To establish a sound forensic pathologist system, improve the performance of inspections and investigations, protect human rights, preserve social justice and promote democracy and the rule of law, this Act is specifically formulated.

The competent authority of this Act shall be the Department of Justice.

Citizens of the Republic of China may practice as a forensic pathologist after passing the forensic pathologist examination and obtaining a forensic pathologist certificate issued by the competent authority.

A person may take the forensic pathologist examination only if he or she meets one of the following requirements:
1. He or she has graduated from a forensic science graduate school at a public or registered private university, an independent college or a foreign university or an independent college recognized by the Department of Education, successful completed internship and received a diploma.
2. He or she has graduated from a medical, dental, or Chinese medicine school at a public or registered private university, an independent college in Taiwan or a foreign university or an independent college recognized by the Department of Education, passed the physicians, dentists or Chinese medicine practitioners examinations, received a certificate of physician, dentist or Chinese medicine practitioner and studied and successful completed in a forensic science program or professionally trained in a local or foreign forensic department for more than one year and received verification documents.
Required courses of a forensic science graduate degree prescribed in clause 1 of the preceding paragraph shall be stipulated in the implementation rules of this Act.

A person is not qualified from being a forensic pathologist if any of the following conditions is met:
1. He or she has been convicted of a crime and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of more than one year; this provision shall not be applied to those who were granted probation and completed the period of probation without revocation, or those whose convictions involved a non-intentional crime.
2. He or she has offended the Drug Prevention and Control Act and sentenced to rehabilitation or detoxification or has been convicted.
3. His or her forensic pathologist certificate has been duly abolished.
4. He or she has was a governmental employee but punished by dismissal and the period for suspension has not expired or is currently a governmental employee but has been suspended or suspended during investigation and the period for suspension has not expired。
5. He or she has been confirmed, based on objective facts, has not been able to practice the work by a professional panel composed of medical specialists, forensic pathologist and scholars invited by the competent authority.
6. He or she has been placed under guardianship or assistantship by court order, and the order has not been revoked.
Any forensic pathologist who is found subject to the conditions of clause 1, 2 or 3 of the preceding paragraph shall have his or her qualification as a forensic pathologist revoked or terminated; such person shall return his or her forensic pathologist certificate. Any forensic pathologist who is found subject to the conditions of clause 4, 5 or 6 of the preceding paragraph shall not be allowed to practice until the conditions cease to exist.

Forensic pathologists having completed specialist training and passed the forensic pathologist examination held by the competent authority may apply for the issuance of a forensic pathology specialist certificate.
Rules for specialization and examination of forensic pathology specialists shall be stipulated by the competent authority in conjunction with the central competent health authority.

Any person shall not use the title of a forensic pathologist without attaining a forensic pathologist certificate.
Any person shall not use the title of a forensic pathology specialist without attaining a forensic pathology specialist certificate.

Whoever applies for a forensic pathologist certificate shall complete the application form and submit it along with qualification documents to the competent authority.