No. 20513
Promulgation Date 2024-10-22
Ministry of Health and Welfare
ALL
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
Article 1-2 (Fundamental concepts)
Article 2 (Definitions)
Article 3 (Relationship to other statutes)
Article 4 (Responsibility for promotion of welfare and human rights)
Article 5 (Principles of respect for human rights and maximum services)
Article 5-2 (Principles to provide social welfare services)
Article 6 (Prohibition on obstruction of establishment of facilities)
Article 6-2 (Digitalization of business of social welfare facilities)
Article 6-3 Deleted.
Article 7 Deleted.
Article 7-2 Deleted.
Article 8 Deleted.
Article 9 (Support for and promotion of voluntary activities for social welfare programs)
Article 10 (Guidance and training)
Article 11 (Issuance of certificates of social workers)
Article 11-2 (Grounds for disqualification of social workers)
Article 11-3 (Revocation of qualification of social workers)
Article 11-4 (Prohibition of use of similar names)
Article 12 (State examinations)
Article 13 (Employment and training of social workers)
Article 14 Deleted.
Article 15 Deleted.
Article 15-2 (Social Welfare Day)
CHAPTER I-2 Deleted.
Article 15-3 Deleted.
Article 15-4 Deleted.
Article 15-5 Deleted.
Article 15-6 Deleted.
CHAPTER II SOCIAL WELFARE CORPORATIONS
Article 16 (Permission for incorporation of corporations)
Article 17 (Articles of incorporation)
Article 18 (Executive officers)
Article 18-2 (Prohibition of accepting money or goods in connection with appointment of executive officers)
Article 19 (Grounds for disqualification of executive officers)
Article 19-2 (Separate sentence of punishment of fines)
Article 20 (Filling vacancy of executive officers)
Article 21 (Prohibition of concurrent office-holding by executive officers)
Article 22 (Orders for dismissal of executive officers)
Article 22-2 (Suspension of performance of duties)
Article 22-3 (Appointment of ad hoc directors)
Article 22-4 (Dismissal of ad hoc directors)
Article 23 (Assets)
Article 24 (Reporting on acquisition of assets)
Article 25 (Preparation and disclosure of minutes)
Article 26 (Revocation of permission for incorporation of corporation)
Article 27 (Disposal of residual assets)
Article 28 (Profit-making projects)
Article 29 Deleted.
Article 30 (Mergers)
Article 31 (Prohibition of use of same name)
Article 32 (Application mutatis mutandis of other statutes)
Article 33 (Social welfare councils)
CHAPTER II-2 DELETED.
Article 33-2 Deleted.
Article 33-3 Deleted.
Article 33-4 Deleted.
Article 33-5 Deleted.
Article 33-6 Deleted.
Article 33-7 Deleted.
Article 33-8 Deleted.
CHAPTER III SOCIAL WELFARE FACILITIES
Article 34 (Establishment of social welfare facilities)
Article 34-2 (Special cases concerning establishment and operation of integrated facilities)
Article 34-3 (Obligation to purchase insurance)
Article 34-4 (Safety inspections for facilities)
Article 34-5 (Establishment of community welfare centers)
Article 35 (Heads of facilities)
Article 35-2 (Workers)
Article 35-3 (Matters to be observed in employing workers)
Article 36 (Operating committees)
Article 37 (Retention of documents)
Article 38 (Reporting on suspension, resumption, and closure of facilities)
Article 39 Deleted.
Article 40 (Improvement of facilities, suspension of programs, and closure of facilities)
Article 41 (Maximum number of residents of facilities)
CHAPTER III-2 HOME CARE SERVICES
Article 41-2 (Home care services)
Article 41-3 Deleted.
Article 41-4 (Training of home care service workers)
CHAPTER IV SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Article 42 (Subsidies)
Article 42-2 (Preferential sale of State or public property)
Article 42-3 (Subsidies to local governments)
Article 43 (Minimum standards for services of facilities)
Article 43-2 (Evaluation of facilities)
Article 44 (Recovery of expenses)
Article 45 (Management of donations)
Article 45-2 (Disposal of heirless property)
Article 46 (Korea Association of Social Workers)
Article 47 (Prohibition against divulging confidential information)
Article 48 (Prohibition of attachment)
Article 49 (Hearings)
Article 50 (Rewards)
Article 51 (Guidance and supervision)
Article 52 (Delegation or entrustment of authority)
CHAPTER V PENALTY PROVISIONS
Article 53 (Penalty provisions)
Article 53-2 Deleted.
Article 53-3 Deleted.
Article 54 (Penalty provisions)
Article 55 (Penalty provisions)
Article 56 (Joint penalty provisions)
Article 57 (Legal fiction as public officials in application of penalty provisions)
Article 58 (Administrative fines)
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