ACT ON 119 RESCUE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to strengthen the national capacity to rescue and provide emergency medical services, protect the lives, bodies, and property of the people, and contribute to the improvement of the quality of lives of the people by prescribing necessary matters concerning the efficient operation of 119 rescue and emergency medical services in the cases of fire, disaster, accident, terrorism, and other emergencies.

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Jan. 27, 2016; Oct. 20, 2020; Jan. 5, 2021>

1. The term "rescue" means all operations performed to protect life, body, and property of a person who needs outside help (hereinafter referred to as "person in need of rescue") in the cases of fire, disaster, accident or terrorism, and other emergencies (hereinafter referred to as "emergency");

2. The term "119 rescue squad" means a unit organization comprised of firefighting officials and provided with equipment necessary for search and rescue operations;

3. The term "emergency medical services" means services, including consultation, first aid, and transportation provided to emergency patients;

4. The term "119 EMS (emergency medical services) team" means a unit organization comprised of firefighting officials with equipment necessary for emergency medical services;

5. The term "emergency patient" means an emergency patient defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Emergency Medical Service Act;

6. The term "first aid" means first aid defined in subparagraph 3 of Article 2 of the Emergency Medical Service Act;

7. The term "ambulances, etc." means ambulances, etc. described in subparagraph 6 of Article 2 of the Emergency Medical Service Act;

8. The term "preceptor" means a preceptor referred to in Article 52 of the Emergency Medical Service Act;

9. The term "119 aviation squad" means a unit organization comprised of aircraft, equipment for rescue operations and emergency medical services, and 119 aviation squad members;

ACT ON 119 RESCUE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Responsibilities of the State) #

Article 4(Rights and obligations of people) #

Article 5(Relationship to other statutes) #

Article 6(Formulation and implementation of master plans for rescue operations and emergency medical services) #

Article 7(Formulation and implementation of City/Do action plans for rescue operations and emergency medical services) #

Article 8(Organization and operation of 119 rescue squads) #

Article 9(Organization and operation of international rescue squads) #

Article 10(Organization and operation of 119 ems teams) #

Article 10-2(Establishment and operation of 119 emergency control centers) #

Article 10-3(Operation of 119 ambulances) #

Article 10-4(Organization and operation of international rescue teams) #

Article 11(Integrated organization and operation of rescue squads and emergency squads) #

Article 12(Organization and operation of 119 aviation squad) #

Article 12-2(Establishment and operation of 119 flight operations control office) #

Article 12-3(Establishment and operation of 119 aircraft maintenance office) #

Article 12-4(Organization and operation of 119 canine rescue squads) #

Article 13(Rescue operations and emergency medical services) #

Article 14(Cooperation with related agencies) #

Article 15(Emergency measures for rescue operations and emergency medical services) #

Article 16(Transfer or handing over of saved persons and goods) #

Article 17(Protection of saved persons) #

Article 18(Disposal of recovered goods) #

Article 19(Contact with family and related agencies) #

Article 20(Request for support for rescue operations and emergency medical services) #

Article 21(Cooperation between both rescuers and first responders and police officers) #

Article 22(Keeping of records of rescue operations and emergency medical services) #

Article 22-2(Collection of information on transferred patients and use of emergency medical information and communications network) #

Article 23(Formulation and implementation of measure for prevention of safety accidents on rescuers and first responders) #

Article 23-2(Transportation of patients of infectious diseases) #

Article 24(Commutation owing to rescue operations and emergency medical services) #

Article 25(Strengthening of professionalism of rescuers and first responders) #

Article 25-2(Emergency preceptor) #

Article 26(Assessment of rescue operations and emergency medical services) #

Article 27(Rescue and emergency medical services policy council) #

Article 27-2(First aid training) #

Article 28(Penalty provisions) #

Article 29(Penalty provisions) #

Article 29-2(Penalty provisions) #

Article 29-3(Special cases regarding provisions on mitigation of punishment under the Criminal Act) #

Article 30(Administrative fines) #