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The Shin Hae Chul Law, named after a famous Korean musician who passed away due to medical malpractice in 2014, went into practice on November 30, 2016 after approval by the National Assembly in May, 2016. The Shin Hae Chul Law, essentially, is aimed at implementing unconditional dispute mediation without participation or agreement on the part of the physician or medical institution when the patients and/or their families submit serious medical malpractice complaints to the Korea Medical Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Agency. Controversy has arisen over the enforcement of this law, in part, because it could result in passive and defensive medical practices.
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