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Road Traffic Act — Article 102 (Grounds for disqualification from driving school registration)

도로교통법 제102조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2025-07-22. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-07-01) — check the Korean original.

(1) None of the following persons can register a driving school pursuant to Article 99: <Amended on Aug. 11, 2015>

1. A person under adult guardianship;

2. A person who has not yet been reinstated after having been adjudicated bankrupt;

3. A person for whom three years have not elapsed since his or her imprisonment without labor or heavier punishment declared by a court was completely executed or the non-execution of such sentence became final, or a person who is under suspension of the execution of his or her imprisonment without labor or heavier punishment declared by a court;

4. A person whose qualifications are suspended or relinquished by the judgment of any court;

5. A person who establishes and operates a driving school and for whom one year has yet to elapse from the date the registration of the school is annulled pursuant to Article 113 (1) 1, 5 through 12, (2), and (4) or any person who intends to establish and operate a driving school in the same location within one year from the date the registration of a driving school is annulled;

6. A corporation, any executive officer of which falls under any of subparagraphs 1 through 5.

(2) Where a person who has established and operated a driving school falls under any subparagraph of paragraph (1), the registration of such driving school shall cease to have effect; provided, the same shall not apply where any executive officer of the corporation falls under paragraph (1) 6 and the executive officer is dismissed or replaced by any other executive officer within three months from the date the executive officer is found to fall under paragraph (1) 6.[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 8, 2011]

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