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Title: Psychologists Act CH
Category: Ministry of Health and Welfare(衛生福利部)
Chapter 5 Guild
Article 47
The competent authority of clinical psychologist guilds or counseling psychologist guilds is the competent authority governing civil guilds, provided that their industry shall be subject to the direction and supervision of its competent authority.
Article 48
Municipal and county (city) clinical psychologist guilds or counseling psychologist guilds shall be organized, and the national union may also be established.
Clinical psychologist guilds or counseling psychologist guilds shall be located in the places where their competent authorities are located, unless otherwise approved by the competent authorities.
Article 49
The territorial areas of clinical psychologist guilds or counseling psychologist guilds are the existing administrative areas. There shall be no more than one guild of the same level in the same area.
Article 50
Municipal and county (city) clinical psychologist guilds or counseling psychologist guilds shall be founded and organized by 9 or more clinical psychologists or counseling psychologists in the jurisdiction, respectively. If there are less than 9 psychologists, such psychologists may join the guild in the neighboring area.
Article 51
The national union of clinical psychologist guilds or counseling psychologist guilds shall be founded and organized only after at least 1/3 of municipal and county (city) clinical psychologist guilds or counseling psychologist guilds have been established.
Article 52
Clinical psychologist guilds or counseling psychologist guilds shall have directors and supervisors, both to be elected by their members (member representatives) during member (member representative) meetings. Such directors and supervisors shall constitute the board of directors and the board of supervisors, respectively. The numbers of directors and supervisors are as follows:
1. No more than 15 directors for county (city) clinical psychologist guilds or counseling psychologist guilds.
2. No more than 25 directors for municipal clinical psychologist guilds or counseling psychologist guilds.
3. No more than 35 directors for the national union of clinical psychologist guilds or counseling psychologist guilds.
4. The number of directors shall represent no more than 1/2 of all members (member representatives) for a clinical psychologist guild or counseling psychologist guild of each level.
5. The number of supervisors shall represent no more than 1/3 of the number of directors of a clinical psychologist guild or counseling psychologist guild of each level.
A clinical psychologist guild or counseling psychologist guild of each level may have alternate directors and alternate supervisors, and the number of such alternate directors and alternate supervisors shall not exceed 1/3 of the number of directors and supervisors of the guild, respectively.
When there are three or more directors or supervisors, managing directors and managing supervisors may be elected from among themselves, respectively. The number of managing directors and managing supervisors shall not exceed 1/3 of the total number of directors or supervisors. One person shall be elected by the directors from among the managing directors as chairman. If there are no managing directors, the chairman shall be elected by the directors from among themselves. When there are three or more managing supervisors, one person shall be elected from among themselves to be the convener of the board of supervisors.
Article 53
Directors and supervisors shall serve terms of three years each. The number of directors or supervisors re-elected upon expiry of the term shall not exceed 1/2 of all directors or supervisors. The same person shall be re-elected as chairman upon expiry of the term for no more than once.
Article 54
The directors and supervisors elected for the national union of clinical psychologist guilds or counseling psychologist guilds are not limited to participating member representatives selected by municipal and county (city) clinical psychologist guilds or counseling psychologist guilds.
Representatives selected by municipal and county (city) clinical psychologist guilds or counseling psychologist guilds to participate in the national union of clinical psychologist guilds or counseling psychologist guilds are not limited to their directors and supervisors.
Article 55
Clinical psychologist guilds or counseling psychologist guilds shall hold one member (member representative) meeting every year and may hold special meetings as required.
When any clinical psychologist guild or counseling psychologist guild has more than 300 members, territorial areas may be divided based on the distribution of the members in accordance with its articles of guild and representatives may be elected in proportion to the number of members to attend member representative meetings and to exercise the power of member meetings.
Article 56
Clinical psychologist guilds or counseling psychologist guilds shall establish articles of guild, establish members’ registers and curriculum vitae of the elected staff and submit them to the local competent authority governing civil guilds for registration. A copy shall also be sent to the central and municipal or count (city) competent authority for future reference.
Article 57
The articles of guild of clinical psychologist guilds or counseling psychologist guilds of each level shall specify the following:
1. Name, territory and place of guild.
2. Objective, organization and mission.
3. Addition and removal of members.
4. Election of member representatives and their terms.
5. Number of directors and supervisors, authority, terms and the election and dismissal thereof.
6. Rules governing member (member representative) meetings and meetings of the board of directors and board of supervisors.
7. Code of professional ethics and agreements to be complied with by the members.
8. Budget and accounting.
9. Amendment to articles of guild.
10. Other matters that shall be specified in accordance with the law or matters required for the handling of the guild’s affairs.
Article 58
Municipal and county (city) clinical psychologist guilds or counseling psychologist guilds shall comply with the articles of guild, code of professional ethics and resolutions of the national union of clinical psychologist guilds or counseling psychologist guilds.
If any clinical psychologist guild or counseling psychologist guild breaches any law, articles of guild, code of professional ethics or the articles of guild or any resolution of the national union of clinical psychologist guilds or counseling psychologist guilds, the competent authority governing civil guilds may impose the following sanctions:
1. Warning.
2. Revocation of resolution.
3. Dismissal of directors and supervisors.
4. Remedy before a deadline.
The sanctions under Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of the preceding paragraph may also be imposed by the competent authority.
Article 59
If any member of a clinical psychologist guild or counseling psychologist guild breaches any law, articles of guild or code of professional ethics, the guild may impose a sanction in accordance with its articles of guild or a resolution by its board of directors, board of supervisors or member (member representatives) meeting.