ACT ON SPECIAL MEASURES FOR HEALTH AND MEDICAL SERVICES IN AGRICULTURAL AND FISHING VILLAGES

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to ensure that the people receive uniform medical care services and to contribute to improving the health of the people by providing efficient public health care services to residents in medically underserved areas, such as agricultural and fishing villages.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows:

1. The term "public health doctor" means a person who is a doctor, dentist or traditional Korean medicine doctor enlisted as a public health doctor pursuant to Article 34 (1) of the Military Service Act to be engaged in providing public health services, who is ordered by the Minister of Health and Welfare to provide public health services;

2. The term "public health services" means public health and medical services provided by any institution or facility under the subparagraphs of Article 5-2 (1);

3. The term "public official exclusively responsible for primary health care services" means a person who works with a primary health care post to conduct medical practice under Article 19;

4. The term "primary health care post" means a public health and medical care facility established and operated by the head of a Si/Gun to require a public official exclusively responsible for primary health care services to conduct medical practice in a medically underserved area where no doctor is assigned and it is expected to be difficult to continuously assign doctors.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 3(Status of Public Health Doctors) #

(1) A public health doctor shall be a public official in a fixed term position pursuant to Article 26-5 of the State Public Officials Act. <Amended on Dec. 11, 2012>

(2) Where a public health doctor is ordered by the Minister of Health and Welfare to be engaged in providing public health services pursuant to Article 5 (1), he or she shall be deemed appointed as a public official in a fixed term position pursuant to Article 26-5 of the State Public Officials Act. <Amended on Dec. 11, 2012>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 3-2(Grounds for Disqualification) #

No person who falls under any of the subparagraphs of Article 33 of the State Public Officials Act shall be appointed as a public health doctor.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 3-3(Management of Supply and Demand and Investigation of Actual Conditions of Public Health Doctors) #

(1) The Minister of Health and Welfare shall formulate and implement policies for the appropriate supply and demand of public health doctors in consultation with the Minister of National Defense.

(2) Where the Minister of Health and Welfare formulates policies under paragraph (1), he or she shall reflect the prospects of long-term demand for human resources in consideration of the current status of new enrollment of public health doctors, etc.

(3) In order to ascertain the actual conditions and characteristics of public health doctors, the Minister of Health and Welfare shall conduct a fact-finding survey on the following matters every three years and publish the results thereof:

1. Current status of supply of public health doctors;

2. Current status of public health doctors posting in areas where medical services are limited, including areas where public health doctors are posted;

3. Matters concerning working environment, welfare, etc. of public health doctors, such as types of work, working conditions and treatment, and work satisfaction levels of public health doctors;

4. Other matters prescribed by the Minister of Health and Welfare, which are necessary to ascertain the actual conditions and characteristics of public health doctors.

(4) Where necessary for formulating policies under paragraph (1) and conducting fact-finding surveys, etc. under paragraph (3), the Minister of Health and Welfare may request the heads of relevant central administrative agencies, the heads of local governments, the heads of public institutions (referring to public institutions under Article 4 of the Act on the Management of Public Institutions), and the heads of relevant institutions and organizations to provide necessary data or information. In such cases, upon receipt of such request, a person shall provide such data or information, except in extenuating circumstances.

(5) Matters necessary for the details, methods, publication, etc. of fact-finding surveys under paragraph (3) shall be prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

[This Article Newly Inserted on Feb. 20, 2022]

Article 4(Notification of List of Public Health Doctors) #

The Commissioner of the Military Manpower Administration shall notify the Minister of Health and Welfare of a list of doctors, dentists or traditional Korean medicine doctors enlisted pursuant to Article 34 (1) of the Military Service Act.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 5(Orders to Be Engaged in Public Health Services) #

(1) When the Minister of Health and Welfare receives a list of doctors, dentists or traditional Korean medicine doctors under Article 4, he or she shall, without delay, order the relevant doctors, dentists or traditional Korean medicine doctors to be engaged in providing public health care services, specifying an area, institution or facility where they are to provide health care services, and notify the Mayor of the relevant Metropolitan City, the Mayor of the relevant Special Self-Governing City, the Governor of the relevant Do, the Governor of the relevant Special Self-Governing Province (hereinafter referred to as the "Mayor/Do Governor"), or the head of the relevant institution to which they are to be assigned (referring to the head of the institution to which the Minister of Health and Welfare has assigned directly; hereinafter the same shall apply) and the Commissioner of the Military Manpower Administration of such assignment.

(2) Where the Mayor/Do Governor receives a list of public health doctors under paragraph (1), he or she shall, without delay, call up the relevant public health doctors and conduct on-the-job training necessary for the performance of public health services, and then designate a place, institution or facility where they are to provide health care services, and report the results thereof to the Minister of Health and Welfare without delay.

(3) If deemed especially necessary for public health and medical services, the Minister of Health and Welfare may conduct on-the-job training directly.

(4) The period of on-the-job training under paragraphs (2) and (3) shall be included in the period of compulsory service under Article 7 (1).

(5) Where the Mayor/Do Governor designates a place, institution or facility where public health doctors are to provide health care services pursuant to paragraph (2), he or she shall have public health doctors assigned to health centers in Guns or health subcenters in Eups/Myeons in preference to other areas.

(6) Matters necessary for orders to be engaged in public health care services under paragraph (1) and on-the-job training under paragraphs (2) and (3) shall be prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 5-2(Institutions and Facilities to Which Public Health Doctors are Assigned) #

(1) Institutions or facilities to which the Minister of Health and Welfare or the Mayor/Do Governor may assign public health doctors pursuant to Article 5 (1) and (2) shall be as follows:

1. A health center or a health subcenter;

2. A hospital established and operated by the State, a local government or public institution, which is designated by the Minister of Health and Welfare (hereafter in this Article referred to as "public hospital");

3. A research institute for public health and medical service;

4. An institution or organization that provides entrusted public health services;

5. An institution or facility prescribed by Presidential Decree, which is required to assign public health doctors in the execution of policies on public health and medical services.

(2) A health center and public hospital under paragraph (1) shall be limited to an institution or facility in an area other than a Special Metropolitan City or a Metropolitan City (excluding an area of Gun in the jurisdiction of a Metropolitan City).

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 6(Change of Place of Work) #

(1) If deemed necessary, the Minister of Health and Welfare may change a place, institution or facility in which a public health doctor is to provide public health care services: Provided, That in cases of the change of a place of work within the same Metropolitan City, Special Self-Governing City, Do, or Special Self-Governing Province (hereinafter referred to as "City/Do") or in the same Si/Gun/Gu (referring to an autonomous Gu; hereinafter the same shall apply), the relevant Mayor/Do Governor or the head of the relevant Si/Gun/Gu (referring to the head of an autonomous Gu: hereinafter the same shall apply) may change a place of work.

(2) The Mayor/Do Governor or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu who changes a place, institution or facility in which a public health doctor is to provide public health care services pursuant to the proviso of paragraph (1) shall report the result thereof to the Minister of Health and Welfare without delay.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 6-2(Dispatched Service) #

(1) Where the Minister of Health and Welfare deems human resources for medical service are urgently required due to the outbreak of an contagious disease or the occurrence of a disaster, he or she may dispatch public health doctors to another place, institution or facility to have them provide medical care services therein: Provided, That dispatching within the same City/Do or the same Si/Gun/Gu shall be conducted by the relevant Mayor/Do Governor or the head of the relevant Si/Gun/Gu.

(2) The Mayor/Do Governor or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu who orders the dispatch of public health doctors in accordance with the proviso of paragraph (1) shall notify the result to the Minister of Health and Welfare without delay. <Amended on Sep. 20, 2024>

(3) Dispatched service under paragraph (1) may also be ordered for a place of work other than an assigned institution or facility under Article 5-2. In such cases, the Mayor/Do Governor or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall obtain approval therefor from the Minister of Health and Welfare.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 7(Period of Compulsory Service) #

(1) The mandatory service period of a public health doctor shall be three years in addition to the period of call-up for military education that he or she receives pursuant to Article 55 of the Military Service Act. <Amended on May 29, 2016>

(2) A public health doctor who has completed the mandatory service period under paragraph (1) shall be deemed to have completed his or her service as social work personnel in accordance with Article 34 (2) of the Military Service Act. <Amended on Jun. 4, 2013>

(3) The Minister of Health and Welfare shall notify the Commissioner of the Military Manpower Administration of a list of public health doctors who have completed the mandatory service period under paragraph (1).

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 8(Prohibition of Absence from Post without Leave) #

(1) No public health doctor shall be absent from his or her post during office hours without leave of the Mayor of the relevant Special Self-Governing City, the Governor of the relevant Special Self-Governing Province, the head of the relevant Si/Gun/Gu or the head of the relevant institution to which he or she is assigned.

(2) In any of the following cases, the Minister of Health and Welfare, the Mayor/Do Governor or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu may order public health doctors in his or her jurisdiction not to be absent from their place of work without leave:

1. Where they are needed to treat emergency patients in the relevant jurisdiction;

2. Where they are needed to protect the health of residents in the following areas where there is no medical institution under Article 3 of the Medical Service Act (hereinafter referred to as "medical institution") or no medical institution that provides medical services at night or on holidays:

(a) Islands under Article 2 of the Island Development Promotion Act;

(b) A border area under subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Special Act on Support for Border Area;

3. Where many cases of disease have occurred due to a contagious disease, accident, etc., or any other reason corresponding thereto has arisen.

(3) The bounds of a place of work under paragraph (2) shall be prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

(4) Where the Mayor/Do Governor or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu orders public health doctors not to be absent from their place of work without leave pursuant to paragraph (2), he or she shall notify such action to the Minister of Health and Welfare without delay. <Amended on Sep. 20, 2024>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 9(Service of Public Health Doctors) #

(1) A public health doctor shall engage in providing public health services in good faith during the period of his or her compulsory service and shall not engage in any business other than public health services assigned pursuant to Article 5 (1).

(2) Where a public health doctor is absent from his or her post or his or her place of work without leave for not more than seven days in total during the period of his or her service, in violation of orders under Article 8 (1) and (2), the Minister of Health and Welfare may order him or her to serve for the period extended by five times the number of days of such absence.

(3) Where a public health doctor engages in any business other than public health services, in violation of paragraph (1), the Minister of Health and Welfare may order him or her to serve for the period extended by five times the number of days during which he or she engages in such business.

(4) Where a public health doctor fails to serve for at least one month for reasons other than his or her duties, such as a long-term hospitalization or medical treatment, the Minister of Health and Welfare may order him or her to serve for the period extended to the extent of such period.

(5) Where the Minister of Health and Welfare orders a public health doctor to serve for the extended period of compulsory service in accordance with paragraphs (2) through (4), he or she shall first give the relevant public health doctor the opportunity to state his or her opinion.

(6) Where a public health doctor receives an order to serve for the extended period of his or her service from the Minister of Health and Welfare in accordance with paragraphs (2) through (4), the period of a contract of employment shall be deemed extended.

(7) Where the enlistment of a public health doctor has been revoked pursuant to Article 35 (2) and (4) of the Military Service Act or his or her residency training has been permitted pursuant to Article 12 (1), a contract of employment shall be deemed canceled.

(8) Except as provided for in this Act, the State Public Officials Act shall apply to the service of public health doctors.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 9-2(Loss or Deprivation of Status) #

(1) Where a public health doctor falls under any of the following, he or she shall lose his or her status of public health doctor:

1. Where he or she falls under any subparagraph of Article 33 of the State Public Officials Act: Provided, That where he or she falls under subparagraph 5 of Article 33 of the said Act, the proviso of Article 69 of the said Act shall apply;

2. Where he or she is disqualified for a doctor, dentist or traditional Korean medicine doctor, or his or her qualification is suspended.

(2) Where a public health doctor falls under any of the following cases, the Minister of Health and Welfare may deprive the public health doctor of his or her status ex officio: Provided, That where a public health doctor falls under subparagraph 1 or 2, the Minister of Health and Welfare shall deprive the public health doctor of his or her status: <Amended on Aug. 17, 2021>

1. Where he or she fails to receive on-the-job training under Article 5 (2) and (3) without good cause;

2. Where he or she is absent from his or her post without leave for at least eight days in total without justifiable grounds during the period of his or her compulsory service, in violation of Article 8 (1), or absent from his or her place of work without leave for at least eight days in total without justifiable grounds during the period of his or her compulsory service, in violation of an order under Article 8 (2);

3. Where he or she is unable to return to work or perform his or her duties within one year because of physical or mental disorders, or within three months after he or she goes missing or his or her whereabouts are unknown;

4. Where it is deemed inappropriate for him or her to hold his or her status as a public health doctor because of his or her violation of this Act or an order issued under this Act, or an official obligation as part of his or her duties, or because of his or her extremely poor job performance.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 9-3(Hearings) #

Where the Minister of Health and Welfare intends to deprive a public health doctor of his or her status pursuant to Article 9-2 (2), he or she shall hold a hearing.

[This Article Newly Inserted on Aug. 17, 2021]

Article 10(Notification of Action on Status) #

Where a public health doctor loses or is deprived of his or her status in accordance with Article 9-2, the Minister of Health and Welfare shall notify the Commissioner of the Military Manpower Administration of the list thereof without delay.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 11(Remuneration) #

(1) A public health doctor shall be remunerated for his or her service within the limits of remuneration to military personnel: Provided, That a public health doctor assigned to a privately-operated medical institution established pursuant to Article 3 of the Medical Service Act among institutions or facilities referred to in Article 5-2 (1) 5 shall be remunerated for his or her service by the head of the relevant privately-operated medical institution.

(2) The head of an institution or facility to which a public health doctor is assigned shall grant allowances and pay travel expenses, etc. incurred for the performance of his or her duties, as prescribed by the Minister of Health and Welfare: Provided, That he or she may restrict allowances to a public health doctor who does not work in good faith, as prescribed by the Minister of Health and Welfare. <Amended on Feb. 3, 2016>

(3) The Minister of Health and Welfare may conduct a survey on the current status of remuneration, allowances, travel expenses incurred in performing duties, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "remuneration, etc.") paid by the heads of institutions or facilities to which public health doctors are assigned pursuant to the proviso of paragraph (1) and paragraph (2). <Newly Inserted on Jul. 27, 2021>

(4) Where the Minister of Health and Welfare conducts a survey on the current status pursuant to paragraph (3), he or she may request the head of the relevant institution or facility to provide necessary data. In such cases, the head of the institution or facility so requested shall comply therewith unless there is good cause. <Newly Inserted on Jul. 27, 2021>

(5) Where a survey on the current status under paragraph (3) finds that the head of an institution or facility to which a public health doctor is assigned fails to pay all or part of the remuneration, etc. to the public health doctor without good cause, the Minister of Health and Welfare shall take necessary measures against the relevant institution or facility, such as canceling the assignment of the public health doctor or reducing the number of such doctors. <Newly Inserted on Jul. 27, 2021>

(6) The standards for remuneration under paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Jul. 27, 2021>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 12(Residency Training of Public Health Doctors) #

(1) The Minister of Health and Welfare may permit a public health doctor to undergo residency training within the extent of one year.

(2) The period of residency training under paragraph (1) shall not be included in the period of compulsory service under Article 7 (1).

(3) Matters necessary for public health doctors' application for permission to undergo residency training shall be prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 13 #

Deleted. <Jan. 12, 2000>

Article 14(Supervision of Service) #

Regarding the service of public health doctors, the Mayor of a Special Self-Governing City, the Governor of a Special Self-Governing Province, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu or the head of an institution to which public health doctors are assigned shall direct and supervise the public health doctors serving in his or her jurisdiction or the relevant institution.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 14-2 #

Deleted. <Jan. 28, 2014>

Article 14-3(Assessment of Appropriateness of Assignment of Public Health Doctors) #

(1) The Minister of Health and Welfare may assess the appropriateness of assignment of public health doctors to ensure the effective utilization thereof, and reflect the result thereof in their assignment in the following year.

(2) The Minister of Health and Welfare may entrust assessment referred to in paragraph (1) to related specialized institutions. <Amended on Jan. 28, 2014>

(3) Where necessary for the assessment of appropriateness of assignment of public health doctors under paragraph (1), the Minister of Health and Welfare may conduct a field examination or hear opinions from relevant persons.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 15(Establishment and Operation of Primary Health Care Posts) #

(1) The head of a Si (referring to the head of a Si in the composite urban-rural community form, and limited to where he or she establishes and operates a primary health care post in an Eup/Myeon area) or the head of a Gun shall establish and operate primary health care posts to provide primary health care services for residents in medically underserved areas: Provided, That in islands in the jurisdiction of the Si/Gu, the head of the relevant Si/Gu may establish and operate a primary health care post, and where the administrative district of a primary health care post in a Gun area is included in a Si/Gu area due to a change of the administrative district, etc., the head of the relevant Si/Gu may continue to operate such primary health care post, as determined by the Minister of Health and Welfare.

(2) The head of a primary health care post and necessary employees shall be assigned to any primary health care post, and a public official exclusively responsible for primary health care services shall be appointed as the head of the primary health care post.

(3) The standards for the establishment of primary health care posts shall be prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 16(Qualification for Public Officials Exclusively Responsible for Primary Health Care Services) #

(1) A public official exclusively responsible for primary health care services shall be a person who is a licensed nurse or midwife who has received on-the-job training for at least 24 weeks conducted by the Minister of Health and Welfare.

(2) Matters necessary for on-the-job training under paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 17(Status and Employment of Public Officials Exclusively Responsible for Primary Health Care Services) #

(1) A public official exclusively responsible for primary health care services shall be a local public official, and the Mayor of a Special Self-Governing City, the Governor of a Special Self-Governing Province, or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall employ him or her and designate his or her place of work.

(2) Where a public official exclusively responsible for primary health care services falls under any of the following, the Mayor of a Special Self-Governing City, the Governor of a Special Self-Governing Province, or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu may discipline such public official exclusively responsible for primary health care services:

1. Where he or she conducts medical practice outside his or her designated place of work without justifiable grounds;

2. Where he or she conducts medical practice beyond the scope under Article 19;

3. Where he or she is absent from the jurisdiction without leave for at least seven days, in violation of an order not to be absent from the jurisdiction without leave under Article 20.

(3) The Local Public Officials Act shall apply to procedures for and methods of discipline under paragraph (2) and other necessary matters.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 18(Refresher Training of Public Officials Exclusively Responsible for Primary Health Care Services) #

(1) Where the Minister of Health and Welfare deems it necessary for the improvement of the quality of public officials exclusively responsible for primary health care services, he or she may order them to receive refresher training.

(2) The period and details of refresher training under paragraph (1) and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 19(Scope of Medical Practice of Public Officials Exclusively Responsible for Primary Health Care Services) #

Notwithstanding Article 27 of the Medical Service Act, a public official for exclusively responsible for primary health care services may conduct a slight medical practice prescribed by Presidential Decree in a medically underserved area designated as his or her place of work.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 20(Prohibition of Public Officials Exclusively Responsible for Primary Health Care Services from Being Absent from Jurisdiction without Leave) #

(1) In any of the following cases, the Mayor of a Special Self-Governing City, the Governor of a Special Self-Governing Province, or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu may order public officials exclusively responsible for primary health care services in his or her jurisdiction not to be absent from the relevant jurisdiction without leave:

1. Where they are needed to treat emergency patients in the relevant jurisdiction;

2. Where they are needed to protect the health of residents in the following areas where there is no medical institution under Article 3 of the Medical Service Act in the relevant jurisdiction:

(a) Islands under Article 2 of the Island Development Promotion Act;

(b) A border area under subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Special Act on Support for Border Area;

3. Where many cases of disease have occurred due to a contagious disease, accident, etc., or any other reason corresponding thereto has arisen.

(2) The bounds of jurisdiction under paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by Municipal Ordinance, and detailed matters concerning the prohibition of absence from the jurisdiction without leave shall be prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

(3) Where a public official exclusively responsible for primary health care services resides in an official residence of the relevant primary health care post, the Mayor of a Special Self-Governing City, the Governor of a Special Self-Governing Province, or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu may subsidize administrative expenses for the official residence within budgetary limits.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 21(Primary Health Care Post Operation Council) #

(1) In order to operate a primary health care post effectively, a primary health care post operation council formed by residents shall be established in each area where a primary health care post is established.

(2) A primary health care post operation council shall conduct the following affairs:

1. Assistance in the operation of a primary health care post;

2. Proposals concerning the operation of a primary health care post.

(3) Matters necessary for the organization and operation of a primary health care post operation council shall be prescribed by municipal ordinance of the relevant local government.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 22(Subsidization and Reduction of and Exemption from Taxes) #

(1) The State, a Do, and a Special Self-Governing Province shall subsidize some of expenses incurred in the establishment of a primary health care post and incidental expenses thereto to a Si (referring to a Si in the composite urban-rural community form, and limited to where the head of a Si establishes and operates a primary health care post in an Eup/Myeon area)/Gun. In such cases, government subsidies shall not exceed 2/3 of expenses incurred in the establishment of a primary health care post and incidental expenses thereto, and Do subsidies shall not exceed 1/3 of expenses incurred in the establishment thereof and incidental expenses thereto.

(2) The State or a local government may subsidize some of expenses incurred in the operation of a privately-operated health and medical institution entrusted with part of public health services in accordance with Article 26 (2). In such cases, the limits of subsidization shall be prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

(3) The State or a local government may provide taxation support to institutions under paragraph (2), as prescribed by statutes related to taxation, such as the Act on Restriction on Special Cases Concerning Taxation and the Local Tax Act.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 23(Direction and Supervision) #

(1) The Mayor of a Special Self-Governing City, the Governor of a Special Self-governing Province, or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall direct and supervise primary health care services of primary health care posts under his or her jurisdiction.

(2) The Mayor of a Special Self-Governing City, the Governor of a Special Self-Governing Province, or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu may have the head of the relevant health center or the head of the relevant health subcenter direct and supervise medical practice of public officials exclusively responsible for primary health care services.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 24(Service of Public Officials Exclusively Responsible for Primary Health Care Services) #

Except as provided for in this Act, the Local Public Officials Act shall apply to the service of public officials exclusively responsible for primary health care services.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 25(Medical Fees) #

The standards for medical fees of a primary health care post shall be as determined by the Minister of Health and Welfare.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]

Article 26(Delegation of Authority or Entrustment of Affairs) #

(1) The Minister of Health and Welfare, the Mayor/Do Governor or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu may delegate or entrust part of his or her authority under this Act to the Mayor/Do Governor, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu, the head of an institution to which a public health doctor is assigned or the head of a health center, as prescribed by Presidential Decree.

(2) The Minister of Health and Welfare may entrust some of public health services to a privately-operated health care facility, as prescribed by Presidential Decree.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Oct. 22, 2012]