force of the judicial act, the procedure of lodging appeals and cassation appeals, and so on. 2.3. Health Institutional Independence of the Medical Personnel 2.3.1. Oversight of the adequacy and quality of the services provided by the medical personnel shall not be performed by the PI management or the PS; it shall be performed by an organization closely related with the public health system outside the PS—thereby ensuring the institutional independence of the doctors and their unconstrained work.  With such institutional subordination, there is a high level of trust in the medical personnel. Inmates will not perceive the doctor as a penitentiary officer, and the medical personnel will not perceive the patients as persons deprived of liberty. 2.3.2. The necessary financial and social safeguards and other mechanisms shall be put in place to secure the institutional independence of the medical personnel. 2.3.3. Medical interventions or clinical decisions and professional conclusions with respect to persons deprived of liberty shall be based only on medical criteria. The reason is that the medical personnel shall operate independently, on the basis of their professional qualification, and within the limits of their authority. Protection of Medical Confidentiality 2.3.4. Information on the health condition of a person deprived of liberty, the medical tests performed in relation to such person, the medication prescribed, and dosage, as well 19   

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