(1) A person who manufactures or imports (including those who install or relocate machinery, etc. subject to safety certification prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor or who makes any major structural alteration thereof; hereafter in this Article and Articles 85 through 87, the same shall apply) any hazardous or dangerous machinery, etc., prescribed by Presidential Decree as potentially causing risk to the safety and health of employees (hereinafter referred to as "machinery, etc. subject to safety certification") shall obtain safety certification granted by the Minister of Employment and Labor as to whether they meet the safety certification standards.
(2) The Minister of Employment and Labor may fully or partially exempt safety certification prescribed in paragraph (1), as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, in any of the following cases:
1. Where such hazardous or dangerous machinery, etc. are manufactured or imported for research and development, or manufactured for exportation;
2. Where certification is granted by a foreign safety certification institution determined and publicly notified by the Minister of Employment and Labor;
3. In cases prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, where a safety inspection is conducted or safety certification is granted under other statutes or regulations.
(3) Where a person who manufactures or imports hazardous or dangerous machinery, etc. not subject to safety certification intends to undergo an evaluation of the safety-related performance, etc. of such hazardous or dangerous machinery, etc., he or she may apply for safety certification to the Minister of Employment and Labor. In such cases, the Minister of Employment and Labor may grant safety certification in accordance with the safety certification standards.
(4) The Minister of Employment and Labor shall verify whether a person who has been granted safety certification pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (3) (hereinafter referred to as "safety certification") complies with the safety certification standards, at a regular interval prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, not exceeding three years; provided, where safety certification is partially exempt under paragraph (2), such verification may be fully or partially omitted, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
(5) A person who has obtained safety certification pursuant to paragraph (1) shall make and retain records on the name, model, outputs, and sales of machinery, etc. subject to safety certification for which safety certification has been granted, and on the status of its sellers, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
(6) Where the Minister of Employment and Labor deems it necessary for the safety and health of employees, he or she may require a person who manufactures, imports, or sells machinery, etc. subject to safety certification to submit data about the manufacturing, importation, or sales of the relevant machinery, etc. subject to safety certification to the Agency, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
(7) The methods and procedures for applying for safety certification, the methods and procedures for verification referred to in paragraph (4), and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.