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- The principal of the child care center shall conduct a safety inspection of the facility for a certain period according to the Safety Inspection Checklist to eliminate risk factors such as fire and injury in advance (Article 23 and Attached Table 8 of the Enforcement Rule of the Child Care Act).

- The principal of a child care center shall schedule regular safety inspections for each play facility that inspects it. In this case, connecting devices such as bolts, nuts, fences, and structures should be inspected every day, and the types of amusement facilities where the moving parts should be checked so that the infant’s and young children’s body parts are not involved in the rides (Article 23 and Attached Table 8 of the Enforcement Rules of the Child Care Act).

- The principal of a child care center shall prepare a fire fighting plan and conduct a fire drill every month (Article 23 and Attached Table 8 of the Enforcement Rules of the Child Care Act).

- The principal of a child care center shall have a network of emergency contacts with the guardian and obtain first aid agreement for infants and young children in case of an accident (Article 23 and Attached Table 8 of the Enforcement Rules of the Infant CareChild Care Act).

- Where an accident occurs to infants and young children, the principal of a child care center shall immediately notify their guardian and report it to the Special Self-Governing Province Governor, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu (referring to the head of an autonomous Gu, the same shall apply hereinafter), if the accident is serious, and shall prepare and keep an accident report (Article 23 and Attached Table 8 of the Enforcement Rules of the Child Care Act).

- The principal of a child care center shall formulate a safety education plan every year pursuant to Article 31 (2) of the Child Welfare Act, provide safety education for infants and young children provided with child care in the child care center, and report such fact to the Special Self-Governing Province Governor, the head of the relevant Si/Gun/Gu, and shall also provide safety education to child care teachers and staff (Article 23 and Attached Table 8 of the Enforcement Rules of the Child Care Act).

- The principal of a child care center shallannually formulate an education plan and conduct education on the management ofhealth and hygiene, such as sexual violence and child abuse, prevention ofmissing persons, prevention of misuse and abuse of infectious diseases anddrugs, safety against disasters, and traffic safety in consideration of the ageof children subject to child care (the principal mayallow a qualified external expert to provide child abuse prevention educationinstead for infants and young children), and shall report the results ofeducation to the Special Self-Governing City Mayor, the Special Self-GoverningProvince Governor, and the head of the relevant Si/Gun/Gu by March 31 each year (Article 31(1) and (2) of the Child Welfare Act andArticle 28(1) and (2) of the Enforcement Decree of the same Act).

- The principal of a childcare center shall execute safety education, including how to commute, designating guardians, and other contents, for childcare teachers annually and priorly consult parents or guardians on how the infant will commute [Article 33-3(1) of the Child Care Act, Article 34-2 and subparagraph 3(e)1 and 2 of Attached Table 8 of the Enforcement Rules of the Child Care Act].

- The principal of a childcare center shall check whether infants have safely reached to their parents or guardian. If the infant has not safely reached their parents or guardian, the director shall notify this fact to the designated guardian [Article 33-3(2) and (3) of the Child Care Act and Article 34-2 and subparagraph 3(e)3 of Attached Table 8 of the Enforcement Rules of the Child Care Act].

- The term “School Bus for Children” means a motor vehicle used for children’s commuting to a child care center and a motor vehicle for transportation business operated for children after obtaining a limited license for passenger vehicle transportation business (Subparagraph of Article 2 of the Road Traffic Act).

- If a person who operates a school bus for children intends to be protected as a school bus for children, he or she reports the school bus to the chief of the competent police station in advance and receives a certificate of reporting (Article 52 of the Road Traffic Act, Article 23 and subparagraph 3(d)1 of Attached Table 8 of the Enforcement Rules of the Child Care Act).

- A vehicle that can be used as a school bus for children shall be a vehicle with at least nine seats (with one passenger capacity for one child) (including cases where passenger cars or vans with nine seats or more, which have been approved for tuning, are tuned to less than nine seats for the convenience of getting on and off of children with disabilities), which shall meet the following standards (Article 34 of the Enforcement Rules of Road Traffic Act).

- Each driver of any school bus for children shall flicker flasher only when children or infants gets on and off from such school bus and shall make the indication that children or infants are on board only when such school bus is traveling with children or infants on board (Article 53 (1) of the Road Traffic Act).

- Each driver of any school bus for children shall start driving the school bus after checking that all the children or infants on board have fastened their seat belts, and when they alight from the school bus, he or she shall start driving it after confirming they have arrived at a place safe from motor vehicles, such as a sidewalk or roadside zone. Provided, That the same shall not apply where it is difficult to fasten a seat belt because of an illness, etc. or there are certain reasons (Article 53 (2) of the Road Traffic Act).

- Each operator of any school bus for children shall ride together with a guardian nominated by the operator when putting the children or infants in the bus, and when the children or infants get on or get off the school bus, the guardian shall get off and check that children or infants get on and off safely, and during operation, shall ensure that children or infants are seated with their seat belts fastened, and he or she shall take such necessary measures to protect children (Article 53 (3) of the Road Traffic Act).

- A driver of the school bus shall check if all children or infants got off the bus after the school bus service (Article 53 (4) of the Road Traffic Act).

- When a school bus driver checks whether children or infants got off the school bus, he/she shall operate a child drop-off confirmation device (hereinafter “child drop-off confirmation device”) under Article 53-4 of the Rules on the Performance and Standards of Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Components (Article 53 (5) of the Road Traffic Act and Article 37-2 of the Enforcement Rules of the Road Traffic Act).

- Where an operator operates a school bus with his/her guardian on board, he/she may attach a guardian onboard sign under Attached Table 15 of the Enforcement Rules of the Road Traffic Act, and no one shall attach a guardian onboard sign when he/she is driving without carrying his/her guardian (Article 53 (6) of the Road Traffic Act and Article 37-3 (1) of the Enforcement Rules of the Road Traffic Act).

- An operator of a school bus shall prepare and keep records of wearing seat belts and riding with his/her guardian (hereinafter “safe operation records”) and submit safety operation records to the head of the competent agency supervising the operation of children’s school buses each quarter (Article 53 (7) of the Road Traffic Act).

- A person who can protect infants and young children, such as a childcare teacher, shall accompany him or her when driving a vehicle, and when carrying an infant under 36 months, he or she shall be accompanied by a guardian or wear protective gear (Article 23 and subparagraph 3(d)4 of Attached Table 8 of the Enforcement Rules of the Child Care Act).

- When commuting to and from school and hospital vehicles, passengers in vehicles, such as drivers and childcare teachers, should take measures to ensure that infants and young children are delivered safely to their guardians such as childcare teachers or parents, and make sure that all infants and young children are delivered safely (Article 23 and subparagraph 3(d)7 of Attached Table of the Enforcement Rules of the Child Care Act).

- All school buses operating at the childcare center should be equipped with safety rules in the vehicle, be equipped with a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit, and conduct safety checks based on the integrated safety checklist (Article 23 and subparagraph 3(d)3 of Attached Table of the Enforcement Rules of the Child Care Act).

- Teachers, infants, and young children and their teachers must wear seatbelts before the vehicle starts running (Article 23 and Attached Table 8 of the Enforcement Rules of the Child Care Act).

- No driver shall engage in any act that impairs his/her driving ability, such as drinking, using a mobile phone, or using earphones (Article 23 and Attached Table 8 of the Enforcement Rules of the Child Care Act).

- Where deemed necessary to protect children from the risk of crime, such as kidnapping, the surrounding area of a child care center, a child care support center, and a part-time child care service designation institution may be designated as a child protection zone to take necessary measures, such as patrol and child guidance for the prevention of crimes, and visual data processing devices shall be installed in the designated child protection zone (Article 32 (1) and (3) of the Child Welfare Act).

- Child care centers with a capacity of more than 100 people can be designated and managed as child protection zones. Provided, That the Mayor and others consult with the chief of the competent police station that it is necessary to protect children from the risk of traffic accidents in consideration of the traffic conditions of the area where the child care center is located, and a road around a child care center with a capacity of less than 100 people can also be designated as a children protection zone (Article 12 of the Road Traffic Act and Article 14 of the Enforcement Rules of the Road Traffic Act).

- The commissioner of a City/Do police agency, the police chief, the Mayor of a Special City, the Mayor of a Metropolitan City, the Governor of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, or the head of a Si/Gun (excluding the head of a Gun in a Metropolitan City) shall preferentially install equipment for unmanned traffic control in a place prescribed by Article 14-2 of the Enforcement Rules of the Road Traffic Act from among roads in a child protection zone to comply with the traffic speed in a child protection zone and the act of violating safe operation, etc (Article 12 (4) of the Road Traffic Act).

- The Special Metropolitan City Mayor, the Metropolitan City Mayor, the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si/Gun (excluding the head of a Gun in a Metropolitan City) shall preferentially install the following facilities or equipment for the safety of children in a child protection zone or request the competent road management authority to install the relevant facilities or equipment (Article 12 (5) of the Road Traffic Act).