Regulations for the Establishment, Approval and Management of Long-Term Care Institutions Article 19

In case of relocation or expansion of a long-term care institution, the provisions about preparation and establishment shall be applied mutatis mutandis. However, the documents and information listed in Items 1 and 2 of Subparagraph 2 of Paragraph 2 of Article 6 and Items 1 and 2 of Subparagraph 2 of Article 10 will be exempted.The term “expansion” specified in the preceding paragraph refers to the increase in the service content, total floor area or service scale of an institution.If the content of the expanded service specified in the first paragraph is home service, the provisions of Article 6 shall be exempted from applying for the approval for preparation.Home-based long-term care institutions applying for relocation within the same administrative jurisdiction zone without making any change registration may proceed in accordance with Subparagraph 1 and Subparagraph 8 of Article 10.