People in their 70s with cupping and blood acupuncture...punishment for unlicensed medical practices

A court ruled that cupping or blood acupuncture is also a medical practice that requires a license.

The Jeonju District Court fined 77-year-old A a million won for violating the medical law for leaving a port or placing a blood needle on patients who visited the house.

Based on the Supreme Court precedent, which broadly defined medical practice, the court judged that blood loss is also a medical practice because there is a risk of health and hygiene harm if performed by non-medical personnel.

He also pointed out that A has a private license, but it is difficult to say that this alone is sufficient knowledge of blood.

However, the court explained that the sentence was decided in consideration of the fact that the defendant had no profit from the crime and was old.