No. 14438
Promulgation Date 2016-12-20
Ministry of Health and Welfare
ALL
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
Article 2 (Medical Personnel)
Article 3 (Medical Institutions)
Article 3-2 (Hospitals, etc.)
Article 3-3 (General Hospitals)
Article 3-4 (Designation of Superior General Hospitals)
Article 3-5 (Designation of Specialized Hospitals)
CHAPTER II MEDICAL PERSONNEL
Section 1 Qualification and Licenses
Article 4 (Duties of Medical Personnel and Heads of Medical Institutions)
Article 4-2 (Provision, etc. of Integrated Nursing and Caring Service)
Article 5 (Licenses for Physicians, Dentists or Oriental Medical Doctors)
Article 6 (Licenses for Midwives)
Article 7 (Licenses for Nurses)
Article 8 (Grounds for Disqualification)
Article 9 (National Examinations, etc.)
Article 10 (Restrictions on Eligibility for Examinations)
Article 11 (Conditions and Registration of License)
Article 12 (Protection of Medical Techniques, etc.)
Article 13 (Prohibition of Seizure of Medical Instruments or Materials)
Article 14 (Preferential Supply of Instruments, etc.)
Article 15 (Prohibition, etc. against Refusal to Give Medical Examination or Treatment)
Article 16 (Handling of Laundry)
Article 17 (Medical Certificates, etc.)
Article 18 (Preparation and Issuance of Medical Prescriptions)
Article 18-2 (Verification of Drug Information)
Article 19 (Prohibition against Divulgence of Confidential Information)
Article 20 (Prohibition of Fetal Gender Prediction, etc.)
Article 21 (Inspection of Records, etc.)
Article 21-2 (Sending, etc. of Medical Records)
Section 2 Rights and Duties
Article 22 (Medical Records, etc.)
Article 23 (Electronic Medical Records)
Article 23-2 (Standardization, etc. of Electronic Medical Record System)
Article 23-3 (Prohibition against Gaining Improper Financial Benefits, etc.)
Article 24 (Guidance for Methods of Convalescence)
Article 24-2 (Explanation about Medical Practices)
Article 25 (Reports)
Article 26 (Report on Unnatural Death)
Section 3 Restrictions on Medical Practice
Article 27 (Prohibition against Unlicensed Medical Practices, etc.)
Article 27-2 Deleted.
Section 4 Organizations of Medical Personnel
Article 28 (Central Association and Its Branches)
Article 29 (Permission, etc. for Establishment)
Article 30 (Duty to Cooperate)
Article 31 Deleted.
Article 32 (Supervision)
CHAPTER III MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
Section 1 Establishment of Medical Institutions
Article 33 (Establishment, etc.)
Article 34 (Remote Medical Treatment)
Article 35 (Special Exception to Establishment of Medical Institutions)
Article 36 (Matters to be Observed)
Article 36-2 (Prohibition against Employment of Public Health Doctors)
Article 37 (Radiation Generator for Diagnosis)
Article 38 (Installation and Operation of Special Medical Equipment)
Article 39 (Mutual Use of Facilities, etc.)
Article 40 (Reports on Permanent Cessation and Suspension of Medical Services, and Transfer of Medical Records)
Article 41 (Medical Personnel on Duty)
Article 42 (Names of Medical Institutions)
Article 43 (Specialized Department, etc.)
Article 44 Deleted.
Article 45 (Notification of Non-Covered Medical Expenses)
Article 45-2 (Investigation of Current Status of Non-Covered Medical Expenses, etc.)
Article 45-3 (Public Notification of Standards for Charges for Issuing All Kinds of Certificates)
Article 46 (Patients' Choice, etc. of Physicians for Medical Treatment)
Article 47 (Preventive Measures against Hospital Infection)
Section 2 Medical Corporation
Article 48 (Permission, etc. for Establishment)
Article 49 (Incidental Business)
Article 50 (Application Mutatis Mutandis of Civil Act)
Article 51 (Revocation of Permission for Establishment)
Section 3 Association of Medical Institutions
Article 52 (Establishment of Association of Medical Institutions)
Article 52-2 (National Academy of Medicine of Korea)
CHAPTER IV EVALUATION OF NEW MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
Article 53 (Evaluation of New Medical Technology)
Article 54 (Establishment, etc. of Committee for Evaluation of New Medical Technology)
Article 55 (Entrustment of Affairs, etc. Relating to Collection of Data)
CHAPTER V ADVERTISEMENT OF MEDICAL SERVICES
Article 56 (Prohibition, etc. against Medical Service Advertisements)
Article 57 (Review of Advertisements)
CHAPTER VI SUPERVISION
Article 58 (Accreditation of Medical Institutions)
Article 58-2 (Medical Institution Accreditation Commission)
Article 58-3 (Accreditation Standards, Methods, etc. of Medical Institutions)
Article 58-4 (Application for Accreditation of Medical Institutions)
Article 58-5 (Applications for Objections)
Article 58-6 (Certificate of Accreditation and Accreditation Mark)
Article 58-7 (Publication and Utilization of Accreditation)
Article 58-8 (Request to Provide Data)
Article 58-9 (Cancellation of Accreditation of Medical Institutions)
Article 59 (Guidance and Order)
Article 60 (Establishment, etc. of Plan for Supply and Demand for Patient Beds)
Article 60-2 (Medical Personnel Supply and Demand Plans, etc.)
Article 60-3 (Establishment and Operation of Employment Training Centers for Nursing Work Force)
Article 61 (Reports and Inspection, etc. of Business)
Article 62 (Accounting Standards for Medical Institutions)
Article 63 (Corrective Order, etc.)
Article 64 (Revocation, etc. of Permission for Establishment)
Article 65 (Revocation and Re-issuance of Licenses)
Article 66 (Suspension, etc. of Qualifications)
Article 66-2 (Central Associations' Requests for Disposition for Disqualification)
Article 67 (Dispositions of Penalty Surcharges)
Article 68 (Criteria for Administrative Disposition)
Article 69 (Medical Instructors)
CHAPTER VII (Articles 70 through 76) DELETED.
CHAPTER VIII SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Article 77 (Medical Specialists)
Article 78 (Specialized Nurses)
Article 79 (Medical Personnel Licensed to Practise in Limited Area)
Article 80 (Qualifications of Assistant Nurses)
Article 80-2 (Duties of Assistant Nurses)
Article 80-3 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
Article 81 (Quasi-Medical Personnel)
Article 82 (Massage Therapists)
Article 83 (Subsidy for Expenses, etc.)
Article 84 (Hearing)
Article 85 (Fees)
Article 86 (Delegation or Entrustment of Authority)
CHAPTER IX PENAL PROVISIONS
Article 87 (Penal Provisions)
Article 88 (Penal Provisions)
Article 88-2 (Penal Provisions)
Article 88-3 Moved to Article 88-2
Article 89 (Penal Provisions)
Article 90 (Penal Provisions)
Article 91 (Joint Penal Provisions)
Article 92 (Administrative Fines)
Article 93 Deleted.
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