Kautilya's Arthashastra 4.1.57

4.1.57

marmavadhavaiguṇyakaraṇe daṇḍapāruṣyaṃ vidyāt //

Physicians undertaking medical treatment without intimating (to the government) the dangerous nature of the disease shall, if the patient dies, be punished with the first amercement. If the death of a patient under treatment is due to carelessness in the treatment, the physician shall be punished with the middle-most amercement. Growth of disease due to negligence or indifference (karmavadha) of a physician shall be regarded as assault or violence.