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Chapter 3 Occupational Accident Prevention and Rehabilitation
Section 1 Fund and Relevant Assistance Measures
Article 82
The matters concerning the prevention of occupational accidents as specified in Subparagraph 1, Paragraph 1, Article 62 of the Act are as follows:
1. Occupational safety and health education, training, promotion, and counseling.
2. Promotion of occupational safety and health management system.
3. Research and development and promotion of occupational accident prevention technology.
4. Improvement and promotion of occupational safety and health facilities.
5. Promotion of the mechanical intrinsic safety system.
6. Other matters related to occupational accident prevention.
Article 82-1
The funds for the central competent authority to administer Paragraph 1 of Article 62 of the Act shall be within twenty percent of the insurance premiums receivable for the current year and twenty percent of the administrative surplus of insurance premiums receivable from previous years. The amount shall be calculated based on the officially approved budget and shall be disbursed by the insurer. If there is a resulting administrative surplus, it shall be returned following the annual balance of accounts.
Article 83
The term “health examination for the prevention of occupational diseases” as mentioned in Paragraph 1 of Article 63 of the Act refers to the health examination performed by the insured to find out whether there is any abnormality in his health during the period when the insured is engaged in hazardous operations designated by the central competent authority, to prompt the insured unit to take hazard control and related health management measures.
The term “follow-up health examination” as mentioned in Paragraph 2 of Article 63 of the Act refers to the health examination of workers who have engaged in hazardous work designated by the central competent authority that has changed jobs, resigned, or withdrawn from insurance to detect their occupation-related abnormalities or signs of disease as early as possible, to provide adequate health protection and rights protection measures.
Article 84
The content of the work resumption plan stipulated in Paragraph 1 of Article 66 of the Act is as follows:
1. Information on occupational accident medical care for workers.
2. Working capacity of workers suffering an occupational accident.
3. Job content, required skills, reasonable adjustments in the workplace, and related auxiliary measures for workers suffering an occupational accident to return to the workplace.
4. The implementation schedule for workers suffering an occupational accident to return to the workplace.
5. Other matters related to the resumption of work.
The plan referred to in the preceding Paragraph shall be drawn up by the functional rehabilitation professional organization with the assistance of the employer or the worker suffering occupational accidents after the consultations between the employer, the worker suffering occupational accidents, specialist physicians in occupational medicine, and other functional rehabilitation professionals.
If the worker and employer in the preceding Paragraph have not jointly participated in the consultation or have not reached a consensus, the specialist physicians of the occupational medicine and the personnel of other functional rehabilitation professional institutions may formulate and implement the plan according to the opinions of the participating worker or employer and the results of professional evaluation.