(1) Each driver of any school bus for children shall operate warning lamps, etc. provided for in Article 51 (1) only where children or infants board and alight from such school bus and shall make the indication provided for in Article 51 (3) only where such school bus is traveling with children and infants on board. <Amended on Dec. 30, 2014>
(2) Each driver of any school bus for children shall start driving the school bus after checking that all the children or infants on board have fastened their seat belts (referring to safety belts that can be adjusted to fit to the physical structures of children or infants; hereafter in this Article, subparagraph 1 of Article 156, and Article 160 (2) 4-2, the same shall apply), and when they alight from the school bus, the driver shall start driving after confirming they have arrived at a place safe from motor vehicles, including the sidewalk or roadside area; provided, the same shall not apply where it is difficult to fasten a seat belt due to an illness, etc. or due to any ground prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, in connection with the fastening of the seat belt. <Amended on Jan. 28, 2014; Nov. 19, 2014; Dec. 30, 2014; Jul. 26, 2017; Mar. 27, 2018>
(3) Each operator of any school bus for children shall arrange for a guardian nominated by him or her from among adults to board the school bus with children or infants aboard, and the guardian onboard shall, when the children or infants get in or get out of the school bus, take measures necessary for the protection of children, such as getting off the school bus to confirm the safe boarding and alighting of the children or infants and ensuring that children or infants are seated with their seat belts fastened during the operation of the motor vehicle: <Amended on Jan. 28, 2014; Dec. 30, 2014; May 26, 2020>
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(4) After the driver of a school bus for children finishes driving the relevant school bus for children, he or she shall check whether all the children or infants have alighted therefrom. <Added on Dec. 2, 2016>
(5) When each driver of any school bus for children checks whether all the children or infants have alighted from such school bus pursuant to paragraph (4), he or she shall operate a device to check whether no child or infant is onboard (hereinafter referred to as "child-check device"). <Added on Oct. 16, 2018>
(6) Where any person who operates a school bus for children has a guardian onboard when operating the bus under paragraph (3), he or she may attach a mark indicating the onboard presence of a guardian as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety (hereinafter referred to as "mark indicating a guardian's onboard presence"); and where any person operates a school bus without a guardian onboard, such person shall not affix a mark indicating a guardian's onboard presence. <Added on May 26, 2020>
(7) Each person who operates any school bus for children shall create and retain records of the use of seat belts and the onboard presence of a guardian (hereinafter referred to as "safety operation records") and submit safety operation records to the head of the competent agency supervising the facility operating the school bus for children every quarter. <Added on May 26, 2020>[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 8, 2011][Title Amended on Jan. 28, 2014]