HEALTH LAW

SHORT NOTE
(a) Write a short note on Indian Medical Council and
Association.
(b) Discuss in brief the offences affecting public health under
IPC.
(c) What is the concept of Medical Tourism ?
(d) Write down the ethical considerations surrounding Stem Cell
Therapy.
(e) Interrelationship between Law and Medicine.
(f) World Health Organization
(g) Malnutrition in India
(h) Health and the Environment.
(i) Write a note on Health Insurance.
(j) Write a note on Surrogacy.
(k) Write a note on UNICEF.
(l) Write a note on Paramedical Profession
(m) AIDS
(n) Bio-Medical Waste.
(o) Explain right to emergency medical care.
(p) Explain genetic engineering.
(q) Explain the constitutional provisions relating to health.
(r) Right to confidentiality v/s. Duty to disclose
(s) Overview of AIDS and law
(t) Salient features of Mental Health Act, 1987.
(u) What are the various rights of a patient ?
(v) What are the powers of inspectors under the Drugs and
Cosmetics Act ?
(w) State the circumstances under which the conduct of pre
conception and pre natal diagnostic technique is allowed by the
Act.
(24) WHO
(25) Problem of malnutrition is India
(26) Advertisement of magic remedies
(27) Role played by various NGOs in protecting right to health
in India.
(28) What are the duties of a doctor ?
(29) Explain the meaning of misbranded and spurious drugs.
(30) Under what circumstances can a registered medical
practitioner terminate pregnancy of a woman?
(31) What do you mean by experimentation on human beings ?
(32) Rights of AIDS patients
(33) Methods for disposal of Biomedical Waste.
(34) Right to Health.
(35) Medical Ethics
(36) WHO and Right to the Health.
(37) Genetic Engineering.
(38) Write a note on the role of Non Governmental Organization
for protection of health.
(39) Write a note on 'Health Insurance and Law'.
(40) Write a note on HIV/AIDS persons right to health.
(41) Confidentiality and AIDS
(42) Professional Misconduct
(43) Magical Remedies
(44) Regulation of Bio-Medical Waste.
(45) Mal-Nutrition and Health Issues
(46) Stem Cell Therapy and Ethical Consideration
(47) Medical Education
(48) Genetic Engineering
(49) Environmental Pollution
(50) Right to Medical Care
(51) Doctor’s relationship with colleagues.

LONG ANSWER
1. “The recognition that the right to health is essential for human
existence and is, therefore, an integral part of the Right to
Life.”– Discuss with the help of judicial pronouncements.
2. Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994 (and
Amendment Act, 2011), was created to curb increasing
Caesarian commerce in the country but seems to have not
fulfilled the object and also has had a negative effect on
legitimate organ donations. Give your opinion on this with the
relevant legislative provisions.
3. Surrogacy as one of the Assisted Reproductive Techniques is
widely practiced in India. Give overview of Surrogacy Law in
India.
4. What is the criminal responsibility of doctors for Rash or
Negligent Act ? Explain your answer with the help of S.C.
decision in Dr. Suresh Gupta V. Govt. of NCT of Delhi and
Another (2004).
5. Write down a case comment on any one of the following
cases : (i) Suchita Shrivastava and Another Vs. Chandigarh
Administration (2009) 9 SCC (ii) Mr. ‘X’ Vs. Hospital ‘Z’
(1998) 8 SCC 296.
6. Write down salient features of ‘Drugs and Cosmetics Act,
1940’.
7. Write down social, legal and ethical implications of Genetic
Engineering.
8. Give overview of the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic
Techniques Act, 1994, amendments to this Act and also write
down important judgements on this law.
9. “Right to Health is a Fundamental Right under Art. 21 of the
Indian Constitution”. Comment in the light of judicial decisions.
10. “Right to clean environment is a part and parcel of right to
Health”. Explain in the light of Supreme Court judgements.
11. Enumerate the rights and duties of the registered medical
practitioner towards patients, colleagues and society.
12. What is object of Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act,
1971 ? State when pregnancy of woman may be terminated by
registered practitioner.
13. Discuss the various types of donors, who can transplant
organ and tissue with consent of concerned competent authority.
14. Explain the role of Judiciary in protecting the rights of the
mentally ill person.
15. Define the term Professional Negligence. What are the civil
remedies available to the aggrieved party ?
16. Explain the contribution of WHO and UNICEF in promoting
the global health standards.
17. “Law regulates the medical profession from ancient time.’ In
the light of above statement, explain the inter-relationship
between law and medicine by giving suitable examples.
18. Discuss the rights of patients in the light of Doctor-patient
relationship.
19. Write a detailed note on Human experimentation.
20. What is medical negligence ? What are the principles of
liability for medical negligence ? Explain with the help of case
laws.
21. Discuss the salient features of Medical Termination of
Pregnancy Act, 1971 and analyse its social impact.
22. Explain the various laws to regulate medical education and
medical profession in India ? Do you think that they are proved
effective to regulate the medical profession ? Justify your
answer.
23. Discuss the characteristics of Transplantation of Human
Organs Act, 1994.
24. Write notes on (any TWO) : (a) Role of World Health
Organization (b) Right to life vis a vis right to health (c) Issues
revolving around surrogacy in India.
25. “Health is not mere absence of disease”. Explain with
relevant case laws.
26. Explain the procedure for authorising removal of human
organs or tissues from the body of the donor under the following
circumstances : (a) When donor is alive (b) When donor is brain
dead (c) Unclaimed dead bodies (d) Bodies sent for postmortem.
27. Elaborate the ethical and legal problems related to surrogacy
in India in the light of Baby Manji’s case.
28. Write note on HIV/AIDS.
29. Write a detailed note on professional misconduct committed
by doctors. Explain the regulations and liabilities imposed upon
the doctor.
30. What are the various categories of prohibited drugs provided
under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act ?
31. Define Biomedical waste. Explain the procedure for its
proper management and disposal.
32. Explain the offences affecting public health under the Indian
Penal Code.
33. Explain civil and criminal medical negligence. Explain how
a doctor is liable for medical negligence under different laws;
with relevant case laws.
34. Explain the reasons for enactment of Preconception and
Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994. State the
circumstances under which the conduct of prenatal diagnostic
technique is permissible ?
35. Explain the evolution of ‘right to health’ with the help of
relevant case laws.
36. What are the restrictions imposed by law on the removal of
transplantation of human organs or tissues?
37. Explain the procedure for admission of a mentally ill person
in a psychiatric hospital.
38. What are the ethical aspects involved in stem cell therapy ?
39. “Absence of a concrete law on surrogacy in India - cause for
an alarm ? Comment with the help of relevant case laws.
40. Explain the circumstances under which the manufacture and
sale of drugs and cosmetics is prohibited. What are the penalties
for its contravention ?
41. Write an elaborate note on inter–relationship between Law
and Medicine.
42. Explain the right to emergency and medical care with the
help of case laws.
43. Discuss the legal responsibility of doctors for professional
negligence in light of relevant case laws.
44. 'There is an imminent need of legislative, intervention in
Surrogacy. Explain.
45. Write down the moral and legal issues involved in 'Stem cell
Theorapy'.
46. Whether equitable access to health care is a 'right' under the
law ? Explain.
47. Explain the scheme of right to health under the Trans –
plantation of Human Organs Act 1994.
48. Explain the offenecs affecting public health under IPC.
49. “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for
the health and well-being of himself and of his family” –
Explain in the light of Constitutional provisions and
International Conventions.
50. What are the objectives of the PC & PNDT Act, 1994 ? State
the circumstances under which prenatal diagnostic techniques
shall be permitted.
51. Discuss the various modes of admission of mentally ill
person in the psychiatric hospital or nursing home as per The
Mental Health Act, 1987.
52. What is surrogacy ? Discuss various types of surrogacy.
53. What are the restrictions on removal or transplanting human
organ or tissue or both ?
54. Define the term ‘Donor’ as per the transplantation of Human
Organ and Tissues Act, 1994. Discuss various types of Donors.
55. Whether the medical practitioner is liable for medical
negligence under the law of Torts and Contract ?
56. Write notes on : (a) Right to abortion under the Indian
Constitution (b) Law relating to abortion under IPC
57. State how law and medicine are related to each other.
58. Explain the principles governing the Liability of the medical
practitioner for negligence.
59. Examine the status of Right to Health in India.
60. Describe the functions of Indian Medical Council.
61. Enumerate the rights and responsibilities of the Doctors
against Patients.
62. Explain the provisions in IPC concerning Public Health.
63. Write a descriptive note on Transplantation of Human
Organs Act, 1994.
64. Evaluate functioning of WHO and UNICEF in raising global
health standards.