Section 232: Prohibition of conducting medical treatment by recklessness or negligence

1) No person authorized under law to conduct medical treatment shall, in conducting medical treatment of anyone, conduct such treatment, administer any drug or prescribe for the administration of drug to him or her in a reckless or negligent manner, without taking adequate care or precaution.

2) Where any act referred to in sub-section (1) causes death of or grievous hurt to anyone, the offender shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years and a fine not exceeding fifty thousand rupees if the death or grievous hurt has been caused from a reckless act and to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years and a fine not exceeding thirty thousand rupees if the death or grievous hurt has been caused from a negligent act.