Child Safety Education Institution Designation — Full-Time Instructor, 60 m² Classroom and Training Equipment Standards with Required Documents

Procedure

1. 1. Check the designation standards

   Article 2 of the Public Notice on the Designation of Child Safety Education Institutions requires at least one full-time qualified instructor and at least one dedicated administrative staff member, plus at least one assistant instructor if practical training is given to 20 or more trainees. The instructor must be a physician, a nurse or level-1 emergency medical technician with at least 2 years of emergency-care-related experience, or a level-2 emergency medical technician with at least 3 years of such experience (Annex 1 of the Notice). The facility standard is at least one classroom with a floor area of 60 m² or more, which may be adjusted in proportion to class size if each course is limited to fewer than 20 trainees.

2. 2. Prepare training equipment, curriculum and materials

   Annex 2 of the Notice sets, for 20 trainees, 5 each of infant, child and adult manikins (15 in total), 5 training AEDs, 20 face shields, 5 sets of splints, triangular bandages and roller bandages, and 1 first aid kit, and the equipment must be kept in the classroom at all times. The curriculum and materials must cover emergency response procedures, first aid theory and hands-on practice including pediatric CPR, and be led by the qualified instructor. To deliver theory online, a system with trainee identity verification, learning history records and concurrent login prevention is also required.

3. 3. Draft the business plan and supporting documents

   Prepare the articles of incorporation or equivalent operating rules and a business plan covering course operation and trainee recruitment. Prove staffing with the instructor's license or certificate, career certificates and employment records showing full-time work, and prove facilities and equipment with the classroom lease and floor plan and equipment purchase records and photos.

4. 4. Submit the application and receive the certificate

   Submit the application under Form No. 1 of the Enforcement Rule of the Act on the Safety Management of Children to the Minister of the Interior and Safety; there is no fee, and the corporate register is checked by the official through shared administrative information. If the standards are met, a designation certificate under Form No. 2 is issued and the designation is announced on the Ministry's website.

5. 5. Manage operations after designation

   The Minister may request the previous year's training results, the current status of staff, facilities and equipment, and curriculum and material information. Failing to meet the standards or to follow training methods can lead to measures from a 1-month business suspension for a first violation up to revocation for a fourth or later violation, so replace departing instructors or lost equipment promptly.

Required documents

• Application for designation as a child safety education institution (Form No. 1 of the Enforcement Rule of the Act on the Safety Management of Children)
• Articles of incorporation or equivalent operating rules
• Business plan (including curriculum, trainee recruitment and instructor deployment plans)
• Proof of qualified staff (instructor license or certificate, career certificates, employment records, list of assistant instructors and administrative staff)
• Proof of facilities and equipment (lease and floor plan showing the classroom area, purchase records and photos of training equipment)
• Corporate register certificate (corporations only; checked by the official through shared administrative information)

Fees

Industry range of tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of won · Depends on whether the business plan and operating rules are drafted from scratch and the volume of instructor and equipment documents; we will advise after consultation. There is no fee for filing the designation application.

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Legal basis and review date

• Act on the Safety Management of Children, Article 16
• Enforcement Decree of the Act on the Safety Management of Children, Article 8
• Enforcement Decree of the Act on the Safety Management of Children, Article 9
• Enforcement Decree of the Act on the Safety Management of Children, Annex 2
• Enforcement Rule of the Act on the Safety Management of Children, Article 2
• Enforcement Rule of the Act on the Safety Management of Children, Form No. 1
• Public Notice on the Designation of Child Safety Education Institutions, Article 2
• Public Notice on the Designation of Child Safety Education Institutions, Article 3
• Public Notice on the Designation of Child Safety Education Institutions, Article 4
• Public Notice on the Designation of Child Safety Education Institutions, Article 5
• Public Notice on the Designation of Child Safety Education Institutions, Annex 1
• Public Notice on the Designation of Child Safety Education Institutions, Annex 2

Checked against the statutes on 2026-10-14

Statutes and public notices change, so each case needs to be checked individually. Statute titles are given in English for reference. The Korean statutes are the authoritative text.

Check these first

• Training equipment must be kept in the classroom and available for use at all times (Article 3(3) of the Notice), so storing it elsewhere or borrowing it only when needed may cause problems in meeting the standards.
• The instructor must work full-time, so a contract with an outside instructor appointed per lecture makes it hard to prove the staffing standard. Prepare documents showing full-time employment before applying.

Frequently asked questions