• The head of a medical institution that intends to perform the services concerning the decision to withdraw or withhold LST and the implementation thereof shall establish an ethics committee and register it to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
• The medical institution shall apply for registration to the life-sustaining treatment information processing system(intra.lst.go.kr) using corporate accredited certificate within 10 days after establishment of the ethics committee.
• The National Agency for Management of Life-sustaining Treatment shall review the submitted documents, and only the institution whose registration requirements have been confirmed can perform the related services.

• STEP 1

  Information
  processing system
  login(Use of corporate
  accredited certificate
  (Medical Institution)

  

  STEP 2

  Complete the
  application form
  and submit required
  documents
  (Medical Institution)

  

  STEP 3

  Review submitted
  documents
  (Managing Agency)
  

  

  STEP 4

  Registration
  (Ministry of
  Health and Welfare)

• The documents that should be submitted upon registration of the ethics committee are as follows:

Documents related to members of the ethics committee

Name, gender, affiliation and department, position and title, area of specialty, appointment date, relationship with the institution, etc. shall be directly entered for each member through the life-sustaining treatment information processing system

Documents related to the operation plan of the ethics committee

Upload the file using the recommended form of operation plan

Official letter for applying for registration

Issued by the head of the applicant institution, upload the file after scanning