What should I do if…?

The medico-legal certificate attests to the existence and severity of traumatic injuries and can be used before the judicial authorities. An examination on request can only be carried out if the incident occurred no more than 30 days ago and no other medico-legal document has previously been issued for the same event.

1. Come to the institution’s headquarters during opening hours, with the original of your identity document.
2. Fill in the standard application form, provided on the spot by the institution (also available in the Forms section).
3. Pay the examination fee — 38 RON — and keep the receipt.
4. The examination is carried out by a forensic physician, who assesses the injuries and the medical documents you present (discharge summaries, imaging results, etc.).
5. Collect the certificate — within 7 days at most of the examination or of submitting the last medical document requested, presenting the originals of your identity document and the receipt.

For minors and persons under judicial interdiction: the application is filled in by the legal representative (parent or guardian), who will also collect the certificate. The legal representative must attend the examination, with their own identity document.

The medico-legal document for road accidents records the injuries sustained and the number of days of medical care (the healing time used by Romanian law), which is essential for the legal classification of the offence and for any compensation.

1. Inform the police — the accident must be recorded at the competent police station. We recommend that you obtain the examination order from the police before coming to us.
2. Come to the institution’s headquarters with your identity document and the medical documents you received at the hospital or the emergency department.
3. Pay the examination fee — 63 RON (if the examination is made at your request, not under an order whose payment is provided for by the judicial authority).
4. Collect the medico-legal document on the date you are given, with the originals of your identity document and the receipt.

When a judicial authority orders a medico-legal finding or expert evaluation, the examination is carried out on the basis of the order or the court ruling, which also sets out the objectives of the examination.

1. Come to the institution’s headquarters with the original order (or court ruling) and a valid identity document.
2. Bring the medical documentation and any medico-legal documents relating to the case (medical records, previous certificates, if any).
3. The expert evaluation fee is paid only if this is expressly stated in the order or in a letter from the issuing authority; otherwise, please clarify the matter with the judicial authority that ordered the examination.
4. The medico-legal document is sent to the judicial authority that requested it, in accordance with the procedural rules.

For minors: persons under 18 are examined in the presence of their legal representative (parent or guardian). Minors under 14 must bring their birth certificate, those aged 14 to 18 their identity card, and the legal representative their own identity document or proof of guardianship.

In the case of violent deaths (accidents, assaults, suicides, poisonings), deaths of unknown cause or suspicious deaths, the family doctor or attending physician cannot issue the medical certificate of death — a forensic autopsy is mandatory by law.

1. Inform the police immediately (112 or the competent police station). The investigating authorities examine the scene and arrange for the body to be taken to the institution’s mortuary.
2. The autopsy is carried out only on the written request of the criminal investigation bodies (police or prosecutor’s office) — the family cannot request a forensic autopsy directly.
3. Bring the required documents to the mortuary: the original identity document of the deceased, the written request from the judicial authorities and any other documents required by the regulations.
4. Once the autopsy has been completed, the medical certificate of death is issued, on the basis of which the family can obtain the death certificate from the civil registry office.

For information on mortuary hours and the release of the body, please call the institution: +40 250 737 497 (mortuary) or +40 250 743 417 (headquarters).

Notaries require a psychiatric medico-legal certificate when elderly persons, or persons with conditions that could call their discernment into question, enter into acts of disposal (wills, sale contracts, gifts).

1. Obtain a certificate from the family doctor for the person to be examined, stating their known conditions and the treatment they have received.
2. Come to the institution’s headquarters — the person to be examined together with the accompanying person, each with their identity document.
3. Pay the examination fee — 185 RON (135 RON for the medico-legal examination + 50 RON for the psychological consultation).
4. The examination includes the forensic psychiatric assessment and the psychological consultation, on the basis of which mental capacity is assessed.
5. Collect the certificate on the date you are given, with the originals of your identity document and the receipt.

The forensic psychiatric evaluation is carried out by a board made up of a forensic physician and two psychiatrists, on the basis of the order or the court ruling that sets out the objectives of the evaluation (discernment, legal capacity, etc.).

1. Call the institution to book an appointment before the board — psychiatric evaluations take place on the days set aside for the boards (see the opening hours).
2. Come on the date of your appointment with the order / court ruling, your identity document and all your medical documentation (especially psychiatric records: discharge summaries, medical letters, treatments).
3. The board examines the person and the documentation, and the expert report is sent to the judicial authority that ordered it.

For minors: the legal representative must be present. In civil cases concerning elderly persons, the evaluation may also be carried out, under the conditions laid down by law, where the person is, if they cannot travel to our headquarters — please call for details.

A new expert evaluation is not a simple “addendum” to the previous one, but a critical reassessment of it, which must be carried out by a board. It is ordered by the judicial authority when the conclusions of the previous report are unclear or contradictory and the uncertainties cannot be resolved by hearing the expert.

Under Article 49(3) of the Rules, a new expert evaluation involves repeating and/or redoing the investigations where the previous evaluations show shortcomings, omissions or contradictions. The conclusions are based on the previous medico-legal documents, the evidence in the case file, the particular features of the case, any new evidence and the objections raised by the judicial authority.

Please book by phone in advance. The new expert evaluation is carried out by a board, whose members are not available every day — a member of the board may be away at a scene, on leave or held up by other urgent work. A call to +40 250 743 417 will save you a wasted journey and ensure that you are seen on a day when the board can meet.

Do not confuse the two bodies: the board that carries out the new expert evaluation and the Review and Control Commission are different bodies. The first draws up the document; the second then reviews it scientifically, under Government Ordinance no. 1/2000 and its Implementing Regulation. Since 2025, Order no. 1.876/2025 has governed how the Review and Control Commission actually works: one within each institute of legal medicine, meetings in person or online, the opinion signed by the members who took part in analysing the case, and an assessment made strictly from a scientific point of view, within territorial jurisdiction.