CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 288 Duty of persons doing dangerous acts
CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 288
Duty of persons doing dangerous acts288 Duty of persons doing dangerous acts
It is the duty of every person who, except in a case of necessity, undertakes to administer surgical or medical treatment to any other person, or to do any other lawful act which is or may be dangerous to human life or health, to have reasonable skill and to use reasonable care in doing such act, and the person is held to have caused any consequences which result to the life or health of any person by reason of any omission to observe or perform that duty.