Any citizen of the Republic of China who passes the national examination for nursing personnel and obtains the nursing personnel certificate in accordance with this Act shall be allowed to serve as nursing personnel.
The examination of the preceding Paragraph can be replaced by a qualification examination. Regulations governing the qualification examination shall be determined by the Examination Yuan jointly with the Executive Yuan.

The term nursing personnel mentioned in this Act refers to professional registered nurses and registered nurses.

Any citizen of the Republic of China who passes the national examination for nursing personnel may obtain the nursing personnel certificate.

To obtain the nursing personnel certificate, the person shall submit an application form and documents attesting his/her qualifications to the central competent authority for approval and issuance.

The term “competent authority” used in this Act refers to the Ministry of Health and Welfare at the central government level, the municipal government at the municipality level, and the county (city) government at the county (city) level.

Any person who falls under any of the following circumstances shall not serve as nursing personnel. If the person has served as nursing personnel, his/her nursing personnel certificate shall be rescinded or revoked.
1. He/she is found to have committed an offence under the Narcotics Elimination Act or Narcotics Control Act.
2. Upon judgment, he/she is found to have committed an offence under the Drug Control Act.
3. His/her nursing personnel certificate has been revoked under this Act.

Any person who does not obtain a professional registered nurse or registered nurse certificate shall not use the title of professional registered nurse or registered nurse.
Any person who does not obtain a nurse practitioner certificate shall not use the title of nurse practitioner.

A professional registered nurse may apply for a nurse practitioner certificate after he/she completes the nurse practitioner training and passes the review for nurse practitioners by the central competent authority.
The central competent authority may commission nurse practitioner-related associations to handle the preliminary review of the nurse practitioners of the preceding Paragraph. Any person who has obtained a professional registered nurse certificate and completed related nurse practitioner training may take part in the review for nurse practitioners.
Regulations governing specialties and the review of nurse practitioners shall be determined by the central competent authority.