The owners and keepers of animals shall report to the animal health inspection authorities when their animals are infected or suspected to be infected with infectious animal diseases; or when their animals die of unknown causes. If the above-mentioned situation happens in the course of transportation, the person in charge of the transportation shall report to the animal health inspection authority of the original stop. Upon receiving the report, the animal health inspection authorities shall send their animal health inspection officer to check the carcasses and give instructions on incineration, burying, disinfecting the carcasses, and other imperative treatment. When requested by the owners or keepers of animals concerned, a certificate of disposal shall be provided.
The preceding Paragraph does not apply if the animals are raised by households as a subsidiary means of income and the total number of dead animals is less than 10. The animals mentioned above include chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and wild animals of similar breeds. When the animals die of sicknesses, the owners must dispose of the carcasses by themselves. However, in case of an epidemic, the special municipality or county (city) competent authorities may designate the name of the infectious animal disease and the animal species by district, announce at any time for the approaches taken in accordance with the preceding paragraph, and shall also report the matter to the central competent authority for verification.
When the owners dispose of the carcasses by themselves according to the preceding Paragraph, incineration, burying, or disinfection must be used. Selling or the arbitrary disposal of carcasses from the death of illness is prohibited.

The central competent authority shall set up a system to manage owners or users of biomaterials related to infectious animal diseases specified and announced as such by the central competent authority.
Owners/users of infectious biomaterials shall comply with the advice and inspection of various competent authorities without evasion, obstruction, or refusion.
Regarding the Paragraph 1 of this Article, the sort of infectious biomaterials, qualifications of owner or users, laboratory biosecurity protocols, information to be submitted to the authorities, and other protocols for compliances shall be prescribed by the central competent authority.

Regarding infectious animal diseases specified and declared by the central competent authority, specimen testing and reporting as well as disease confirmation shall comply with the following requirements:
1. Testing and reporting: After sampling is conducted by the animal health inspection authority or the central competent authority, it shall be submitted to the central competent authority or institution, school, or research institution (hereinafter referred to as “testing institutions”) with accredited proficiency testing. The reports of testing shall be submitted to competent authorities of the special municipality, county or city, and the central competent authority.
2. Confirmation: The testing reports mentioned in the preceding Paragraph are verified by the central competent authority or its designated or authorized testing institutions. Once the testing result is confirmed, the central competent authority shall make a public announcement.
The authorization to do the tests, qualifications for the testing institutions mentioned in the preceding Paragraph, application procedures and validity, rescission and revocation, sampling, supervision, audit and other protocols shall be prescribed by the central competent authority.

To prevent and control the occurrence of the infectious animal diseases, competent authorities of special municipalities and counties (cities) shall order animal health inspection officer to implement such prevention and control measures as physical examinations of animals, immunizations, vaccinations, medicinal bath or other medical treatments. Moreover, for animals and places that have been treated by these measures, marks, labels, or certificates may be attached. If necessary, competent authorities of special municipalities and counties (cities) may commission veterinary practice licensees to implement those measures. Animal owners and keepers shall not intentionally damage and counterfeit those marks, labels, or certificates.
Depending on the types of infectious animal diseases, competent authorities of special municipalities and counties (cities) may order animal owners and keepers to employ veterinary practice licensees to implement the measures mentioned in the preceding Paragraph or to implement under the supervision of veterinary practice licensees.
If the animal owners or keepers are unwilling to or cannot implement the measures mentioned in Paragraph 1, the special municipality or county (city) competent authority may authorize animal health inspection officer or veterinary practice licensees to implement those measures and charge for the implementation service. The rate of the implementation service shall be prescribed by the special municipality or county (city) competent authority.
When the animal health inspection officer implement the measures mentioned in Paragraphs 1 and 3, the animal owners or keepers shall follow the instructions of the animal health inspection officer or authorized veterinary practice licensees to controlling the movement of animals and provide necessary assistance without evading, obstructing, or refusing the implementation.
10 days before implementing the measures mentioned in Paragraphs 1 and 2, the special municipality or county (city) competent authority shall announce the aims of the implementation, dates, areas, methods, animal species, and other relevant matter. However, in case of an emergency, the period of announcement period may be shortened or the implementation may be carried out at any time.

To eradicate specific infectious animal diseases, the central competent authority may announce the types of vaccine, time of administration, attached label, relevant documents, movement restraint, and other control measures. Animal owners or keepers, veterinarians, veterinary technician, and veterinary drug dealers shall comply with and execute regulations as listed above.
Regulations governing the administration, labeling, application, control, terms and other relevant objects of vaccination provided under the preceding Paragraph shall be prescribed by the central competent authority based on the animal species and infectious animal diseases.

To prevent and control the occurrences of infectious animal diseases, the special municipality or county (city) competent authority shall designate specific areas when necessary, and order the animal owners and keepers to sterilize their rearing area and facilities, improve the rear environment, isolate the animals, and eliminate the vectors.
To prevent the spread of the infectious animal diseases, the animal transport service providers shall implement measures for cleaning and disinfecting transportation vehicles as well as animal-carrying boxes and cages.
The cleaning and disinfecting measures carried out by animal transport service providers as mentioned in the preceding Paragraph shall be prescribed by the central competent authority.
Raw poultry eggs shall be transported only in disposable containers or single-use packing materials.

In the case that a major zoonotic disease publicly announced according to Paragraph 2 of Article 17 could spread by poultry, such as chickens, ducks, geese, or turkeys, the central competent authority may ban the display and sales of such live poultry in the retail market.

For animals infected or suspected to be infected with infectious or unknown diseases, the special municipality or county (city) competent authority may order animal owners or keepers to offer animals for necropsy by animal health inspection officer. Carcasses following necropsy, shall be returned to the owners or keepers, and incineration or buried immediately under the supervision of the animal health inspection officer.

Regarding the processing of deceased livestock and poultry as raw materials (hereinafter referred to as rendering materials), and the places where such processing occurs (hereinafter referred to as rendering plants), the following regulations shall be complied with:
1. Disinfection facilities and equipment are set in rendering plants for implementing sterilization procedures;
2. The hygiene and safety in the rendering plant shall be supervised by veterinarians (or veterinary technician);
3. Before raw materials are received, a written contract with the farm/ranch of origin are required to authorize rendering, except the farm/ranch of origin designated by the competent authority;
4. Rendering plants or their commissioned transport operators shall use vehicles in compliance with provisions of Paragraph 2. The rendering plants shall sign a written contract with the commissioned transport operators before the start of transportation of raw materials;
5. The sources and amount of raw materials shall be recorded, and such records shall be kept at least for two years;
6. Rendering plants are subject to audit by the competent authority and shall report relevant matters.
When loading or unloading raw materials, transport vehicles shall comply with the following provisions:
1. Vehicles used for transporting raw materials shall have disinfection equipment and closed systems to prevent leakage, and shall be maintained properly to keep them functioning normally;
2. Upon application by rendering plants or transportation companies, their vehicles are certified by the special municipal or county (city) animal health inspection authority and shall affix the certificate of compliance to the vehicle.
3. Rendering plants are subject to audit by the competent authority and should report relevant matters.
The installation, items, disinfection procedures, items to be recorded in the contract, inspection, reporting of disinfection facilities and equipment in rendering plants mentioned in Paragraph 1 as well as disinfection equipment, closed systems for preventing leakage, approval and granting of certified vehicle, expiration date, presenting places, replacement, recession and revocation of certificates, audits, reporting, loading and transport of raw materials, and other matters pertaining to transport vehicles mentioned in the preceding Paragraph shall be prescribed by the central competent authority.