[Establishment and activities of Forensic Medical Board in Hungary, in the field of the medical care].
In past years, extinguishment of the inconsonance between expertise in forensic medicine and the professional supervision of forensic medical expertise were accomplished by the Judicial Committee of the Medical Scientific Council in Hungary. Nevertheless, there were certain problems of procedural nature in its functioning. The purpose of the present review is to expose the critique of the functioning of the former Judicial Committee and to present the new Board, which has been established with a view of eliminating the problems, resulting from the structural solutions in the past.


RESULTS
The former structure of supervision of forensic medical expertise violated some basic procedural principles of the administration of justice, such as the principles of directness and verbosity and the requirement of free evidence. The Forensic Medical Board, functioning in the field of medical care--which has been instituted in lieu of the former Judicial Committee, while observing procedural principles, presents another expertise by the contribution of an ad hoc committee, constituted of eminent representatives of the relevant field of medical science for the individual case.


CONCLUSIONS
The Forensic Medical Board is able to assume and accomplish functions that have been vested with him.
Igazságügyi Szakértői és Kutatóintézetek Budapesti Orvosszakértői Intézete, Budapest. drhorvath.janos@upcmail.hu
János
J
Horváth
D026683:Advisory Committees; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D013044:Specialty Boards / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration