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Italian healthcare professional legislative reforms

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2026-10-28 15:24 UTC → 2026-10-29 09:14 UTC · added removed

The Italian legislature is advancing several measures to reform the healthcare sector. The Chamber of Deputies passed has approved a reform bill aimed at reorganizing professional orders, addressing orders and modifying the civil and criminal liability, and improving personnel management. liability of medical practitioners. This legislation legislation, which now moves to the Senate, includes amendments to the penal code regarding involuntary manslaughter and personal injury. Under the new rules, professionals will only be held criminally liable for serious negligence if they fail to adhere to clinical guidelines or established good practices. The law also introduces criteria for assessing fault, such as staff shortages, resource scarcity, and organizational deficiencies. Additionally, the bill includes an amendment allowing healthcare professionals involved in workers who committed non-intentional pandemic-related incidents acts during the COVID-19 emergency to apply for re-registration with their professional boards under within 60 days of the law’s enactment, provided they meet specific conditions. Following legal criteria. Parallel to these developments, a new legislative proposal, Bill No. 985, was introduced by reforms, the Lombardy Regional Council. Council has introduced Bill No. 985. This bill proposal seeks to grant National Health Service (SSN) employees, including nurses, the permanent right to engage in private practice outside of official working hours. The proposal bill aims to allow these transform temporary derogations into a stable legal right, allowing professionals to work in private facilities, at patients' patients’ homes, or within public institutions through intramurary arrangements, provided that safeguards are arrangements. Proponents suggest this could expand opportunities in place home care and territorial assistance to address the needs of an aging population, provided safeguards prevent conflicts of interest.

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