違反刑法洩密罪事例:「日本精神科醫師洩漏病人隱私」【寰宇醫事裁判】 試閱
The Crime Of Information Leakage: Japanese Physiatrist Reveal Patient’s Private Information
本案原告X為精神科醫師,目前在京都市內的精神科醫院執業。原告X擔任少年保護事件的鑑定人,卻涉嫌透露該少年的口供內容、鑑定報告等文件給出版社,嚴重侵害少年隱私權,被依違反刑法的洩密罪判刑4個月,緩刑3年。
被告Y為厚生勞動省大臣,在聽取京都府知事意見,並向醫道審議會諮詢意見得到「停業1年」之回覆後,根據前述刑事判決結果,依醫師法第4條之規定,對原告X處以停業1年之處分,原告X不服,就該停業處分提起訴訟。
The plaintiff X was a psychiatrist. As an expert witness of a juvenile probation case, he allegedly disclosed the content of the boy’s statement, the probation report and other documents to a publisher. This kind of behavior was a serious invasion of privacy and was the crime of Information Leakage under the Criminal Law. The plaintiff X was sentenced to imprisonment of 4 months with 3 years’ suspension.
The defendant was a minister of MHLW (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare). Based on the result of the criminal judgment mentioned above, the minister suspended the plaintiff X for 1 year according to the provisions of Article 4 of the Physician Law. The plaintiff X was dissatisfied with the penalty imposed on him, so he pressed charge against the minister of MHLW. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal, for the plaintiff’s leakage of secret was malicious and lack of legitimacy, and that the suspension ordered by the defendant wasn’t an unlawful abuse of power.
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