# Korea medical-record terms

> Read the document and fee terms in the context of their statutory criteria.

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

## How should medical-record terms be read?

Read each term with its provision, document purpose and unit rather than treating similar words as interchangeable.

A general certificate is not every opinion or translated record. A copy page is not an imaging disc. The definitions below point to the source for the relevant distinction.

## Do medical-record terms decide an individual request?

Definitions explain categories; the actual record, requester evidence and institution’s procedure remain separate checks.

For preparation, use the request checklist, the cap reference or the transfer article according to the question.

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

### How should medical-record terms be read?

Read each term with its provision, document purpose and unit rather than treating similar words as interchangeable.

### Do medical-record terms decide an individual request?

Definitions explain categories; the actual record, requester evidence and institution’s procedure remain separate checks.

## 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
- [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
- [Medical Service Act, Article 21-3: patient requests for record transmission](https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/lsSideInfoP.do?docCls=jo&joBrNo=03&joNo=0021&lsiSeq=290667&urlMode=lsScJoRltInfoR) - Ministry of Health and Welfare / National Law Information Center