(1) A business owner shall provide health examinations for health management of any of the following employees (hereinafter referred to as "special health examination"); provided, where a business owner has provided health examinations prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, special health examinations for the relevant hazardous factors shall be deemed provided for employees who have received such health examinations:
1. Employees engaged in work where they are exposed to hazardous factors prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor (hereinafter referred to as "work subject to special health examination");
2. Employees who are medically determined to have an occupational disease based on the results of a health examination referred to in subparagraph 1, paragraph (3), or Article 131; are transferred to a different work position or work site and not engaged in the work subject to special health examination that is determined as a cause of the occupational disease; and are issued a medical referral by a physician referred to in Article 2 of the Medical Service Act that indicates the need for them to undergo a health examination related to the relevant hazardous factor.
(2) With respect to an employee to be assigned to any work subject to special health examination, a business owner shall provide a health examination to assess whether the employee is suitable to conduct such work (hereinafter referred to as "pre-placement health examination"); provided, a pre-placement health examination need not be provided for employees prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
(3) A business owner shall provide a health examination (hereinafter referred to as "occasional health examination") for an employee prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, such as an employee for whom a business owner is recommended to provide a health examination by a health officer, among the employees showing symptoms of a health impairment suspected to be caused by hazardous factors related to any work subject to special health examination or in receipt of such medical opinions.
(4) A business owner shall provide health examinations prescribed in paragraphs (1) through (3) to be conducted at special health examination institutions referred to in Article 135(1).
(5) The timing, frequency, items, methods, and cost of health examinations prescribed in paragraphs (1) through (3), and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.