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Occupational Safety and Health Act — Article 48 (Safety and health checkup institutions)

산업안전보건법 제48조

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) Any person intending to become a safety and health checkup 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) The Minister of Employment and Labor may evaluate safety and health checkup institutions and publish the results of such evaluation. In such cases, matters necessary for the standards and methods for evaluation, and for publishing the results thereof shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

(3) The procedures for designating safety and health checkup institutions, and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

(4) Article 21(4) and (5) shall apply mutatis mutandis to safety and health checkup institutions. In such cases, "specialized safety management institution or specialized health management institution" shall be construed as "safety and health checkup institution".

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