Article 18 (Medical Institutions, etc. Excluded from Medical Care Institutions)

In the latter part of the main clause of Article 42 (1) of the Act, "medical institutions, etc. prescribed by Presidential Decree" means the medical institutions or pharmacies listed in the following subparagraphs. <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 27832, Mar. 20, 2017> 1. Affiliated medical institutions established in accordance with Article 35 of the Medical Act. 2. Medical institutions established with the primary purpose of treating persons accommodated in social welfare facilities under Article 34 of the Social Welfare Services Act. 3. Medical institutions that receive disposition of suspension of business, etc. as listed in any of the following subparagraphs, by attracting subscribers or dependants through methods such as not receiving or reducing the co-payment under Article 19 (1), or by providing excessive medical treatment or demanding unreasonably high medical fees in relation thereto: a. Medical institutions that have received a disposition of suspension of business under Article 98 of the Act or a disposition of a penalty surcharge under Article 99 of the Act two or more times within a period of five years. b. Medical institutions established and operated by a medical practitioner who has received a disposition of suspension of qualification under Article 66 of the Medical Act two or more times within a period of five years. 4. Medical institutions or pharmacies established by the establisher of a medical care institution for which a disposition of suspension of business under Article 98 of the Act is pending or has been imposed.

The period during which medical institutions, etc. are excluded from medical care institutions shall be: for the case of subparagraph 3 of paragraph (1), not exceeding one year; and for the case of subparagraph 4 of paragraph (1), until the date when the period of suspension of business ends.