Under the Act on Compensation for Medical Malpractice and Mediation of Medical Disputes, what must the mediation panel's decision document contain, and whose signature does it need?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
In a practice file we read the mediation decision document itself against the list of matters the provision requires, checking the case number and name, the parties and representatives with addresses, the disposition, the gist of the application, the reasons and the mediation date, and we check whose seal or signature appears.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading treats the list as exhaustive: the mediation panel's decision must be a document recording the case number and name, the names and addresses of the parties and their representatives, the disposition, the gist of the application, the reasons and the date of mediation, and the chair of the panel and the mediation committee members must each seal or sign it.
Another reading turns on what the reasons must show, since the provision requires the reasons to state findings sufficient to establish that the disposition is proper, and this sets a content standard rather than a formality, leaving open how much reasoning is enough.
Your judgment
If the reasons state a conclusion without findings showing the disposition proper, what in the mediation record would show whether the shortfall is one of form or of substance?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the provision is amended to change the required contents or the signatories, or if a court decision sets how detailed the findings in the reasons must be.