Reporting of Facilities
Reporting of Research Facilities
Persons, who intend to install and operate, among research facilities that develop or conduct experiment using LMO, Safety Management Level 1 or Level 2 research facilities, should make a report to the Ministry of Science and ICT(MSIT).
※ Reporting should be made on each laboratory that is separated with walls and doors. However, research facilities that are separately designated and managed as special-purpose facilities, such as animal feeding facilities, can be reported by unit of zone or building.
| Overview | Persons, who intend to install and operate, among research facilities that develop or conduct experiment using LMO, Safety Management Level 1 or Level 2 research facilities, should make a report to the Ministry of Science and ICT(MSIT). |
|---|---|
| Application Method | online reporting(http://report.lmosafety.or.kr) |
| Processing Period | Within 60 days |
| Fee | N/A |
| Related Law | Transboundary Movement, Etc. of Living Modified Organisms Act: Article 22.1 Enforcement Decree of the same Act: Article 23.1~2 and 23.5~6 [Attached Table 1] Enforcement Rule of the same Act: Article 14.1~4 [Appendix No.26 Form] Consolidated Public Notification on Transboundary Movement, Etc. of Living Modified Organisms: Article 9-5.1 |
Documents for Submission
- Reporting of Installation and Operation of Research Facilities
- Design Drawing of Research Facilities
- Business Registration Certificate
- Building Register, and Lease Contract
- Waste Treatment Contract or Design Drawing of Waste Treatment Facilities as evidence of risk prevention measures
- Internal Biosafety Management Regulations (for Level 2 research facilities only)
- Inspection Report of Installation and Operation of Level 1,2 Research Facilities
Safety Management Level Classification for Research Facilities
| Level | Target | Reporting/Permission | Concerned Agency MSIP |
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| Level 1 | Facilities that develop or conduct experiment using LMO that is known as not causing disease among healthy adults and LMO that is known as not causing risk to the environment | Reporting | MSIT |
| Level 2 | Facilities that develop or conduct experiment using LMO that might cause disease among humans, which is easily curable, and LMO that, even if discharged into the environment, might cause minor and easily treatable risk | Reporting | |
| Level 3 | Facilities that develop or conduct experiment using LMO that might cause disease among humans, which might have severe symptoms but is curable, and LMO that, if discharged into the environment, might cause significant but treatable risk | Permission | MSIT / MOHW |
| Level 4 | Facilities that develop or conduct experiment using LMO that might cause disease among humans, which has fatal symptoms and is hardly curable, and LMO that, if discharged into the environment, might cause enormous and hardly treatable risk | Permission |