Regulation Amending the Regulation on the Procedures and Principles of Legal Assistance for Crimes Committed Against Health Workers in Higher Education Institutions
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This regulation, published on 6 January 2026 in the Official Gazette No. 33129, makes minor amendments to the existing 2022 regulation on legal assistance for health workers in Turkish higher education institutions. It replaces the term "görev yapan sağlık çalışanlarına" (health workers performing duty) with the broader term "görevli personele" (assigned personnel) in Article 2, and similarly replaces "sağlık çalışanlarını" with "görevli personeli" in Article 4. These changes expand the scope of legal protection and assistance to a wider group of personnel working in health units of universities. The regulation enters into force on the date of its publication and is executed by the President of the Council of Higher Education.
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Key Changes
- Replaces the phrase 'görev yapan sağlık çalışanlarına' with 'görevli personele' in the first paragraph of Article 2 of the original regulation
- Replaces the phrase 'sağlık çalışanlarını' with 'görevli personeli' in subparagraph (a) of the first paragraph of Article 4 of the original regulation
- Broadens the scope of personnel eligible for legal assistance from specifically 'health workers on duty' to more general 'assigned personnel'
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Obligations
What this law requires
Expand legal assistance scope to include 'görevli personele' (assigned personnel) in health units of higher education institutions, not limited to 'görev yapan sağlık çalışanlarına' (health workers performing duty)
Apply legal assistance procedures to crimes committed against 'görevli personeli' (assigned personnel) as defined in Article 2, paragraph 1 of the amended regulation
Implement the updated definition in Article 4, paragraph 1(a) that replaces 'sağlık çalışanlarını' with 'görevli personeli' for purposes of legal assistance eligibility
Ensure legal assistance procedures and principles apply to the broader category of assigned personnel in health units effective from the publication date (6 January 2026)
Execute and enforce this amended regulation through the President of the Council of Higher Education