Any person who is not a qualified physician, dentist or Chinese medicine practitioner but attains a forensic pathologist certificate may apply for practicing forensic inspections only if he or she is employed pursuant to the Personnel Management Act for Contract-based Worker or Government Employees Appointment Act and has continuously practiced as a forensic pathologist in a judicial organ, a military institute or an administrative agency for more than two years and got good marks.
Any person who is a qualified physician, dentist or Chinese medicine practitioner and attains a forensic pathologist certificate may apply for practicing forensic inspections if he or she has continuously practiced as a specially contracted forensic pathologist or an honored forensic pathologist in a judicial organ, a military institute or an administrative agency for more than two years and got good marks.
Applications in accordance with the proceeding two paragraphs of this article shall be reviewed by the competent authority; reviewing rules for applications shall be stipulated by the competent authority.

The scope of practice of a forensic pathologist includes:
1. Human identification;
2. Forensic identification of trauma;
The scope of practice of forensic pathology specialist includes:
1. Sexual assault forensic examination;
2. Forensic assessments for child abuse;
3. Forensic identification of pregnancy and abortion;
4. Dental forensic identification;
5. Forensic mental health;
6. Paternity forensic identification;
7. Other forensic identification services appointed by the competent authority.

A forensic pathologist shall practice only after applying for practicing registration to the competent authority and attaining a practice license.
A forensic pathologist shall receive continuing education and submit documents of completion of continuing education for renewal of the practice license every six years.
The competent authority shall stipulate rules for required qualifications, conditions, documents for applications for practicing registration prescribed in the first paragraph of this article and for issuance, replacement, re-issuance and renewal of practice licenses and other compliance related matters.
The competent authority shall stipulate rules for the contents, credits, implementation, documents and other compliance related matters of continuing education for forensic pathologists prescribed in the second paragraph of this article.

A practice license shall not be issued and issued practice licenses shall be abolished if any of the following conditions is met:
1. The forensic pathologist certificate of the applicant or receiver has been revoked or abolished;
2. The forensic pathologist practice license of the applicant or receiver has been revoked or abolished less than two years from the date of revocation or abolishment.

A forensic pathologist shall not be entitled to practice until he or she has become a member of the Forensic Pathologist Association.
The Forensic Pathologist Association shall not deny a membership application if the applicant is a qualified forensic pathologist.

When a forensic pathologist stops or ceases to practice, he or she shall report to competent authority for filing within thirty days from the date of occurrence of the related event.
Laws and regulations regarding practice shall apply when a forensic pathologist resumes practice.
The competent authority shall cancel the practice license if the forensic pathologist has died.

A forensic pathologist shall personally perform the practice and maintain records of practice.
Records of practice prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be signed or sealed by the forensic pathologist; the forensic pathologist making the records shall endorse upon the records the year, month and date of preparation of the records.
Records of practice prescribed in the preceding paragraph of this article shall be kept at least twenty years.