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Title: Dental Technicians Act CH
Category: Ministry of Health and Welfare(衛生福利部)
Chapter Six Supplementary Provisions
Article 55
Foreigners may take the qualification examination for dental technician according to the laws of the Republic of China.
Foreigners who have passed the qualification examination described in the preceding paragraph and obtained the dental technician certificate shall apply for permission as required by law before starting practice. Foreigners practicing dental technicians shall observe laws and regulations of the Republic of China governing dental laboratory and medical services, the code of ethics for dental technicians, and the charter of dental technicians association. The regulations governing the approval and administration of the practice of foreign dental technicians shall be set forth by the central competent authority.
In addition to being penalized in accordance with the law, the competent central authority may cancel the permission for anyone in violation of the regulations in the previous item.
Article 56
Persons who have performed dental laboratory work for at least three years before the promulgation of this Act, have passed the review of the central competent authority, and have graduated from a college or higher are eligible to take special qualification examination for dental technician.
Persons having any of the following qualifications are eligible to take special examination for dental technician:
1. Having performed dental laboratory work for at least three years before the promulgation of this Act, having passed the review of the central competent authority, and having graduated from a high school, senior vocational school or higher; or
2. Having performed dental laboratory work for at least six years before the promulgation of this Act and having taken at least one hundred and sixty (160) hours of continuing education courses given by organizations designated by the central competent authority.
The special qualification examination mentioned in the preceding two paragraphs shall be held five times in five years following the promulgation of this Act.
Persons who have performed dental laboratory work for at least three years before the promulgation of this Act or who have not performed dental laboratory work for three years but meet the qualification for taking the qualification examination for dental technician as provided in Article 4 herein, and have passed the review of the central competent authority may continue to perform such work for five (5) years starting from the date of promulgation of this Act without being subjected to penalties stipulated in Article 30 herein.
Article 57
Persons who have obtained a dental laboratory technician registration certificate according to the Regulations Governing Dental Laboratory Technicians before the promulgation of this Act may continue to perform such work and continue to assist in the dental prosthetic work according to the instructions of a dentist or assistant dentist.
Dental laboratory technicians mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall not practice unless they have joined a local trade association. Regulations governing the business registration, scope of business, business suspension, business closure, change of business place, issue, replacement and re-issue of business license, and other matters to be complied with by dental laboratory technicians shall be set forth by the central competent authority.
A dental laboratory technician who performs services beyond the scope of business stipulated in Paragraph 1 hereof by performing oral medicine, oral surgery, treating dental diseases or rendering other medical services shall be subject to punishment stipulated in Article 28 of the Physicians Act, and shall have his or her registration certificate or business license annulled by the original issuing agency. A dental laboratory technician who violates the regulations governing the business registration, business license, business conduct or business place of dental laboratory technicians set forth by the central competent authority pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall be subject to a fine of not less than NT$10,000 and not more than NT$50,000, and shall be ordered to take remedial action within a prescribed time period. Violators who fail to take remedial action within the prescribed time period shall have business suspended for one month up to one year or have business license annulled.
A dental laboratory technician shall not use a business name that tends to give others the impression of a dental clinic.
Article 58
Persons who have obtained an assistant dentist certificate according to the Regulations Governing Assistant Dentists before the promulgation of this Act may continue to perform dental restoration and prosthetic work.
Regulations governing the business opening and practice registration, scope of business, business suspension, business closure, change of business place or business of practice, issue, replacement and re-issue of business license and practice license, and other matters to be observed by assistant dentists shall be set forth by the central competent authority.
An assistant dentist who violates the regulations governing the business opening and practice registration, business license and practice business, the conduct of business opening and practice, or business place set forth by the central competent authority pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall be subject to a fine of not less than NT$10,000 and not more than NT$50,000, and shall be ordered to take remedial action within a prescribed time period. Violators who fail to take remedial action within the prescribed time period shall have business suspended for one month up to one year or have business license and practice license annulled.
An assistant dentist shall not use a business name that tends to give others the impression of a dental clinic.
Article 59
The standards of fees collected by competent authorities at all levels pursuant to this Act shall be set forth by the central competent authority.
Article 60
The implementation rules of this Act shall be set forth by the central competent authority.
Article 61
This Act shall be implemented on the date of promulgation.