ENFORCEMENT DECREE OF THE ASBESTOS INJURY RELIEF ACT

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Decree is to prescribe matters mandated by the Asbestos Injury Relief Act and matters necessary for the enforcement thereof.

Article 2(Definitions) #

(1) "Disease prescribed by Presidential Decree" in subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Asbestos Injury Relief Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") means diffuse pleural thickening. <Added on May 22, 2013>

(2) "Money and valuables prescribed by Presidential Decree" in subparagraph 5 of Article 2 of the Act means non-taxable wage and salary income provided in subparagraph 3 of Article 12 of the Income Tax Act. <Amended on May 22, 2013>

Article 3(Scope of application) #

"Statutes or regulations prescribed by Presidential Decree" in Article 3 of the Act means the following: <Amended on Sep. 18, 2018; Jun. 9, 2020>

1. The Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act;

2. The Public Officials’ Accident Compensation Act;

3. The Military Accident Compensation Act;

4. The Seafarers Act;

5. The Act on Accident Compensation Insurance for Fishers and Fishing Vessels;

6. The Pension for Private School Teachers and Staff Act.

CHAPTER II RELIEF BENEFITS

Article 4(Criteria for recognition as asbestos victim) #

Criteria for recognition as an asbestos victim under the main clause of Article 6 (4) of the Act shall be as specified in Appendix 1.

ENFORCEMENT DECREE OF THE ASBESTOS INJURY RELIEF ACT

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Scope of application) #

Article 4(Criteria for recognition as asbestos victim) #

Article 5(Support for expenses incurred in medical examinations or tests)

Article 6(Period of validity of recognition as asbestos victim) #

Article 7(Payment of medical care benefits and allowances for medical care and living costs) #

Article 8(Amount of funeral expenses) #

Article 9(Amount of special consolation payments for bereaved family members) #

Article 10(Criteria for special recognition as bereaved family members) #

Article 11(Procedures for payment of relief benefits) #

Article 12 #

Article 13(Ratio of sharing relief benefits) #

Article 14(Standards for adjustment with other compensation or indemnification) #

Article 15(Contributions to Fund by the Government) #

Article 16(Use of fund) #

Article 17(Operation of Fund) #

Article 18(Fund operation plans) #

Article 19(Establishment of Fund accounts) #

Article 20(Fund accounting organs) #

Article 21(Allocation of limit of encumbrance amount of Fund) #

Article 22(Procedures for Expenditure of Fund) #

Article 23(Prohibition on handling cash) #

Article 24(Reporting on settlement of accounts of Fund) #

Article 25(Collection of asbestos injury relief contributions) #

Article 26(Method of calculating number of regular employees) #

Article 27(Total amount of contributions to be imposed on place of business subject to special contribution rate for asbestos injury relief) #

Article 28(Method of determining special contribution rate for asbestos injury relief) #

Article 29(Filing of request for re-examination) #

Article 30 #

Article 31 #

Article 32(Decision on requests for re-examination) #

Article 33(Payment of appraisal fees or diagnostic fees) #

Article 34 #

Article 35 #

Article 36(Assignment of investigation and research officers) #

Article 37 #

Article 38(Reporting on changes in entitlement to benefits) #

Article 39(Cases for which medical examination is requested) #

Article 40(Medical institutions for medical examination and tests) #

Article 41(Areas subject to requests for investigations into adverse health effects) #

Article 42(Temporary suspension of relief benefits) #

Article 43(Types of relief benefits subject to decisions on temporary suspension) #

Article 44(Persons subject to investigations into health impacts) #

Article 44-2(Performance of tasks entrusted to environmental health centers for asbestos) #

Article 44-3(Evaluation of environmental health centers for asbestos) #

Article 44-4(Criteria for revocation of designation and suspension of business operations of environmental health centers for asbestos) #

Article 45(Entrustment of tasks) #

Article 45-2(Management of sensitive information and personally identifiable information) #

Article 46(Criteria for imposition of administrative fines) #