| Name of Act (Enforcement Date and Number) | Content of Article |
| Enforcement decree of People’s Medical Service Act (December 25, 1951, Presidential Decree No.11) | Article 1, Scope of practice |
| Medical Service Act (March 20, 1962, Act No.1035) | Article 7, Scope of practice |
| Medical Service Act (April 1,1982 Act No.3504) | Article2, Scope of practice including public health nursing |
| Enforcement decree of Medical Service Act (October 10, 1973, Ministerial Decree No.426) | Article 54, Three specialty areas |
| Enforcement decree of Medical Service Act (January 9, 1990, Ministerial Decree No.840) | Article 54, Four specialty areas |
| Enforcement decree of Medical Service Act (October 1, 2003, Ministerial Decree No.261) | Article 54, Ten specialty areas |
| Enforcement rules on the specialty nurse (July 7, 2006, Ministerial Decree No.364) | Article 2, Thirteen specialty areas |