Reason for Amendment and Key Points

Reason for Amendment

• The amendment aims to strengthen traffic safety and prevent safety accidents involving transportation workers by allowing the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport to designate and announce clinics, hospitals, and general hospitals authorized to perform fitness tests in place of qualification maintenance tests for transportation workers. It also prohibits transportation workers who have a high risk of accidents (e.g., those with severe accidents in the past 3 years or those aged 75 and above) from substituting qualification maintenance tests with fitness tests.

Key Points

• The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport will designate and announce the clinics, hospitals, and general hospitals authorized to conduct fitness tests.

• Transportation workers who have caused serious accidents in the past 3 years or are aged 75 and above will not be allowed to substitute qualification maintenance tests with fitness tests.

• The goal is to enhance traffic safety and prevent safety accidents involving transportation workers.