Health Certificate: How to Apply Online After Testing

Getting a health certificate involves having an examination first, then receiving a results document. If your results from a public health institution were normal, look them up on e-Health. Prepare an authentication method registered in your name and select an available document.

Differences in costs between institutions are explained based on Mokpo City's notice dated November 3, 2026.

Conditions for Getting Your Certificate Online

On e-Health, you can look up normal examination results from public health institutions. This includes records from public health centers and medical centers. Examination records from private hospitals are excluded. Some public health institutions do not support online issuance.

The e-Health precautions before requesting a certificate state:

For online issuance of a Health Examination Results document (formerly a Health Certificate), results can only be retrieved if they are classified as 'normal.'

For results other than normal, you must visit the relevant public health center to get your document. Applying online does not replace the examination. If you have not yet been examined, start by preparing to visit an examination facility.

What to Bring and What the Examination Covers

Bring identification when you go for your examination. The examination is for people working in food hygiene-related fields and others. Check with each public health center about eligibility requirements based on where you live or work.

1. Tell the examination facility which industry you will work in and the name of the document you need to submit.
2. Check whether there are registration restrictions based on where you live or work.
3. Prepare accepted identification and any additional documents.
4. Visit during examination registration hours to register and undergo the examination.

According to Gumi City Public Health Center's guidance, eligible applicants are Gumi residents and people working at businesses within the city. Check the identification requirements for minors separately. Gumi City lists combinations such as a student ID with a photo and a copy of the resident registration record.

Examination items vary by field of work. Seoul Jung-gu Public Health Center's guidance for the food service industry includes tuberculosis, typhoid fever, and paratyphoid fever. Its guidance for institutional food service also includes shigellosis. For the entertainment sector, check the required sexually transmitted infection tests separately.

How to Apply on e-Health and Download the PDF

To get a Health Examination Results document online, verify your identity and then select the document. Prepare simplified authentication or a joint certificate. The personal information you enter must match the registered holder of the certificate or mobile phone.

1. On e-Health, open ‘Public Services > Issue Certificates.’ Select ‘Health Examination Results (formerly Health Certificate).’
2. Review the personal information consent details and verify your identity. For simplified authentication, approve the request in the authentication app, then click to complete authentication.
3. Check the available certificates and examination records. Select ‘Get Certificate’ for the record you need.
4. Choose whether to display the last digits of your resident registration number. Enter the intended use, then click ‘Apply for Issuance.’
5. Open the downloaded PDF. The document password is the applicant's 6-digit date of birth.

The e-Health user guide provides instructions for downloading PDFs. If you need to submit a paper copy, open and print the downloaded document. Choose between saving the file and printing a paper copy according to the recipient's requirements.

What to Check When Your Health Certificate Does Not Appear

If the list is empty, first check the examination facility and the status of your results. Authentication failures and missing documents require different checks. Find the appropriate next step for your situation in the table below.

Comparing Issuance Methods and Costs

Check examination fees and results reprinting fees separately. Do not mistake a public health center's in-person reissuance fee for an online fee. For fees and processing times listed without a publication date, check the relevant public health center's guidance again.

The examination fee in Seoul Jung-gu Public Health Center's guidance is 3,000 won. The stated time for issuing the results document is 5 days, excluding weekends and public holidays. Do not apply this timeframe to other institutions.

Mokpo City's notice dated November 3, 2026 lists medical institutions that offer the examination. It specifies that you should contact each institution about its fees and processing times. It is not an announcement introducing online issuance.

Confusing Health Certificate Reissuance with a New Examination

Getting another copy of a document is different from undergoing a new examination. Reprinting means getting another copy of existing examination results. Printing the document today does not change the examination date to today.

Gumi City Public Health Center's guidance distinguishes examination intervals by industry. The e-Health issuance screen does not specify a common application deadline. However, check your regular examination schedule and your workplace's submission deadline separately.

Personal Information to Check Before Submitting the PDF

Before submitting the PDF, check how much of your resident registration number is displayed. You can choose whether to display the last digits on the issuance screen. First ask the recipient how much of the number must be shown.

1. Check whether the recipient accepts paper documents or PDFs.
2. Confirm how much of your resident registration number must be displayed, then request the document.
3. Check the name and examination date on the downloaded document.
4. Ask the recipient whether they can accept a password-protected PDF.

Downloading the file does not mean you have finished submitting it. The recipient must be able to open and review the document. If you used a shared computer, remove the downloaded files after submission.