Suprema - Rol N° 27448-2014

La Corte Suprema confirma el rechazo de un recurso de protección interpuesto por una médica cirujana para registrar su especialidad de parasitología. Se determinó que la Superintendencia actuó conforme a la normativa vigente, la cual no incluía dicha especialidad, por lo que no hubo omisión ilegal ni arbitraria.

• Subject of Litigation: Recurso de Protección filed against the Superintendencia de Salud for alleged illegal omission in registering the plaintiff's parasitology specialty.
• Plaintiff's Claimed Harm: Denial of benefits under Law 20.707, which provides a 30% remuneration increase for registered medical specialists working in emergency services.
• Constitutional Basis of Claim: Plaintiff asserted violations of the constitutional rights to equality before the law (Art. 19 N° 2) and property (Art. 19 N° 24).
• Regulation defining specialties: The applicable regulation, Supreme Decree (DS) N° 8 of 2013 (Ministry of Health), lists 52 certified medical specialties and subspecialties, which did not include parasitology; this was also the case under the prior DS N° 15 of 2007.
• Superintendencia...