Jjimjilbang and lodging businesses deceived by teenagers by ‘forging and altering ID cards’ are exempt from administrative disposition |

Ministry of Health and Welfare decides to promulgate 9 laws, including the Public Health Management Act
Providing large letters in kiosks and requiring easy screen configuration

Jjimjilbang and lodging business owners who were deceived by teenagers’ forged or altered ID cards will be exempt from administrative measures in the future.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on the 15th that nine bills for promulgation of laws under the Ministry of Health and Welfare, including the Public Hygiene Management Act, were approved at the 44th Cabinet meeting. The bill for promulgation of the law passed this time is a major revised law related to people’s livelihood that passed the plenary session of the National Assembly on the 26th of last month.

With the revision of the Public Health Management Act, lodging businesses and sauna operators are exempt from administrative punishment if they did not know that the youth was a youth due to forging, altering, or stealing the identification card, or if they failed to confirm that the youth was a youth due to assault or intimidation. In the meantime, there have been unfair cases of people being punished for operating mixed-sex accommodations at lodging establishments without knowing that they were teenagers due to forgery, falsification, or theft of ID cards.

With the revision of the Social Welfare Services Act, violations related to social worker education were also excluded from criminal punishment. Previously, fines and fines were applied multiple times to those who violated social workers’ continuing education obligations, but it was taken into consideration that the effectiveness of the continuing education obligation could be secured only through fines.

With the revision of the Elderly Welfare Act, it was mandated that older people be provided with large text, easy screen configuration, and height adjustment when using unmanned information terminals (kiosks) and mobile application software (mobile apps).

With the revision of the law on drug management, the national and local governments can now support all or part of the costs necessary to secure manpower and facilities for treatment and protection institutions within their budgets.

With the revision of the Welfare of Persons with Disabilities Act, protection of the disabled from crimes related to abuse of the disabled will be strengthened by expanding institutions that restrict the employment of criminals or sex offenders related to abuse of the disabled to shelters for the disabled, centers for disabled children, and lifelong education facilities for the disabled.

In addition, the justifiable reasons for refusing entry with assistance dogs for the disabled will be determined by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and the national and local governments plan to conduct promotional projects to improve awareness of assistance dogs for the disabled.

In addition, four bills were passed, including the National Health Insurance Act and the Act on Guaranteeing Health Rights and Medical Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities. The law promulgation bill submitted and approved at this Cabinet meeting is scheduled to be promulgated within this month, and will be implemented according to the enforcement date of each law.

(Seoul = News 1)