Senior community centre report and operating rules

Procedure

Procedure

1. 01

   1. Confirm the installer and member capacity — Decide whether the installer is an individual, a residents' group or a corporation; a corporation prepares its articles of incorporation. Users of a senior center are persons aged 65 or older, and the capacity must be at least 20 members, or at least 10 on islands and in eup/myeon areas (Enforcement Rule Annex 7). Check the capacity against the member list in advance.

2. 02

   2. Check facility standards and the right to use the building — A senior center must have a living room or lounge, a toilet and electrical facilities, and the living room or lounge must be at least 20㎡. If the installer does not own the building, a document proving the right of use, such as a lease or a consent to use, can replace ownership documents. The official checks the building and land registers and the electrical safety inspection certificate, so confirm the electrical safety inspection as well.

3. 03

   3. Draft the operating rules (bylaws) — The head of the facility must prepare rules on operating methods, user obligations and other operating matters and submit them to the city, county or district office (Annex 8). Include membership eligibility, election and term of officers, membership fees and spending decisions, and the procedure for amending the rules, and state that subsidies are accounted for in a separate account. Also decide the books to be kept, such as the member list, budget and settlement statements and the income and expenditure ledger.

4. 04

   4. Submit the installation report and receive the report certificate — Submit the Elderly Leisure Welfare Facility Installation Report (Form No. 19) to the competent city, county or district office with the right-of-use or ownership documents and, for a corporation, its articles of incorporation. Senior centers are exempt from submitting location maps, floor plans, user fee documents and business plans, and there is no fee. The processing period is 7 days, and once accepted an Elderly Welfare Facility Installation Report Certificate (Form No. 15) is issued.

5. 05

   5. Change reports and support during operation — If the name, location, capacity or head of the facility (chairperson) changes, file a change report (Form No. 21-2) with the report certificate, and Article 21 of the Enforcement Decree requires filing 3 months before the change. A senior center may receive State or local government subsidies for grain and side-dish purchases and heating and cooling costs and may be eligible for reductions in electricity, telecommunications, city gas and water charges, with the scope of subsidies set by the budget and the competent authority's standards.

Filing route

Filing route

Deadlines & processing notes

Deadlines & processing notes

Fees & official charges

Fees & official charges

Included in the basic fee — Initial document review, required-document guidance, basic form preparation, one filing support and responses to up to two supplement requests.

Conditional success fee — For this service, any conditional success fee may be separately agreed within the lawful service scope and stated in a written engagement agreement. No outcome is guaranteed.

Displayed amounts are starting estimates, not statutory or standard rates. The final fee is confirmed after consultation and document review in the engagement agreement. Government fees and actual expenses may change.

Basic documents

Basic documents

To close or suspend a senior center, a closure/suspension report (Form No. 21) must be filed in advance with a subsidy use report and a plan for returning remaining property, and closing or suspending without a report is subject to an administrative fine (Articles 40 and 61-2 of the Act). Capacity and lounge area must meet the standards at the time of reporting, so check the actual usable area and number of members before choosing a building.