There is a growing need for various child care services, but rather than building a new care center, it is more important to increase and strengthen the roles of regional centers for children, which have contributed to the sound nurturing of children by protecting and educating children in the community, providing sound play and recreation for them, and establishing a link between their guardians and the community.

Accordingly, the Amendment specifies grounds for disqualification with respect to the establishment of child welfare facilities, encourages regional centers for children to protect the public interest and engage in ethical management, modifies provisions concerning reports on changes to child welfare facilities, and changes the term “regional centers for children” to “child welfare centers,” thereby aiming to clarify their functions and roles as facilities providing comprehensive child welfare services (Article 50, paragraph 2; Article 51, paragraph 4; and Article 52).

Prohibit any person for whom less than one year has elapsed after receiving an order for closure from reporting the establishment or operation of a child welfare facility (proviso of Article 50, paragraph 2 newly inserted)

Require any important change specified by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health and Welfare that takes place after the establishment of a child welfare facility has been reported to be reported to the head of Si/Gun/Gu (Article 51, paragraph 4 newly inserted)