The norms of Federal Council of Medicine set down that the doctor cannot stop filling out the medical handbook correctly. That observance is fundamental, because being the service rendered the patient an action to multi-discipline, all involved they will be them informed about the clinical conditions, evolution, results of exams and procedures accomplished in the patients. Under the legal point of view it is a precious instrument, maybe the most important, in judicial demands, because it is starting from his/her analysis that the experts and judges pick subsidies for the judicial decision. Under the point of view of public health they are in the medical handbooks that the data live, al1owing the data of prevalences and of incidences certain diseases, allowing like this, prevention actions and more effective treatment measures. This work has as objective emphasizes the importance of the execution of the norms and of the correct completion of the medical handbook, emphasizing their forensic implications, main in the colon rectal surgery practice. Such practices not only they represent the quality of the professional work, but they allow to the doctors disposal of an important defense instrument in the lawsuits.
He/she annotates doctor; handbook; medical report; forensic implications