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| Article 3 (Definitions) |
| 1. | The term "advertisement" means an indication or advertisement under subparagraphs 1 and 2 of Article 2 of the Act on Fair Labeling and Advertising; |
| 2. | The term "guide dog" means a guide dog for a disabled person under Article 40 of the Act on Welfare of Persons with Disabilities; |
| 3. | The term "auxiliary equipment for disabled persons, etc." means auxiliary aids for the disabled persons under Article 65 of the Act on Welfare of Persons with Disabilities, as well as motor vehicles and other devices to assist activities of such persons. The detailed scope of such motor vehicles and other devices shall be determined by Presidential Decree, taking into account relations with the provisions on workplace auxiliary technical devices under Article 21 (1) 2 of the Employment Promotion and Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons Act and telecommunication devices under Article 9 of the Act on Narrowing of the Digital Divide, details prescribed by other relevant Acts and subordinate statutes and the related provisions set forth in this Act; |
| 4. | The term "public institutions" means the State or local governments and other public organizations defined by Presidential Decree; |
| 5. | The term "employer" means an employer under Article 2 (1) 2 of the Labor Standards Act or a business operation manager, or a person acting for and on behalf of an employer on matters regarding employees; |
| 6. | The term "educational institutions" means nursery schools under the Infant Care Act, various levels of schools under the Early Childhood Education Act, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the Higher Education Act, lifelong educational establishments under the Lifelong Education Act, education and training institutions as evaluated and approved by the Minister of Education, Science and Technology under the Act on Recognition of Credits, etc., vocational education and training institutions under the Vocational Education and Training Promotion Act, and other institutions defined by Presidential Decree; |
| 7. | The term "education officer" means the head or the operating officer of an educational institution; |
| 8. | The term "information" is classified as follows: |
| (a) | The term "electronic information" means information under subparagraph 1 of Article 3 of the Framework Act on National Informatization. In such cases, "natural or juridical persons" shall be deemed to include public institutions under this Act; |
| (b) | The term "non-electronic information" means any information other than information defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 3 of the Framework Act on National Informatization, which includes all kinds of data and knowledge processed by verbal or non-verbal means, such as voice, writing, sign language, braille, body gestures and signs, irrespective of whether the person involved in its production, acquisition, processing, and possession is a natural or juridical person or a public institution; |
| (c) | The term "personal information" means personal information under subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Personal Information Protection Act; |
| 9. | The term "telecommunication" means telecommunication under subparagraph 5 of Article 3 of the Framework Act on National Informatization, irrespective of whether the entity concerned is a natural or juridical person or a public institution; |
| 10. | The term "cultural and artistic activities" means activities concerning literature, art (including applied art), music, dance, theater, film, entertainment, traditional music, photography, architecture, language, and publication under Article 2 (1) 1 of the Culture and Arts Promotion Act; |
| 11. | The term "cultural and artistic business operator" means a person engaged in any and all acts in fields with cultural or artistic elements, including planning, development, production, creation, exhibition, distribution and marketing; |
| 12. | The term "physical exercise" means any and all physical activities deemed to be sports, including physical exercise and physical education under Article 2 of the National Sports Promotion Act, play, game, sports, leisure, and recreation; |
| 13. | The term "home and family" means home and family under subparagraphs 1 and 2 of Article 3 of the Framework Act on Healthy Families; |
| 14. | The term "welfare facilities, etc." means facilities where the disabled persons live on a short-or long-term basis, including social welfare facilities under Article 34 of the Social Welfare Services Act, welfare facilities for the disabled persons under Article 58 of the Act on Welfare of Persons with Disabilities, and facilities accommodating one or more the disabled persons without reporting; |
| 15. | The term "buildings" means buildings, living rooms and main structural parts under Article 2 (1) 2, 6 and 7 of the Building Act; |
| 16. | The term "means of mobility, transportation, etc." means streets and sidewalks used by people on a daily basis, as well as transportation means and passenger facilities under subparagraphs 2 and 3 of Article 2 of the Act on Promotion of the Transportation Convenience of Mobility Disadvantaged Persons; |
| 17. | The term "right to health" means the right to live a healthy life, including the right to receive medical services, through the creation of desirable environment for health education, the prevention and treatment of diseases and secondary disabilities caused by existing disabilities, nutritional improvement and practicing healthy living; |
| 18. | The term "medical persons, etc." means persons engaged in providing healthcare for disabled persons, including medical persons under Article 2 (1) of the Medical Service Act, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, counselors, and technicians for artificial limbs or auxiliary aids, who have obtained a license or permit as required by the State or any related association; |
| 19. | The term "medical institutions, etc." means medical institutions under Article 3 of the Medical Service Act, healthcare institutions where medical persons provide services for the health of the disabled persons, treatment institutions, pharmacies, and other institutions defined in related Acts and subordinate statutes; |
| 20. | The term "harrassment, etc." means physical, mental, emotional or verbal acts committed against a disabled person in the form of organized exclusion, neglect, abandonment, aggravation, harrassment, abuse, monetary extortion, and infringement of sexual self-determination. |