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KOR-1999-L-66766
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
National Health Insurance Act (No. 5854 of 1999), as amended.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Republic of Korea
Subjects (Classification)
Medical care and sickness benefit
Adopted on (Date of text)
1999-02-08
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Comprehensive legislation on national health insurance. Divided into 9 parts. Part 1 (s. 1-5) contains general provisions. Part 2 (s. 5-11) deals with insured persons. Inter alia regulates eligibility for national health insurance. Part 3 (s. 12-38) establishes National Health Insurance Corporation, and regulates its composition, powers and procedures. Part 4 (s. 39-54) makes provision for insurance benefits. Part 5 (s. 55-61) deals with health insurance review agency. Part 6 (s. 62-75) provides for contributions. Part 7 (s. 76-78) deals with objection, request for review and some related matters. Parts 8 (s. 79-93) and 9 (s. 94-100) contain penal provisions.
Serial region
Serial title
Unofficial English translation, as amended to 2002, provided by ISSA
Page range
33 p.
File
F237123727/e99kor01.pdf (PDF 92KB)