Chapter 1 General Provisions
Article 1
The Regulations are established in accordance with Paragraph 3 of Article 7-1 of the Nursing Personnel Act.
Article 2
Nurse practitioners shall be divided into the following specialties:
1.Internal Medicine
2.Psychiatry
3.Pediatrics
4.Surgery
5.Obstetrics & Gynecology
6.Anesthesiology
7.Family Medicine
Article 3
Professional registered nurses who meet any of the following qualifications may participate in the nurse practitioner examination for the specialties concerned.
1.Professional registered nurses who have completed the nurse practitioner training in Taiwan: those who have completed practitioner training at any of the training hospitals shall have the following years of experience working as clinical nurses (hereinafter referred to as seniority):
(1)For those possessing bachelor’s degree of nursing: at least three years;
(2)For those possessing master’s degree of nursing or above: at least two years;
2.Those who have completed the master’s degree program for nurse practitioner: having completed the master's degree program for nurse practitioner at a graduate institute of any domestic university or college announced by the central competent authority, and having seniority of at least two years before enrolling.
3.Those who have completed nurse practitioner training abroad: having completed training in the United States, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, or any other countries that have equivalent nurse practitioner cultivation system, holding supporting documents, and having relevant seniority of at least two years.
Prior to December 31, 2023, the training of nurse practitioners in anesthesiology may be carried out in hospitals other than the training hospitals recognized by the central competent authority, and the participants of such training shall have seniority of at least four years. At least two of those years should be in anesthesia nursing services.
The applicable seniority shall be limited to the time working as a clinical nurse practitioner after registering in the R.O.C, Taiwan.