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Title: Social Worker Act CH
Category: Ministry of Health and Welfare(衛生福利部)
Chapter 6 Penal Provisions
Article 37
If a social worker violates article 23, his certificate of social worker shall be abolished, and shall be transferred to judicial institutions for investigation if he involve criminal liabilities. The persons specified above using rented of loaned licenses shall be fined no less than 20,000 NT and no more than 100,000 NT.
Article 38
If a social worker office violates the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 27, it shall be fined not less than NT$ 6,000 but not more than NT$ 30,000; if a social worker violates the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 28 and 29, it shall be fined not less than NT$ 3,000 but not more than NT$ 15,000 and also be ordered to reform within a time limit; if it does not reform upon the expiration of that time limit, it shall be fined continually by the day or its business license shall be abolished.
Article 39
If a social worker violates the provisions of Article 14 or 15, he shall be fined not less than NT$ 20,000 but not more than NT$ 100,000; if the circumstances are serious, he shall also be punished to putting up the shutters for not less than one month but not more than one year or be abolished his business license.
Article 39-1
Persons who hinder social workers from practicing the business through violence, coercion, intimidation or other illegal methods are subject to imprisonment for no more than three years or, in addition, a fine of no more than NT$300,000.
Those who commit the offense set forth in the preceding paragraph are subject to imprisonment for life or no less than seven years if their offense causes the death of the social worker or subject to imprisonment for no less than three years but no more than ten years if their offense causes serious injury to the social worker.
Article 40
If a social worker violates the provisions of Article 9, the first paragraph of Article 31, he shall be fined not less than NT$ 10,000 but not more than NT$ 50,000; if a social worker violates the provisions of the first and the second paragraph of Article 11, Article 13, the first and the second paragraph of Article 16, he shall be fined not less than NT$ 3,000 but not more than NT$ 15,000 and also be ordered to reform within a time limit; if he still does not reform upon the expiration of a time limit after three punishments and order to reform within a time limit, he shall also be punished to putting up the shutters for not less than one month but not more than one year.
Article 41
If a social worker violates the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 31, it shall be fined not less than NT$ 5,000 but not more than NT$ 25,000 by competent authority of civil organizations and also be ordered to reform within a time limit; if it does not reform upon the expiration of that time limit, it shall be fined continually by the day.
Article 42
Those in violation of article 24 subparagraph 2, article 27 subparagraph 2 shall be fined no less than 20,000 NT and no more than 100,000 NT. Those in violation of article 21 subparagraph 1, article 24 subparagraph 1, article 25 subparagraph 2, subparagraph 3, article 26 shall be fined no less than 10,000 NT and no more than 50,000 NT, and instructed to correct the violation within a set timeframe; if the violation is not corrected after 3 incidents, offenders will be subject to a suspension of no less than one month and no more than one year. Those in violation of article 25 subparagraph 3 must reimburse the overcharged amount within a set timeframe. If a social worker violates the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 24 and 27, it shall be fined not less than NT$ 20,000 but not more than NT$ 100,000; if a social worker violates the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 21 and 24, the second and third paragraph of Article 25 and Article 26, it shall be fined not less than NT$ 10,000 but not more than NT$ 50,000 and also be ordered to reform within a time limit; if he still does not reform upon the expiration of a time limit after three punishments and order to reform within a time limit, he shall also be punished to putting up the shutters for not less than one month but not more than one year; if it violates the provision of the third paragraph of Article 25, it shall also hand back the charge exceeded.
Article 43
Whoever violates the provisions of Article 6 shall be fined not less than NT$ 15,000 but not more than NT$ 75,000 and also be declared his name, birth date, ID number and the name of the institution who practice the business, and the director of the institution shall also be fined the same sum prescribed in the preceding paragraph. Whoever continually violates the provision shall be continually fined by the day.
Article 44
If a social worker is still practicing after being punished to putting up the shutters, his business license shall be abolished; if he is still practicing after his business license being abolished, his certificate of social work shall be abolished
Article 45
If a social worker office is still practicing after being punished to putting up the shutters, its opening license shall be abolished; if it is still practicing after its opening license being abolished, the certificate of social work of the responsible social worker shall be abolished
Article 46
The fine to social worker office prescribed in this Act means to fine its responsible social worker.
Article 47
The fine, putting up the shutters, discharge, abolishment of business license or opening license prescribed in this Act shall be punished by the competent authority of municipality or county (city); the abolishment of certificate of social worker shall be punished by the central competent authority.