Quarantine certificates
Issuing quarantine certificate
- Where the director of the quarantine station determines that all persons, such as passengers and crew members (hereinafter “persons entering or departing from the Republic of Korea”), a means of transport (ship, aircraft, train, or motor vehicle) or cargo entering or departing from the Republic of Korea poses no risk of spreading any quarantinable infectious disease in Korea or overseas and no problem is found by a quarantine inspection, the director shall, upon request, issue a quarantine certificate to persons entering or departing from the Republic of Korea or the head of the means of transport (Article 22 of the Quarantine Act and Article 17 (1) of the Enforcement Rules of the Quarantine Act).
Conditional quarantine certificate
Issuing conditional quarantine certificate
- Where the director of the quarantine station determines that a means of transport is permitted to arrive on the condition of quarantine disinfection, etc., the director may issue a conditional quarantine certificate to the head of the means of transport (Article 23 (1) of the Quarantine Act and Article 17 (2) of the Enforcement Rules of the Quarantine Act).
- Where the head of a means of transport issued a conditional quarantine certificate fulfills the imposed condition, the director of the quarantine station shall issue a quarantine certificate to the head of the means of transport, and the head of a means of transport shall discard the previously issued conditional quarantine certificate (Article 23 (2) of the Quarantine Act).
- Where the head of a means of transport fails to meet the condition imposed in a conditional quarantine certificate, the director of the quarantine station may take measures, such as the prohibition of transfer (Article 23 (3) of the Quarantine Act).
- Where the director of the quarantine station determines that the head of a means of transport issued a conditional quarantine certificate has difficulty fulfilling the condition imposed on the means of transport, the director may give instructions to move the means of transport to a place the director designates, stating the reasons therefor. In such cases, the head of the relevant means of transport shall comply with such instructions (Article 23 (4) of the Quarantine Act).
※ Sanction for violation: If the head of a means of transport refuses to move, he or she shall be punished by a fine not exceeding KRW 5 million (Article 39 (2) 2 of the Quarantine Act).