No. 18468
Promulgation Date 2021-09-24
Ministry of Health and Welfare
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CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
Article 2 (Medical Personnel)
Article 3 (Medical Institutions)
Article 3-2 (Hospitals)
Article 3-3 (General Hospitals)
Article 3-4 (Designation of Tertiary Hospitals)
Article 3-5 (Designation of Specialized Hospitals)
CHAPTER II MEDICAL PERSONNEL
SECTION 1 Qualification and Licenses
Article 4 (Responsibilities of Medical Personnel and Heads of Medical Institutions)
Article 4-2 (Provision of Integrated Nursing and Caring Service)
Article 4-3 (Prohibition of Medical Personnel from Lending Licenses)
Article 5 (Licenses for Physicians, Dentists, or Doctors of Korean Medicine)
Article 6 (Licenses for Midwives)
Article 7 (Licenses for Nurses)
Article 8 (Grounds for Disqualification)
Article 9 (National Examinations)
Article 10 (Restrictions on Eligibility for Examinations)
Article 11 (Conditions and Registration of Licenses)
Article 12 (Protection of Medical Technology)
Article 13 (Prohibition of Seizure of Medical Instruments or Materials)
Article 14 (Preferential Supply of Instruments)
Article 15 (Prohibition against Refusal to Provide Medical Services)
Article 16 (Handling of Medical Laundry)
Article 17 (Medical Certificates)
Article 17-2 (Prescriptions)
Article 18 (Preparation and Issuance of Prescriptions)
Article 18-2 (Verification of Drug Information)
Article 19 (Prohibition against Divulgence of Confidential Information)
Article 20 (Prohibition of Fetal Gender Prediction)
Article 21 (Inspection of Records)
Article 21-2 (Sending of Medical Records)
SECTION 2 Rights and Duties
Article 22 (Medical Records)
Article 23 (Electronic Medical Records)
Article 23-2 (Standardization of Electronic Medical Record System)
Article 23-3 (Notification of Medical Treatment Information Breach Incidents)
Article 23-4 (Prevention of and Response to Medical Treatment Information Breach Incidents)
Article 23-5 (Prohibition from Gaining Improper Economic Benefits)
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 Practices
Article 27 (Prohibition against Unlicensed Medical Practices)
Article 27-2 Deleted.
SECTION 4 Organizations of Medical Personnel
Article 28 (Central Association and Branches)
Article 29 (Permission 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)
Article 33-2 (Establishment of Medical Institution Establishment Committees)
Article 33-3 (Fact-Finding Surveys)
Article 34 (Telemedicine)
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 38-2 (Installation and Operation of Closed-Circuit Television Cameras in Operating Rooms)
Article 39 (Mutual Use of Facilities)
Article 40 (Reports on Closure and Suspension of Business)
Article 40-2 (Transfer of Medical Records)
Article 40-3 (Establishment and Operation of Medical Record Keeping System)
Article 41 (Medical Personnel on Duty)
Article 42 (Names of Medical Institutions)
Article 43 (Specialized Department)
Article 44 Deleted.
Article 45 (Notification of Non-Covered Medical Expenses)
Article 45-2 (Reporting of, and Investigation of Current Status of Non-Covered Medical Expenses)
Article 45-3 (Public Notice of Standards for Charges for Issuing All Types of Certificates)
Article 46 (Patients' Choice of Physicians for Medical Treatment)
Article 47 (Preventive Measures against Healthcare-Associated Infections)
Article 47-2 (Transfer of Inpatients to Another Hospital)
SECTION 2 Medical Corporation
Article 48 (Permission for Establishment)
Article 48-2 (Executive Officers)
Article 49 (Incidental Business)
Article 50 (Application Mutatis Mutandis of the Civil Act)
Article 51 (Revocation of Permission for Establishment)
Article 51-2 (Prohibition of Giving and Receiving Money and Valuables in Connection with Appointment of Executive Officers)
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 of New Medical Technology Evaluation Committee)
Article 55 (Entrustment of Affairs Relating to Collection of Data)
CHAPTER V ADVERTISEMENT OF MEDICAL SERVICES
Article 56 (Prohibition against Medical Advertisements)
Article 57 (Deliberation of Medical Advertisements)
Article 57-2 (Deliberation Committees for Medical Advertisements)
Article 57-3 (Monitoring Medical Advertisements)
CHAPTER VI SUPERVISION
Article 58 (Accreditation of Medical Institutions)
Article 58-2 (Medical Institution Accreditation Commission)
Article 58-3 (Accreditation Standards and Methods of Medical Institutions)
Article 58-4 (Application for Accreditation of Medical Institutions)
Article 58-5 (Objections)
Article 58-6 (Certificate of Accreditation and Accreditation Mark)
Article 58-7 (Publication and Utilization of Accreditation)
Article 58-8 (Request for Data)
Article 58-9 (Follow-Up Management of Accreditation of Medical Institutions)
Article 58-10 (Cancellation of Accreditation of Medical Institutions)
Article 58-11 (Establishment of the Korea Institute for Healthcare Accreditation)
Article 59 (Guidance and Order)
Article 60 (Establishment of Plan for Supply and Demand for Patient Beds)
Article 60-2 (Medical Personnel Supply and Demand Plans)
Article 60-3 (Establishment and Operation of Employment Training Centers for Nursing Work Force)
Article 61 (Reports and Inspection of Business)
Article 61-2 (Request for Materials)
Article 62 (Accounting Standards for Medical Institutions)
Article 63 (Corrective Order)
Article 64 (Revocation of Permission for Establishment)
Article 65 (Revocation and Re-Issuance of Licenses)
Article 66 (Suspension of Qualification)
Article 66-2 (Central Associations' Request for Suspension of Qualification)
Article 67 (Penalty Surcharges)
Article 68 (Criteria for Administrative Disposition)
Article 69 (Medical Instructors)
CHAPTER VII DELETED.
Article 70 Deleted.
Article 71 Deleted.
Article 72 Deleted.
Article 73 Deleted.
Article 74 Deleted.
Article 75 Deleted.
Article 76 Deleted.
CHAPTER VIII SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Article 77 (Medical Specialists)
Article 78 (Nurse Practitioners)
Article 79 (Medical Personnel Licensed to Practise Medicine in Limited Area)
Article 80 (Qualification 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)
Article 84 (Hearing)
Article 85 (Fees)
Article 86 (Delegation or Entrustment of Authority)
Article 86-2 (Legal Fiction as Public Officials in Application of Penalty Provisions)
Article 86-3 (Exemption from Responsibility for Preserving and Keeping Records)
CHAPTER IX PENALTY PROVISIONS
Article 87 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 87-2 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 88 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 88-2 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 88-3
Article 89 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 90 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 90-2 (Special Cases on Provisions concerning Mitigation under the Criminal Act)
Article 91 (Joint Penalty Provisions)
Article 92 (Administrative Fines)
Article 93 Deleted.
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