# Korea medical-record questions

> Separate request authority, document preparation, fees and delivery when planning a records request.

Written by the Girokdari Health Records Study Group editorial team on October 29, 2026. Canonical address: https://medicalrecordsguide.org/faq.

## Where do medical-record questions about copies begin?

Identify the existing record and requester route; a new diagnosis certificate is a separate preparation question.

The request and certificate articles explain the difference between existing contents and new preparation.

## Do medical-record questions about family always use one list?

Relative, designated-agent and specified no-consent situations have different requirements and age exceptions.

The checklist displays unresolved conditions before documents and collects no evidence files.

## Are medical-record questions about caps asking the hospital price?

A cap is the upper amount for a matching legal item and unit, not every institution’s charge.

Written pages use two tiers; CD and DVD use separate medium units. USB has no entry in the reviewed cap annex.

## How do medical-record questions distinguish unpaid bills?

Treatment debt differs from nonpayment of the applicable copying fee in the Ministry guidance.

The unpaid-bills article links both passages and distinguishes existing copies from new certificates.

## Do English medical-record questions have one translation deadline?

The reviewed sources do not establish a universal translation or overseas-delivery period.

The timeline compares dates you enter. Confirm document availability and collection with the actual institution.

## What else do people ask about medical-record questions?

### Where do medical-record questions about copies begin?

Identify the existing record and requester route; a new diagnosis certificate is a separate preparation question.

### Do medical-record questions about family always use one list?

Relative, designated-agent and specified no-consent situations have different requirements and age exceptions.

### Are medical-record questions about caps asking the hospital price?

A cap is the upper amount for a matching legal item and unit, not every institution’s charge.

### How do medical-record questions distinguish unpaid bills?

Treatment debt differs from nonpayment of the applicable copying fee in the Ministry guidance.

### Do English medical-record questions have one translation deadline?

The reviewed sources do not establish a universal translation or overseas-delivery period.

## Where do these numbers come from?

- [Medical Service Act, Article 21: access to records](https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/lsSideInfoP.do?docCls=jo&joBrNo=00&joNo=0021&lsiSeq=290667&urlMode=lsScJoRltInfoR) - Ministry of Health and Welfare / National Law Information Center
- [Enforcement Rule, Article 13-3: requirements for record requests](https://www.law.go.kr/lsLinkCommonInfo.do?chrClsCd=010202&lsJoLnkSeq=1028280683) - Ministry of Health and Welfare / National Law Information Center
- [2022 handbook on medical institutions and medical corporations](https://www.yeonsu.go.kr/clinic/institution/hospital_notice.asp?page=v&seq=162) - Yeonsu-gu Public Health Center
- [Standards for medical-institution certificate-fee items and amounts](https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/admRulInfoP.do?admRulSeq=2100000197953) - Ministry of Health and Welfare / National Law Information Center
- [Enforcement Rule, Article 13-5: record-transmission request procedures](https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/lsSideInfoP.do?docCls=jo&joBrNo=05&joNo=0013&lsiSeq=286963&urlMode=lsScJoRltInfoR) - Ministry of Health and Welfare / National Law Information Center