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Occupational Safety and Health Act — Article 19 (Safety and health managers)

산업안전보건법 제19조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2025-10-01. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-08-01) — check the Korean original.

(1) A business owner shall have a person at the place of business to assist him or her regarding safety and health as well as to provide guidance and advice to a supervisor (hereinafter referred to as "safety and health manager"); provided, this shall not apply where a safety officer or health officer is assigned or where it is required to have a safety officer or health officer.

(2) The type of business and the number of regular employees at a place of business required to have a safety and health manager; the number, qualifications, duties, authority, and appointment method of a safety and health manager; and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.

(3) Where necessary to prevent industrial accidents and where any of the reasons prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor exists, the Minister of Employment and Labor may order a business owner to increase the number of safety and health managers to at least the number prescribed by Presidential Decree pursuant to paragraph (2) or to replace them.

(4) A business owner who engages in the place of business for such type of business and with such number of regular employees as prescribed by Presidential Decree may entrust the duties of a safety and health manager to a specialized safety management institution or specialized health management institution.

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