The central competent authority may establish a communicable disease control network by dividing the country into several regions; designate medical care institutions to set up communicable disease isolation wards. Designated medical care institutions, upon instructions from the competent authorities to admit and treat patients with communicable diseases, shall not refuse, evade or obstruct.
The central competent authority may designate a regional commanding officer and several deputy commanding officers to unify command, coordinate and organize essential medical supplies for disease control in the region.
The central competent authority may subsidize at discretion these medical care institutions designated in Paragraph 1.
The ways of dividing the communicable disease control medical care network into regions, designating roles and authorities of the regional commanding officer and deputy commanding officers, outlining requirements, period and procedures for the designation of medical care institutions, contents of subsidies, and other matters to be complied with shall be decided by the central competent authority.

When communicable diseases occur or are expected to occur, competent authorities may organize mobile squads to conduct matters concerning disease control activities.

Local competent authorities shall, when communicable diseases occur or are expected to occur in their respective locality, immediately mobilize the involving affiliated organizations (institutions) and personnel to implement necessary measures, and promptly report the implementation outcome to the central competent authority.
Under conditions mentioned in the preceding Paragraph, local competent authorities shall, in addition to implementing appropriate control measures in accordance with their authorities and responsibilities, act in accordance with instructions of the central competent authority.
In the management of epidemic conditions mentioned in the preceding two Paragraphs, if local competent authorities deem it necessary to unify command, assemble personnel and facilities of the involving affiliated organizations (institutions) for the execution of disease control measures, they may establish epidemic command centers.
The central competent authority may, when necessary, invite organizations concerned to attend coordination meetings on the management of epidemic conditions to coordinate personnel, resources and facilities of organizations concerned of governments at various levels, and to supervise and assist local competent authorities in implementing control measures.

The central competent authority, in consideration of the severity of the domestic and international epidemic conditions, and when considering it necessary to consolidate various resources and facilities, and integrate personnel of the involving organizations (institutions), upon reporting to the Executive Yuan for approval, may establish a central epidemic command center and assign one person to be the commanding officer to unify command, supervise and coordinate government organizations at various levels, state enterprises, reserve service organizations and civic groups to implement disease control measures; when necessary, the national armies may be coordinated for support.
The implementation regulations on matters concerning the organization, training and assistance of the central epidemic command center and operational procedures shall be decided by the central competent authority.

Competent authorities, at times of serious domestic or international epidemic conditions of communicable diseases, or at times of biological agent attacks, may implement the relevant disease control measures jointly with the national defense mobilization preparedness system.