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| TITLE | Seoul Administrative Court Decision 2021Guhap63495 Decided April 14, 2022: Appeal [full Text] |
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| Summary | |
| 【Main Issues and Holdings】 This case concerns A, a physician who, upon hearing from his brother-in-law B that he had been unable to sleep soundly, provided B with Zolpidem, a psychotropic substance that A had been prescribed and kept in his possession, even though B did not have a prescription. A was convicted of violating the Narcotics Control Act for his conduct, and subsequently, the Minister of Health and Welfare imposed on A a one-month suspension of his medical license based on the said violation. A filed a lawsuit seeking to revoke the suspension. A’s claim is dismissed because A’s act of providing Zolpidem to B constituted “unethical medical treatment” in Article 32(1)2 of the Enforcement Decree of the Medical Service Act and the disposition was not issued in excess or abuse of the Minister’s discretion. | |
