The present invention relates to a hot-water disinfection apparatus for rice seeds, the apparatus comprising: a disinfection container configured such that rice seeds are immersed in hot water received in an inner space thereof to disinfect the seeds with hot water a shelf guide means formed to have a length corresponding to the height of the disinfection container a shelf configured to be moved to an upper or lower portion of the disinfection container along an outer surface of the shelf guide means a driving motor configured to rotate in the forward or reverse direction such that the shelf is moved to the upper or lower portion of the disinfection container an oxygen supplier configured to supply air suctioned from the outside into the disinfection container a control unit configured to control the speed and amount of the rotation of the driving motor, and the amount of oxygen supplied from the oxygen supplier and a movement prevention means having one end coupled to a rotating shaft such that the rotating shaft and the shelf guide means are not arbitrarily moved and the other end detachably coupled to a one upper end of the disinfection container, wherein as the shelf installed in the disinfection container receiving hot water is moved upward or downward, rice seeds can be easily disinfected with hot-water, disinfected rice seeds can be easily taken to the outside, and the position of the shelf moved upward after completing disinfection is determined and informed to the outside, and thus the convenience in operation can be increased.COPYRIGHT KIPO 2016내부공간으로 수용된 온수에 벼 종자가 침지되어 온탕 소독되도록 형성되는 소독용기와, 상기 소독용기의 높이에 대응되는 길이로 형성되는 선반가이드수단과, 상기 선반가이드수단의 외면을 따라 상기 소독용기의 상부 또는 하부로 승·하강되도록 형성되는 선반과, 정방향 또는 역방향으로 회전함에 따라 상기 선반이 상기 소독용기의 상부 또는 하부로 승·하강되도록 형성되는 구동모터와, 외부에서 흡입된 공기를 상기 소독용기 내로 공급하도록 형성되는 산소공급기와, 상기 구동모터의 회전속도 및 회전량, 상기 산소공급기의 산소 공급량을 제어하도록 형성되는 제어부 및, 일단은 상기 회전축 및 선반가이드수단이 임의로 유동되지 않도록 상기 회전축에 결합되고, 타단은 상기 소독용기의 일측 상단에 착탈 가능하게 결합되도록 형성되는 유동방지수단을 포함하여, 온수가 수용