The field covering licensing, patient rights, physician liability and advertising rules for hospitals, clinics and health technology companies.
Healthcare law has two sides: the patient's right to information, consent and privacy on one, and the liability limits of the healthcare institution and physician on the other.
The sector is closely supervised by Ministry of Health regulations. Licensing requirements, staffing standards, advertising restrictions and the processing of health data each require separate compliance. Violations in these areas can go beyond administrative fines to a suspension of operations.
SBP Legal provides both preventive compliance work and dispute management for hospitals, private clinics, medical device companies and digital health businesses.
What we do in this area
Licensing and operating permits
Healthcare facility opening licenses, adding staff or specialty branches, and challenging inspection findings.
Physician and institution liability
Defense strategy in malpractice claims, evaluation of expert reports, representation in compensation lawsuits.
Informed consent and patient documentation
Drafting legally sound consent forms, patient information texts and treatment agreements.
Health data and data protection compliance
Special-category personal data inventories, explicit consent architecture, data breach response plans and cross-border transfers.
Health tourism
International health tourism authorization, intermediary agency agreements and arrangements for foreign patient relations.
Advertising compliance
Auditing website and social media content against healthcare advertising regulations.
Does this page speak to your situation?
If any of the following applies to you, now is the time to talk:
- You're opening a new clinic or medical center.
- You're facing a malpractice claim or complaint.
- You want to accept foreign patients under health tourism.
- Your handling of patient data has come under data-protection scrutiny.
Frequently asked questions
What happens to a procedure performed without an informed consent form?
A physician can be held liable for failing to properly inform the patient even if the procedure itself was medically flawless. A generic, boilerplate form isn't enough either — the disclosure must be specific to the patient's condition and the risks and alternatives of the proposed procedure, given in understandable language a reasonable time before the procedure.
Why is health data subject to special protection?
Turkey's data protection law treats health data as a special category of personal data. As a rule it can only be processed with explicit consent or by healthcare personnel bound by confidentiality obligations. The administrative fines and compensation exposure for a violation are markedly higher than for ordinary data.
Can healthcare providers post patient reviews and before-and-after images online?
Advertising intended to generate demand is prohibited in healthcare. Before-and-after treatment images and patient-experience posts are, in most cases, treated as exactly that, triggering administrative sanctions. The permitted line is purely informational content — every post should be reviewed before it goes live.
This page was last updated on 20.07.2026. Content is for general informational purposes and does not substitute for legal advice.