“Medical error”, “improper provision of medical care” and “professional offense”: the problem of differentiation of the concepts for the purposes of administrative responsibility

The article is devoted to the issue of distinguishing between the concepts of "medical error", "improper provision of medical care" and "professional offense" for the purposes of administrative responsibility. The interpretations of the above concepts, accepted both in the modern legal science and in the medical community, are considered, the author's definition of the concept of "medical error" is formulated, and an analysis of the most significant differences between these concepts is carried out. It is proposed to consolidate the concepts under study in the Federal Law "On the Basics of protecting the Health of Citizens in the Russian Federation" in order to establish criteria for their differentiation, as well as to formulate the conditions for the onset of responsibility for a particular act in the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation.