Labor Insurance Act Article 54-1

The central competent authority shall stipulate the type, status and severity of the disabilities described in the two preceding articles, the corresponding benefit amounts, the level of medical institutions to issue the diagnoses, and the reviewing criteria.The central competent authority shall establish the standards of individual work capacity evaluation to be conducted by specialists to serve as the basis for permanent disability pension payment.The mechanism for individual work capacity evaluation by specialists described in the preceding paragraph shall take effect five years after promulgation of the amendment made to the Act on Jul. 17, 2008.