Article 229 Federal Criminal Code
BOOK TWO · TITLE TWELVE. Professional Responsibility · CHAPTER I. General Provisions
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026
The preceding article shall be applied to the physicians who, having granted a responsibility release to take charge of the care of an injured or sick person, abandon him in his treatment without justified cause, and without giving immediate notice to the corresponding authority.