Review Standards and Employment Qualifications for Foreign Workers Engaged in Work Specified in Subparagraphs 8 to 10, Paragraph 1, Article 46 of the Employment Service Act Article 16

The total number of foreign workers hired by employers referred to in the previous Article to engage in institutional care work shall be limited as follows:1. Institutions referred to in Subparagraph 1 in the previous Article shall employ one person for every three beds, in accordance with its permitted business scale registered under law.2. Nursing homes referred to in Subparagraph 2 in the previous Article shall employ one person for every five beds, in accordance with the legally registered number of beds.3. Hospitals referred to in Subparagraph 2 of the previous Article can employ one person for every five legally registered beds.4. Institutions referred to in Subparagraph 3 of the previous Article can employ one person for every five beds, in accordance with its permitted service scale registered under law.The total number of foreign workers referred to in the preceding paragraph, excepting hospitals referred to in Subparagraph 3 where the total number of foreign workers should not exceed the number of domestic caregivers, shall not exceed the total number of domestic caregivers and nursing staff combined:The calculation of the number of domestic caregivers and nursing staff referred to in the preceding Paragraph should be based on the number of employees in the institution concerned with labor insurance on the date of the application for a recruitment permit.