A citizen of the Republic of China who passed the examination of social worker and obtained the certificate of social worker according to the provision of this Act shall act as a social worker.

Once a social worker has completed vocational social work training, and having been evaluated as qualified by the central competent authorities, shall receive vocational social worker certification.
The above vocational social worker evaluation, the preliminary examination of which shall be conducted by a national professional social work organization entrusted by the central competent authorities. Persons in possession of social worker certification, who have completed the related vocational social worker training, are eligible to participate in the relevant vocational social worker evaluation.
The regulations governing the classification and evaluation of vocational social worker shall be prescribed by the central competent authority.

Any person except those who have obtained certificate of social worker shall not use the appellation of social worker. Any person except those who have obtained certificate of vocational social worker shall not use the appellation of vocational social worker.

Whoever has any one of the following conditions shall not practice as a social worker; if he/she already practices as one, his/her social worker certificate shall be revoked or abolished:
1.His/her social worker certificate was abolished under this Act.
2.He/she has been under commencement of guardianship or assistantship and such commencement of guardianship or assistance has not yet been revoked.
3.He/she has been convicted of committing the crimes prescribed under the first subparagraph of Article 2 of the Sexual Assault Crime Prevention Act, the crimes prescribed under the first paragraph of Article 25 of the Sexual Harassment Prevention Act, the crimes prescribed under the Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act, and the crimes prescribed under Articles 319-1 to 319-4 of the Criminal Code.
4.He/she has been convicted of committing embezzlement.
5.He/she has been convicted of committing domestic violence.
6.Other than crimes prescribed in the preceding three subparagraphs, he/she has been convicted of committing any intentional crimes related to the profession.
Once the causes prescribed in the preceding subparagraph 2 cease to exist, he/she may still apply for a social certificate according to this Act.

Whoever applies for the certificate of social worker or vocational social worker shall prepare application and qualification documentary evidence which shall be checked and then sent to the central competent authority for permitting and granting.