A review of dentist-related issues through Constitutional Court decisions

Ha, Ji-Woo; Jung, Won; Lee, Kyung-Eun; Suh, Bong-Jik

doi:2023.61.10.632

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 61(10); 2023 > Article

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 2023;61(10):632-644.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22974/jkda.2023.61.10.001 Published online September 30, 2023.

헌법재판소 결정을 통한 치과의사 관련 이슈 고찰

하지우¹

, 정원^1,2,3

, 이경은^1,2,3

, 서봉직^1,2,3

^¹전북대학교병원 구강내과
^²전북대학교 치과대학 구강내과학교실
^³전북대학교 구강생체과학연구소

A review of dentist-related issues through Constitutional Court decisions

Ji-Woo Ha¹

, Won Jung^1,2,3

, Kyung-Eun Lee^1,2,3

, Bong-Jik Suh^1,2,3

¹Department of Oral Medicine, Jeonbuk National University Hospital
²Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Jeonbuk National University
³Institute of Oral Bioscience, Jeonbuk National University

Correspondence: Bong-Jik Suh, Tel: +82-63-250-2060,
Email: yonam@jbnu.ac.kr

Received: 14 June 2023 • Revised: 4 July 2023 • Accepted: 17 August 2023

Abstract

The Constitution is the supreme law of the Republic of Korea which defines the fundamental rights of Korean citizens and provides the establishment and operations of the government. When the public authorities infringe on someone's fun-damental rights guaranteed under the Constitution, the person directly involved can file a constitutional complaint to the Constitutional Court. Today, the possibility of conflict of fundamental rights is increasing with the increasing number of legislation or amendment of laws, and the development of social complexity and human rights awareness. Thus, we need to take an active interest in protecting our basic rights. In this article, we will present a brief explanation of the constitutional complaint and types of decisions of the Constitu-tional Court with some cases which affected dentists after the decisions of the Constitutional Court.

Key Words: Constitutional complaint; Constitutional Court decision; Dentist