Ministry of Science and ICT Pushes for ICT Deregulation Including 5G, AI, and Networks
7 Regulatory Sandbox Cases Processed Through the 8th Deliberation Committee

In the future, it will be possible to provide hospital visit guidance services based on wearable device information, as well as mobile driver's license verification services and smartphone ordering and payment for alcoholic beverages.

The Ministry of Science and ICT held the 8th New Technology and Service Deliberation Committee meeting on March 12 to foster DNA (Data, Network, AI) fields such as 5G and artificial intelligence, and processed 7 ICT regulatory sandbox projects.
The projects under review include: ▲development of home care algorithms and clinic visit guidance services ▲home care health management services ▲smart ordering and payment services for alcoholic beverages ▲mobile electronic notification of bills from private institutions, etc. ▲mobile driver's license verification services ▲tourism taxi brokerage platform services ▲risk detection services using biosignals, etc.

In February of last year, the Ministry of Science and ICT granted a special exemption for a service in which doctors collect and utilize data from patients wearing a wristband-type electrocardiogram device to guide them to visit the hospital in the event of abnormal signs.

Until now, under the current Medical Act, the provision of services in which a doctor guides a patient to visit a clinic based on specific data through wearable devices according to the patient's condition was prohibited on the grounds that the basis was unclear.
<bHowever, through a proactive legal interpretation by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, guidance on visiting medical institutions has been made possible, allowing the service to be provided in the future even without a special demonstration exemption.

The Ministry of Science and ICT expects that this will enhance convenience for patients who find regular hospital visits inconvenient, while simultaneously expanding opportunities to enter related domestic and international markets, such as the smart medical sector.
Minister of Science and ICT Choi Ki-young said, “I hope that through this deliberation, the medical institution visit guidance service will be utilized as a useful tool for responding to infectious diseases,” adding, “The regulatory sandbox is a representative policy of regulatory innovation that the government has focused on promoting. As it was established to provide opportunities for new attempts where new technologies and services do not pose a threat to the lives and safety of the public, it will play a role in suggesting directions for rapid market entry and institutional improvement.”

Meanwhile, at the 8th deliberation committee meeting, three projects in the digital healthcare field, including the development of home care algorithms and hospital visit guidance services, were processed, while four projects, including the expansion of electronic notification to private institutions and mobile driver's license verification services, were deliberated and approved and designated as temporary permits and special demonstration exceptions.