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Title: Drug Injury Relief Act CH
Category: Ministry of Health and Welfare(衛生福利部)
Chapter I General Principles
Article 1
This Act is enacted to help those victims who suffer from a proper usage of legal drug to get prompt help.
Article 2
For purposes of this Act, the term "competent authority" shall mean the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
Article 3
The terms used in the Act shall be defined as below:
1. Drug Injury: death, disability or severe illness caused by adverse reaction of drug.
2. Legal drug: the drug with a drug permit license issued by the competent authority to manufacture, to import or to sell in the market.
3. Proper usage: use of given drug pursuant to the instruction from medical professionals or labeling of the drug.
4. Adverse reaction: harmful effect associated with the use of given drug.
5. Disability: condition conforming to the disable category and level pursuant to the People with Disabilities Protection Act and regulations, except for the condition resulting from mental factors.
6. Severe illness: the illness proclaimed by the competent authority in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness List from the National Health Insurance and the regulations from the Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting.
Article 4
Person who suffers drug injury from using any legal drug may request a relief according to this act.
The relief set forth in the preceding Paragraph shall be classified into death payment, disable payment and severe illness payment; the payment standard shall be established by the competent authority.
The relief set forth in the first Paragraph, when necessary for the financial situation of the Drug Injury Relief Fund, the competent authority may enforce it in several phases, based on urgency of drug injury relief.