In order to establish a social worker office, a social worker shall fill in an application and prepare relevant documents and data and then apply for permitting and registering by the competent authority of municipality or county (city) where he is located and finally establish the office after being granted business license.
A social worker who applies for establishing a social worker office prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall have engaged in the business prescribed in Article 12 for more than five years and also have work record evidence.

The applicant of social worker office shall take charge of the office as responsible social worker and bear responsibility of supervision for his business. If the social worker office is corporately applied for by more than two persons, one of them shall take charge of the office as responsible social worker..

The social worker license cannot be rented out or lent for use by others. The social worker office business license cannot be rented out or lent for use by others.

The change or alteration of the appellation of social worker office shall be approved by former license granted authority. Any one except social worker office shall not use the appellation of social worker office or similar names.

The charge standard of social worker office shall be checked and ratified by the competent authority of municipality, county (city).
The social worker office shall give charge list and receipt when charging.
The social worker office shall not violate the standard of charge and exceed in charge.

A social worker office shall hang its social worker certificate, business license, opening license and standard of charge on the outstanding location.

The advertisement content of social worker office shall be limited in the following items:
1. the appellation, opening license character and number, address, telephone number and transportation lines of social worker office;
2. the name, certificate character and number of social worker;
3. the business of social work prescribed in Article 12;
4. any other item permitted to issue or advertise and announced by the central competent authority.
Any one except social worker office shall not issue advertisement prescribed in the preceding paragraph.

If a social worker office goes out of business, shuts up shop or alters register items , the social worker office shall report to the former opening license granted authority for approval within thirty days since the fact happens. A social worker office that removes or reopens shall apply regulations related to establishment.

If a social worker office goes out of business, shuts up shop or remove, the target of service shall be transferred to another social worker office or proper service organization after getting agreed by target of service. The transference shall report to the former opening license granted authority for approval. If a social worker office cannot continue business operation, relevant service records shall be handed over to the receiver to keep on file according to regulations. In the event of the death of the responsible social work without an available receiver, all service records shall be placed on file at the competent authority of municipality or county (city) where the social worker office is located for 6 months before destroyed.

When deemed necessary, the competent authority must inspect, supervise and evaluate a social work office.