(1) The authority of the Minister of Employment and Labor provided for in this Act may be partially delegated to the head of a regional employment and labor office, as prescribed by Presidential Decree.
(2) The Minister of Employment and Labor may entrust the following business affairs, among his or her business affairs provided for in this Act, to the Agency, any non-profit corporation prescribed by Presidential Decree, or a relevant specialized institution, as prescribed by Presidential Decree: <Amended on Aug. 8, 2023>
1. Business affairs concerning matters prescribed in Article 4(1)2 through 7 and 9;
2. Installing and operating facilities prescribed in subparagraph 3 of Article 11;
3. Organizing and operating a standard formulation committee prescribed in Article 13(2);
4. Evaluating institutions prescribed in Article 21(2);
5. Safety and health education related to jobs prescribed in the main clause, with the exception of its subparagraphs, of Article 32(1);
6. Registering institutions conducting safety and health education prescribed in the main clause of Article 31(1), pursuant to Article 33(1);
7. Evaluation referred to in Article 33(2);
8. Receiving and reviewing a hazard prevention plan referred to in Article 42, and verification prescribed in Article 43(1) and the main clause of paragraph (2) of that Article;
9. Receiving a process-safety report pursuant to the former part of Article 44(1), reviewing a process-safety report pursuant to Article 45(1), and verification prescribed in Article 46(2);
10. Evaluating safety and health checkup institutions referred to in Article 48(2);
11. Evaluating safety and health prescribed in Article 58(3) or the latter part of paragraph (5) of that Article (including cases applicable mutatis mutandis under Article 59(2));
12. Evaluating specialized guidance institutions for preventing construction industrial accidents referred to in Article 74(3);
13. Safety certification referred to in Article 84(1) and (3);
14. Verifying safety certification referred to in the main clause of Article 84(4);
15. Evaluating safety certification institutions referred to in Article 88(3);
16. Business affairs concerning reports on voluntary safety verification prescribed in the main clause, with the exception of the subparagraphs, of Article 89(1);
17. Safety inspections referred to in Article 93(1);
18. Evaluating safety inspection institutions referred to in Article 96(3);
19. Approving a voluntary inspection program referred to in Article 98(1);
20. Providing education on safety-related performance inspections referred to in Article 98(1)2, and evaluating voluntary safety inspection institutions referred to in Article 100(2);
21. Investigation, collection, and performance tests prescribed in Article 101;
22. Subsidization prescribed in Article 102(1), and registration prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article;
23. Integrated management of information on the safety of hazardous or dangerous machinery, etc. prescribed in Article 103(1);
24. Evaluating hazards and dangers prescribed in Article 105(1);
25. Receiving material safety data sheets, etc. prescribed in Article 110(1) through (3);
26. Approving partial non-disclosure of material safety data sheets and others prescribed in Article 112 (1), (2), and (5) and Article 112-2;
27. Providing data relating to material safety data sheets prescribed in Article 116;
28. Verifying the capabilities to conduct asbestos inspections and providing guidance and education to asbestos inspection institutions under Article 120(2);
29. Evaluating asbestos inspection institutions prescribed in Article 120(3);
30. Evaluating the safety of asbestos dismantling or removal prescribed in Article 121(2);
31. Verifying the capabilities to measure and analyze working environments and providing guidance and education to working environment measurement institutions under Article 126(2);
32. Evaluating working environment measurement institutions prescribed in Article 126(3);
33. Evaluating the reliability of working environment measurement results prescribed in Article 127(1);
34. Verifying the capabilities to conduct examinations and analysis of special health examination institutions and providing guidance and education to them under Article 135(3);
35. Evaluating special health examination institutions prescribed in Article 135(4);
36. Designating research institutes specializing in special health examinations by hazardous factor prescribed in Article 136(1);
37. Business affairs concerning health management cards prescribed in Article 137;
38. Epidemiological investigations prescribed in Article 141(1);
39. Continuing education for instructors prescribed in the proviso of Article 145(5);
40. Training and education for instructors prescribed in Article 146;
41. Business affairs concerning providing, revoking, or recovering a subsidy or support, prescribed in Article 158(1) through (3).
(3) Executive officers or employees of a non-profit corporation or the relevant specialized institution entrusted with business affairs under paragraph (2) shall be deemed public officials in applying Articles 129 through 132 of the Criminal Act.