These Regulations are enacted in accordance with the provisions of Article 14, Paragraph 4 of the Act Governing the Appointment of Educators（hereunder abbreviated to “the Act”）and the provisions of Article 8 of the Teachers’ Act.

A teacher who meets any of the following conditions may apply for an accreditation review:
1. Teachers with a full time position who has been appointed and is actually teaching in an institution of higher education（hereunder abbreviated to “institution”）. If the establishment of an institution has been approved but the students for its first academic year have not yet enrolled, a person who has been appointed by the institution and reported for duty may apply in advance.
2. A teacher working in an adjunct capacity who has a letter of appointment, are scheduled to teach for at least one credit during the term of appointment, and have the fact of teaching.
3. A teacher on approved leave with pay from their institution, or on approved leave without pay with their position retained, who returns to the institution to teach on a volunteer basis and who has a teaching load satisfying the requirement referred to in the previous subparagraph.
For the applications referred to in the previous paragraph, the teacher shall apply through the institution where they have a full time position. A teacher who has been seconded to another educational institution for a full three years or more may apply through the institution to which they have been seconded if an institution level teacher evaluation committee of their original institution agrees. A person who does have a full time position at any institution may have their application conducted by an institution where they are working in an adjunct capacity.
A teacher is not permitted to submit an application for an accreditation review if they have one of the following subsections:
1. Teachers who are undertaking advanced studies, or research, full-time in Taiwan or overseas, or is lecturing overseas full-time, and they will not be teaching in the semester in which they submit an application for an accreditation review to the lowest-level teacher evaluation committee of the institution.
2. A teacher who has one of the circumstances in Paragraph 1 of Article 14, Paragraph 1 of Article 15, or Paragraph 1 of Article 16 at the Teachers’ Act, and is under investigation, dismissal, or non-renewal procedures. However, this does not apply to teachers who have not met the requirements of the promotion period of the institution under Paragraph 1 of Article 16 at the Teachers’ Act.
3. A teacher who is in the case of paragraph 1 of Article 18, Article 21, Paragraph 1 or Paragraph 2 of Article 22 at the Teachers’ Act and is still under investigation, suspension of employment procedures or during the period of suspension.
4. A teacher who is in the case of Subparagraph 2 or 3 of Paragraph 1 of Article 27 at the Teachers’ Act and is still in the process of investigation and severance.

The seniority accrued undertaking the teaching work referred to in the provisions of Article 16 to Article 18 of the Act is determined as follows:
1. Seniority accrued teaching at a certain accreditation level shall is calculated from the month and year of service recorded on their Teacher’s Accreditation Level Certificate for that level, and the actual years of service as a teacher of that level shall be taken into account.
2. When a teacher who has a full time position applies for promotion, the maximum amount of seniority that can be accrued during a period undertaking approved full-time advanced studies, full-time research, or a full-time scholarly exchange is one year. If a teacher is on approved secondment and returns to their original institution to teach voluntarily during the secondment period, when the teacher applies for promotion the maximum amount of seniority that can be accrued during the period of their secondment is two years.
If the teacher referred to in Subparagraph 1 of the previous paragraph presents seniority accrued while working as a teacher in a full time position at an overseas institution as seniority for an accreditation review, the overseas institution shall meet one of the following requirements:
1. The institution is listed in a reference list of foreign institutions of higher education compiled and published by the Ministry of Education（hereunder referred to as “the Ministry”）. An institution that is not included on such a reference list shall have been evaluated and approved by the Ministry.
2. The institution is included in the list of approved overseas institutions of higher education in the Mainland Area, Hong Kong, and Macao published by the Ministry.
The seniority accrued when engaged undertaking research work, or professional work, or in a professional post within the scope referred to in the provisions of Article 16 to Article 18 of the Act shall be calculated from the month and year recorded on an official certificate of service approved and issued by the organization（agency）, and the person’s experience there shall be verified by the institution in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Enforcement Rules of the Act.

A currently working staff member who obtained a Teaching Assistant Certificate or a Teacher’s Certificate accrediting them as an Lecturer approved and issued by the Ministry before the amendments to the Act took effect on March 21, 1997, and who has continued to teach uninterruptedly since then may apply for a review to be accredited to a higher level in accordance with the provisions of the former regulations governing promotions that were in place before the amendments took effect. The procedures for any accreditation review shall, however, be conducted in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations.

The uninterrupted teaching continuity referred to in the previous article shall satisfy the provisions of one of the following subparagraphs:
1. Teachers with a full time position: The teacher shall have an actual official teaching load each semester. A teacher who is on approved paid leave or on approved unpaid leave from the institution with their position retained and is therefore not actually teaching is not subject to this condition.
2. Teachers working in an adjunct capacity: The teacher shall have a letter of appointment for each of a continuous sequence of semesters with an official teaching load of at least one semester credit each semester. At least one credit should be scheduled to be taught in the semester in which the application is submitted.
3. Full-time teaching assistants: The teaching assistant shall have a letter of appointment for each academic year and provide teaching and research assistance.