I think there's been a pharmaceutical affairs act violation related to medical license lending.

As in your case, even if a pharmacist is actually employed by a non-professional and receives a salary, if the business owner — your acquaintance — does not have a license, this constitutes license lending and appears to be a pharmaceutical affairs act violation matter.

Medical license lending is generally most commonly done by non-medical persons in order to engage in unlicensed medical practice.

However, there are also cases where medical professionals lend medical licenses for the purpose of duplicate establishment of medical institutions, so the types of medical license lending actually exist in a variety of forms.

For violations of medical license lending, the license may be suspended or revoked, and you may receive an actual prison sentence as criminal punishment, so you must be careful.

Persons who lend, borrow, or broker medical license lending are subject to imprisonment of up to 5 years or a fine of up to 50 million won under the Medical Service Act.

In addition, if medical license lending is detected, both criminal punishment and administrative sanctions for medical service act violation may follow.

Our firm's medical specialist attorneys handle clients' cases through accurate analysis and legal assistance regarding matters related to the Medical Service Act.

If there is medical license lending and you are afraid of charges of pharmaceutical affairs act violation, please receive help from our firm's medical specialist attorney.