the regular assessment of patients' performance concerning the said tasks go beyond the extent of
vocational rehabilitation for hospitalized patients, etc., defined in Article 76 of the Mental Health
Welfare Act and Article 52 of the Enforcement Rules of the Act and fall under labor for purposes
other than medical treatment and rehabilitation prohibited in Article 69 (3) of the Act.
E. National Institutions, Local Governments, and Public Service-Related
Organizations
Including Medical History in the Physical Checkup Results Issued by
Community Health Centers
The petitioner applied for the issuance of a physical checkup result at the local community
health center and found that the document specified his past treatment for syphilis as cured from
syphilis.
The specification of an individual's history of being cured from syphilis by the physician in
charge is not aimed at restricting the individual's employment but at distinguishing those already
cured from those currently infected as the former can still test positive due to the traits of this
disease.
We concluded that the classification of those already cured from those currently infected
could be easily achieved by managing each individual's medical record without specifying each
individual's history of being cured in the physical checkup result.
As such, we recommended on July 26 that the Minister of Health and Welfare improve
provisions related to an individual's medical history in the physical checkup results in the
Regulations on the Diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS to ensure the
protection of privacy and freedom.
Violation of Privacy during Baggage Inspection
The first petitioner (male) argued that a customs officer humiliated him in front of others
including female customs officers by taking out innerwear and condoms from his baggage
during an inspection for entry into Korea through Gimpo International Airport from China
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