Hearing specialists associations shall be administrated by the competent authorities of civil organizations. However, enterprises in the industry shall be under the guidance and supervision of the competent authority.

Hearing specialists associations shall be established at the level of municipality and county (city), and a national union of hearing specialists associations may be established.

The geographic district covered by a hearing specialists association shall follow the prevailing administrative districts. Only one association of the same level may be established in the same district.

A hearing specialists association at the level of municipality or county (city) may be initiated and organized by more than nine hearing specialists in the district. If a district has less than nine hearing specialists, the hearing specialists in such district may join the association in the adjacent district or join the hearing specialists in the adjacent district in the establishment of an association.

A national union of hearing specialists associations may be initiated and organized only after more than one third of hearing specialists associations at the municipality and county (city) levels have been established.

Directors and supervisors of the hearing specialists associations shall be elected by the members (member representatives) at members (member representatives) assembly. Hearing specialists associations shall set up board of directors and board of supervisors respectively with the following composition:
1. A county (city) hearing specialists association shall have no more than fifteen (15) directors.
2. A municipality hearing specialists association shall have no more than twenty-five (25) directors.
3. A national union of hearing specialists associations shall have no more than thirty-five (35) directors.
4. The number of directors of a hearing specialists association at all levels shall not exceed one half of the total number of members (member representatives).
5. The number of supervisors of a hearing specialists association at all levels shall not exceed one third of the total number of directors.
Hearing specialists associations at all levels may appoint alternate directors and alternate supervisors; the number of alternates shall not exceed one-third of the number of directors or supervisors respectively in the association.
When a hearing specialists association has three or more directors or supervisors, the directors or supervisors shall elect among themselves standing directors or standing supervisors; the number of standing directors and standing supervisors shall not exceed one-third of the number of directors and supervisors respectively. The directors shall also elect among the standing directors a chairman of the board. If the association does not have standing directors, its directors shall elect among themselves a chairman of the board. If the association has more than three standing supervisors, the standing supervisors shall elect among themselves a convener of the board of supervisors.

The term of office for directors and supervisors shall be three years, and no more than one half of incumbent directors or supervisors may be re-elected each time. The chairman of the board may be re-elected once only.

The elected directors and supervisors of the national union of hearing specialists associations are not limited to member representatives designated by the municipality or county (city) hearing specialists associations.
The member representatives designated by the municipality or county (city) hearing specialists associations to attend the national union of hearing specialists associations are not limited to directors and supervisors of the association.

A hearing specialists association shall convene members (member representatives) assembly once a year. Provisional meetings may be held whenever necessary.
Where a hearing specialists association has more than three hundred (300) members, the whole administrative district may be delimited into zones by the distribution of members in compliance with the association charter, and member representatives may be elected from each zone in proportion to the number of members in the zone to convene the assembly of member representatives in lieu of members assembly.

A hearing specialists association shall draw up an association charter and produce the list of members as well as the list and curriculum vitae of staff, and submit the same to the local competent authority of civil organizations for registration. Copies of the association charter and the aforementioned lists shall be submitted to the central and local competent authorities for reference.

The association charter of hearing specialists associations at all levels shall contain the following particulars:
1. Name, district, and address of the association;
2. Objectives, organization, and duties;
3. Membership enrollment and withdrawal;
4. Membership fees and the payment deadline;
5. Appointment of member representatives and term of office;
6. Number, power, term of office, election, and discharge of directors and supervisors;
7. Rules of conduct for members (member representatives) assembly, and meetings of board of directors and board of supervisors;
8. Code of ethics and convention to be abided by members;
9. Budgets and accounting;
10. Amendment of association charter; and
11. Other items to be included according to law or necessary for the handling of association affairs.

Municipality and country (city) hearing specialists associations are obliged to abide by the charter of and resolutions made by the national union of hearing specialists associations.

Where a hearing specialists association violates any law or its charter, the competent authorities of civil organizations may render the follows dispositions:
1. Warning;
2. Revocation of resolution;
3. Discharge of director and/or supervisor; and
4. Rectification within a prescribed time limit.
The dispositions in Subparagraph 1 and Subparagraph 2 in the preceding paragraph may also be rendered by competent authorities.

Where members of a hearing specialists association violate law or association charter, the association may take action against the member according to its charter and/or the resolution made by board of directors, board of supervisors, or members (member representatives) assembly.