# Korea hospital accreditation badge reader

> Choose the scheme to read what its credential covers and which official source checks it.

Use the result to identify the relevant source question. Inputs do not establish a hospital’s current accreditation or registration.

Written by the Pyojiilgi Care Quality Study Group editorial team on October 29, 2026. Canonical address: https://accreditedhospitalguide.org/tools/badge-reader.

## Which categories does the accreditation badge reader distinguish?

Domestic accreditation, KAHF, recruitment registration and JCI are distinct categories.

These categories describe different assessment or registration relationships. The same institution may mention several, so choose the scheme actually named on the document.

Read the words on the brochure before selecting a category. Domestic healthcare accreditation, KAHF, recruitment registration and JCI have different sources, even when the same institution displays them together. Keep an unidentified mark as a question rather than choosing a category from its colour or shape.

A registration claim concerns the registered entity and statutory requirements. A domestic accreditation claim concerns an assessment against standards. KAHF concerns eligible registered institutions’ foreign-patient systems, while JCI requires its named international program. Selecting one category does not establish the others.

**Credential, authority and scope**

| Credential | Body | Scope |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Domestic accreditation | MOHW; delegated work by KOIHA | Quality and patient-safety standards |
| KAHF | MOHW / KHIDI / KOIHA | Foreign-patient service and patient-safety systems |
| Recruitment registration | Competent provincial or metropolitan governor | Registration requirements |
| JCI | Joint Commission International | Named program and listed facilities |

## What input does the accreditation badge reader need?

Only select a category; no image, medical information or document upload is needed.

The reader classifies known wording. It does not authenticate a mark’s artwork or determine whether a particular institution holds the award.

The selector accepts a known scheme name, not a certificate file. You do not need to provide a patient name, diagnosis or treatment information to understand the credential category. Changing the selection updates the description of the scheme rather than performing a search for the institution.

If a document only uses general wording such as certified, the useful next step is to obtain its scheme and issuer. The available categories are not alternative guesses for an unclear claim. A missing identifier should remain visible as something to ask the person or body that issued the document.

## Whose role does the accreditation badge reader show?

The result separates the legal authority and the bodies performing assessment or publication.

KAHF divides accreditation, review and survey across MOHW, KHIDI and KOIHA. Registration is with the competent provincial or metropolitan authority.

For domestic accreditation, distinguish the Minister’s statutory authority from the work delegated to KOIHA. The delegated work includes assessment and publication of results, so the official status record is different from an institution’s own explanation of the mark.

For KAHF, the official scheme separates MOHW accreditation, KHIDI review and KOIHA survey. Recruitment registration is with the competent provincial or metropolitan authority. Use the role attached to the question when deciding which source can identify the document you are checking.

## How does the accreditation badge reader describe periods?

It states verified general rules and flags the need for the actual certificate or registration record.

KAHF deemed renewal affects recruitment registration. JCI has no assumed universal term here. A general duration does not establish an institution’s current effect.

The four-year accredited and one-year conditional terms apply to their own domestic and KAHF awards. The result identifies those general rules, but the institution’s stated certificate dates still need to be read. A brochure upload date should not replace the award’s start or end.

Recruitment registration ordinarily has a three-year term. Article 14(5) also provides deemed renewal after relevant KAHF awards and includes a period ceiling with a conditional exception. JCI has no general term applied here. These differences explain why one duration cannot be attached to every mark.

## Does the accreditation badge reader check a hospital name?

It supplies scheme facts, not a local institution register.

Use the linked issuing body to match an institution, location and award. No source record is created from the selected category.

There is no current local register behind the selection. A complete-looking scheme description is not an institution-level result. To check a hospital, use the corresponding official route and compare its full name, category, location and award details.

Some official descriptions identify fields that are not available as obtained institutional records here. The psychiatric dataset specification and an actual hospital row are different materials. Historical portal accreditation labels also do not provide a current decision simply because their source page was recently modified.

## Does the accreditation badge reader save a selection?

Selections remain in the current screen’s memory and are not sent or saved.

Opening an official link is a separate navigation to that organization’s website. No selected value is placed in the link or a query string.

The visible local-input notice describes the selection’s handling on this screen. It is not necessary to submit identifying patient information for any category. Selections are not written to persistent browser storage or a server-side search history.

An official link opens the organization’s own website, where its own search instructions apply. The selected value is not attached to that link. Read the destination and scheme again before entering any information on the external site, because the guide’s selector and that site’s search are separate actions.

## What should follow the accreditation badge reader result?

Match the institution and the stated record fields at the source.

Retain the scheme, full name, type, location, grade and dates where supplied. A field not supplied remains an unanswered source question.

Use the source’s own wording for the institution, grade and program. Similar names may concern different facilities, and a familiar brand does not identify every location. Keep an unmatched address as a specific question for the issuer rather than merging two records by name.

The result gives the source-review date for the scheme facts. Your institution check has its own date. Retain the official fields actually read and any unresolved period or grade, so a later clarification can be connected to the particular question without inventing a missing status. Keep a later source answer distinct from the earlier observation so its time reference remains clear.

**Fields to compare with an official record**

| Field | Question |
| --- | --- |
| Scheme and issuer | Which assessment or registration? |
| Name, type and location | Which institution or facility? |
| Grade or decision | What result is stated? |
| Stated period and checking date | Which period and observation? |

Original scope, dates and limits remain attached to each source. Missing evidence is not replaced by assumptions.

## What basis are these numbers on?

| Data | Reference date | Site calculation |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Four credential categories | October 29, 2026 | Source facts only; no institution count or validity decision. |
| Verified duration and renewal rules | October 29, 2026 | Source facts only; no institution count or validity decision. |
| Official checking routes | October 29, 2026 | Source facts only; no institution count or validity decision. |

## What else do people ask about accreditation badge reader?

### Which categories does the accreditation badge reader distinguish?

Domestic accreditation, KAHF, recruitment registration and JCI are distinct categories.

### What input does the accreditation badge reader need?

Only select a category; no image, medical information or document upload is needed.

### Whose role does the accreditation badge reader show?

The result separates the legal authority and the bodies performing assessment or publication.

### How does the accreditation badge reader describe periods?

It states verified general rules and flags the need for the actual certificate or registration record.

### Does the accreditation badge reader check a hospital name?

It supplies scheme facts, not a local institution register.

## What should you read next?

- [How long are hospital accreditation badges valid?](https://accreditedhospitalguide.org/articles/badge-validity)
- [How can a brochure’s hospital badge be checked?](https://accreditedhospitalguide.org/articles/checking-brochure-badges)
- [Korea accreditation records by institution type](https://accreditedhospitalguide.org/statistics/accreditation-by-type)
- [KAHF source records and certificate periods](https://accreditedhospitalguide.org/statistics/kahf-accredited)

## Where do these numbers come from?

- [Medical Service Act](https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/lsInfoP.do?lsiSeq=290667) - National Law Information Center
- [Legislation on overseas healthcare and foreign-patient recruitment](https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/lsInfoP.do?lsiSeq=279693) - National Law Information Center
- [KAHF evaluation and accreditation](https://www.koiha.or.kr/web/kr/assessment/accKahfStatus.do) - Korea Institute for Healthcare Accreditation
- [Foreign-patient recruitment registration](https://www.medicalkorea.or.kr/korp/intro/registration.do) - Korea Health Industry Development Institute
- [Find JCI Accredited Organizations](https://www.jointcommission.org/en/about-us/recognizing-excellence/find-accredited-international-organizations) - Joint Commission International