| Article 4 (Duties of State and Local Governments) |
| (1) | The State and local governments shall respect the dignity and values of patients, etc. with an infectious disease as human beings, protect their fundamental rights, and shall not impose on them any disadvantage, such as restrictions on employment, except by Acts. |
| (2) | The State and local governments shall perform the following projects for preventing and controlling infectious diseases: <Amended by Act No. 12444, Mar. 18, 2014; Act No. 13392, Jul. 6, 2015> |
| 1. | Preventive and quarantine measures against infectious diseases; |
| 2. | Medical treatment and protection of patients, etc. with an infectious disease; |
| 3. | Formulation and implementation of plans for vaccination for the prevention of infectious diseases; |
| 4. | Education and publicity concerning infectious diseases; |
| 5. | Collection, analysis, and provision of information on infectious diseases; |
| 6. | Investigation and research on infectious diseases; |
| 7. | Tests, preservation, and control of pathogens of infectious diseases and the surveillance of drug resistance thereof; |
| 8. | Nurturing specialists for the prevention of infectious diseases; |
| 9. | International cooperation for the exchange, etc. of infectious disease control information; |
| 10. | Stockpiling of medicines, etc. for the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases; |
| 11. | Evaluation of infectious disease control projects; |
| 12. | Investigation and research on the occurrence of infectious diseases caused by factors affecting demographic changes, such as climate change, low birth rate, and aging population, and formulation of preventive measures; |
| 13. | Support for corporations or associations which perform duties for prevention and treatment of Hansen's disease; |
| 14. | Establishment and operation of an information system for the prevention and control of infectious diseases; |
| 15. | Formulation of a plan, education, and training for preparing against the transmission of new overseas infectious diseases into the Republic of Korea; |
| 16. | Continuous monitoring of the trends of outbreaks of new overseas infectious diseases, and the risk evaluation thereof, and the designation of new overseas infectious diseases subject to control; |
| 17. | Preparation of a system for prevention from and countermeasures against new overseas infectious diseases subject to control, and the publication of reports and the public announcement of the relevant guidelines (including manuals) on such new overseas infectious diseases, through the collection of information on pathogens, etc. thereof, the analysis of characteristics thereof, and research thereon. |
| (3) | The State and local governments (including superintendents of education) shall share information on infectious diseases and information on situations of the outbreak and prevalence thereof and mutually cooperate in order to efficiently treat such diseases and prevent the spread thereof. <Newly Inserted by Act No. 13392, Jul. 6, 2015> |
| (4) | The State and local governments shall share the relevant information with medical institutions and medical personnel's associations prescribed in the Medical Service Act in order to surveil and prevent the outbreak of infectious diseases. <Newly Inserted by Act No. 13392, Jul. 6, 2015> |