CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1(Purpose) #
The purpose of this Act is to contribute to improving the health of persons with disabilities by providing for matters concerning support for the guarantee of the right to health, establishment of a health care system, and guarantee of access to medical care for persons with disabilities.
Article 2(Fundamental Concepts) #
(1) A person with disabilities shall have the right to optimum health care and protection.
(2) No person with disabilities shall receive discriminatory treatment in health care and health care services due to any disability.
(3) A person with disabilities shall have the right of access to health care and health care services equivalent to those for non-disabled persons.
Article 3(Definitions) #
The terms used in this Act are defined as follows:
1. The term "persons with disabilities" means persons with disabilities defined in Article 2 of the Act on Welfare of Persons with Disabilities;
2. The term "right to health" means the right to maintain the best health conditions through the fundamental circumstance for preventing diseases, medical treatment and rehabilitation, improvement of nutrition, rehabilitative exercise, practice of health education and healthy living; and the right to receive health care services, shall also be included therein;
3. The term "health care for persons with disabilities" means overall health care activities to guarantee the right of persons with disabilities to health, such as the improvement of access to health care services, to prevent the gap in health standards between disabled and non-disabled persons or among persons with disabilities based upon whether a person has a disability, types of disabilities and the degree of disability, and gender;
4. The term "health care program for persons with disabilities" means various activities and support programs for health care for persons with disabilities, such as general medical examinations, periodic disease management, medical examination and treatment and rehabilitation, health promotion programs for persons with disabilities;