# Korean medical records before departure

> Confirm records, language, medium and delivery with the issuing and receiving institutions.

Written by the Girokdari Health Records Study Group editorial team on October 29, 2026. Canonical address: https://medicalrecordsguide.org/topics/sending-records-abroad.

## What comes first for records before departure?

Ask the recipient about the record range, language and usable medium, then compare the issuer’s available documents.

The departure article follows these questions through collection. The English-records article explains the specific English general-certificate cap without promising translation of every record.

## Are records before departure always hospital transfers?

Personal collection and institutional transfer have different starting requests and legal scopes.

The transfer article distinguishes provider requests, emergency handover and a transferring patient’s request. KHIS explains its electronic exchange service and patient agreement; no universal overseas connection is inferred.

## What can dates show for records before departure?

A calendar gap can frame your enquiry but cannot predict completion of copies, certificates, translation or delivery.

The timeline tool uses your dates only and saves no date in a URL or browser storage. Confirm the actual request and collection arrangements with the issuing institution.

## What else do people ask about records before departure?

### What comes first for records before departure?

Ask the recipient about the record range, language and usable medium, then compare the issuer’s available documents.

### Are records before departure always hospital transfers?

Personal collection and institutional transfer have different starting requests and legal scopes.

### What can dates show for records before departure?

A calendar gap can frame your enquiry but cannot predict completion of copies, certificates, translation or delivery.

## Where do these numbers come from?

- [Medical Service Act, Article 21-2: transmission of clinical records](https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/lsSideInfoP.do?docCls=jo&joBrNo=02&joNo=0021&lsiSeq=290667&urlMode=lsScJoRltInfoR) - 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
- [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
- [Health Information Exchange system](https://www.khis.kr/menu.es?mid=a10207000000) - Korea Health Information Service
- [Annex: certificate-fee items, criteria and upper amounts](https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/flDownload.do?flSeq=95830869&bylClsCd=200201) - Ministry of Health and Welfare / National Law Information Center