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Title: Childbirth Accident Emergency Relief Act CH
Category: Ministry of Health and Welfare(衛生福利部)
Chapter 4 Penal Provisions
Article 25
Where medical care institutions and midwifery agencies violate the provision stipulated in Paragraph 1 of Article 22 in any of the following conditions, each institution/agency shall be fined between NT$20,000 and $100,000:
1. Has not developed the in-house risk control and incident reporting mechanism.
2. Has not analyzed the root causes of severe childbirth accidents and made improvement proposals.
3. Has not reported an accident and undergonean investigation as per the central competent authority’s request.
Article 26
Medical care institutions, midwifery agencies, or other relevant institutions (organizations) which evade, hinder, or refuse the request of the competent authority pursuant to Article 16 shall be fined between NT$50,000 and $250,000 by the central competent authority.
Article 27
Hospitals that have not established a childbirth accident care group pursuant to Article 4, or medical care institutions and midwifery agencies that have not provided information by the deadline as per the provision in Paragraph 1 of Article 5, shall be fined between NT$20,000 and $100,000 by the municipal and county (city) competent authority.
Article 28
Personnel handling childbirth accident relief cases and violating the provision stipulated in Article 20 shall be fined between NT$10,000 and $50,000 by the central competent authority.