(1) Each person who intends to become a skill examiner shall pass the qualifying examination for skill examiners that is prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and shall complete the training and education on the examination of skills to drive motor vehicles in any of the specialized institutions designated by the Commissioner General of the Korean National Police Agency. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jul. 26, 2017>
(2) The Commissioner General of the Korean National Police Agency shall issue certificates of qualifications of skill examiners to persons who complete the training and education referred to in paragraph (1), as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jul. 26, 2017>
(3) No person shall lend or borrow a certificate of qualification as a skill examiner issued pursuant to paragraph (2) for the purpose of using it improperly, nor arrange such lending. <Added on Mar. 19, 2024>
(4) Any of the following persons shall be disqualified from being a skill examiner: <Amended on Feb. 13, 2024; Mar. 19, 2024>
1. Deleted; <Feb. 13, 2024>
2. A person who falls under Article 76 (3) 2;
3. A person for whom three years have yet to elapse since the date his or her qualifications as a skill examiner were revoked pursuant to paragraph (5);
4. A person who fails to receive a driver's license necessary for him or her to drive any motor vehicle used to perform skill examinations and for whom three years have yet to elapse since the date he or she received a driver's license.
(5) When any skill examiner falls under any of the following cases, the commissioner of a City/Do police agency may revoke the examiner's qualifications as a skill examiner according to the standards prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety or suspend the effects of the qualifications as a skill examiner by fixing a period of up to one year; provided, where the examiner falls under any of subparagraphs 1 through 6, the qualifications as a skill examiner shall be revoked: <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jul. 26, 2017; Dec. 22, 2020; Feb. 13, 2024; Mar. 19, 2024>
1. Where he or she falsely proves that he or she has passed an examination to qualify as a skill examiner under Article 108 (4);
2. Where a skill examiner is issued the certificate of qualifications as the skill examiner by fraud or other improper means;
3. Where he or she is sentenced to imprisonment without labor or heavier punishment (including suspension of execution) for committing any of the following crimes:(a) A crime under Article 3 (1) of the Act on Special Cases concerning the Settlement of Traffic Accidents;(b) A crime under Articles 5-3, 5-11 (1), and 5-13 of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes;(c) A sexual crime defined in Article 2 of the Act on Special Cases concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes;(d) A sex offense against children or youth defined in subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Act on the Protection of Children and Youth against Sex Offenders;
4. Where a skill examiner performs any skill examination during a period in which his or her qualifications as a skill examiner are suspended;
5. Where a skill examiner lends his or her certificate of qualifications as a skill examiner to any other person;
6. Where a skill examiner driver's license that enables him or her to drive a motor vehicle used to perform skill examinations has been revoked;
7. Where a skill examiner's driver's license necessary for him or her to drive a motor vehicle used to perform skill examinations has been suspended;
8. Where a skill examiner performs any illegal act with respect to the work of skill examiners;
9. Where he or she violates this Act, or any order issued or disposition taken under this Act.[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 8, 2011]