(1) Each business owner shall retain the following documents for three years (referring to two years in cases of those prescribed in subparagraph 2); provided, the period for retention may be extended, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor:
1. Documents relating to appointing a person in charge of safety and health management, safety officer, health officer, safety and health manager, or occupational health physician;
2. Minutes of meetings referred to in Articles 24(3) and 75(4);
3. Documents stating matters prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor with respect to safety and health measures;
4. Records on the causes, etc. of industrial accidents prescribed in Article 57(2);
5. Documents concerning investigating the hazards and dangers of chemical substances prescribed in the main clause of Article 108(1) and Article 109(1);
6. Documents concerning working environment measurement prescribed in Article 125;
7. Documents concerning health examinations prescribed in Articles 129 through 131.
(2) A safety certification institution or safety inspection institution entrusted with affairs of safety certification or safety inspections shall retain documents prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor regarding safety certification or safety inspection for three years; a person who has obtained safety certification shall retain documents on machinery, etc. subject to safety certification pursuant to Article 84(5) for three years; a person who manufactures or imports machinery, etc. subject to voluntary safety verification shall retain documents evidencing that such machinery, etc. meet the voluntary safety standards for two years; and a person who undergoes a voluntary safety inspection referred to in Article 98(1) shall retain documents on the results of the inspection conducted according to a voluntary inspection program for two years.
(3) The owner, etc. of a structure or facility which has undergone a general asbestos inspection shall retain documents on the results of the inspection until the dismantling or removal of the structure or facility is completed, while the owner, etc. of a structure or facility which has undergone an asbestos inspection by a designated institution and an asbestos inspection institute shall retain documents on the results of the inspection for three years.
(4) A working environment measurement institution shall retain documents stating matters prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor regarding working environment measurement for three years.
(5) An instructor shall retain documents on matters prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor regarding their services for five years.
(6) An asbestos dismantler or remover shall retain documents prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor regarding dismantling or removing asbestos prescribed in Article 122(3) for 30 years.
(7) When documents referred to in any of paragraphs (1) through (6) exist in electronic form, such electronic data may be retained in lieu of the relevant documents.