecată sub acuzaţia săvârşirii infracţiunii de luare de mită prevăzută de art. 289 alin. (1) din Codul penal, se încadrează în categoria funcţionarilor publici prevăzută de disp. art. 175 alin. (2) teza a II-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, 12 septembrie 2018.