(1) Any person intending to become a working environment measurement institution shall obtain designation from the Minister of Employment and Labor after meeting the requirements for human resources, facilities, equipment, etc. prescribed by Presidential Decree.
(2) To ensure the accuracy and precision of the results of measurement or analysis by working environment measurement institutions, the Minister of Employment and Labor may verify the capabilities of working environment measurement institutions to measure and analyze working environments and may guide or educate such institutions. In such cases, the methods and procedures for verifying their capabilities to measure and analyze working environments and for educating them, and other necessary matters shall be determined and publicly notified by the Minister of Employment and Labor.
(3) Where necessary to improve the quality of the working environment measurement, the Minister of Employment and Labor may evaluate working environment measurement institutions and publish the results of such evaluation (including the results of verifying the capabilities to measure and analyze prescribed in paragraph (2)). In such cases, the standards and methods for evaluation, the publication of the results of evaluation, and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
(4) The type, scope of duties, and designation procedures of working environment measurement institutions, and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
(5) Article 21(4) and (5) shall apply mutatis mutandis to working environment measurement institutions. In such cases, "specialized safety management institution or specialized health management institution" shall be construed as "working environment measurement institution".