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| Son Young-rae, head of the Social Strategy Division, Central Accident Control Headquarters of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, is giving a regular briefing on the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) at the Seoul Government Complex in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 10th. 2021.1.10/News1 © News1 Reporter Eunna Ahn |
The Ministry of Health and Welfare is expected to lead a smooth consultation with sufficient explanation on the opposition to the amendment to the medical law related to the cancellation of the doctor’s license by the Korean Medical Association. In particular, as the Korea Medical Association announced a strike when deciding on the amendment, it is a position that it will not disrupt the corona 19 vaccine vaccination business.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Welfare Son Young-rae said at a regular briefing on Corona 19 on the 24th, “From the perspective of the government, we will fully discuss with the Medical Association, explain what is wrong, and strengthen cooperation to avoid problems.”
He added, “We believe that disagreements on the amendments to the medical law are a matter to be solved by sufficiently discussing it in the legislative process,” he said. “I expect that the Korea Medical Association will not refuse cooperation on corona 19 vaccination due to this problem.”
Previously, the Korea Medical Association stated that it would strike a general strike if the so-called’Doctor License Cancellation Act (Medical Law Amendment)’ passes through the National Assembly Legislative Judicial Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Judiciary Committee). This amendment contains the details of revoking the license of a doctor who was sentenced to imprisonment or higher, and there is a conflict over the types of felony crimes and the period of license cancellation.
The Korea Medical Association is excessive from the contents of “cancelling the license of a doctor who received imprisonment or higher sentence for violation of the law on medical care only for the period of punishment” to “cancel the license of a doctor who received imprisonment or higher sentence for committing all crimes”. Problems that you can interpret.
The period for canceling the license was also a punishment period, but the amendment to the medical law was extended to’up to five years after the punishment period’. However, cases of imprisonment or higher imprisonment for negligence in business were excluded from the reason for canceling the license.
Therefore, the Ministry of Health and Welfare is confronting that even if it is a traffic accident, the sentence is not executed as a felony crime in the case of a simple criticism, and that the sentence does not occur excessively in the interpretation of the law.
Regarding the license cancellation period, it is a position that considers equity with other professions such as lawyers. Health and Medical Policy Officer Lee Chang-jun of the Ministry of Health and Welfare said in the last briefing that “the re-issuance of the license is prohibited for 5 years after the cancellation of the license to the effect that a certain period of meditation is necessary in consideration of the characteristics of the profession.”