Chapter 5 The Approved Professional Occupational Rehabilitation Institutions Subsidy Standard
Article 18
Approved Professional Occupational Rehabilitation Institutions shall achieve the following basic service volume each year:
1. Assist workers suffering from occupational accidents in case management, at least 50 cases.
2. Assist workers suffering from occupational accidents with providing return-to-work plan, physiological and psychological strengthening training, assistive facility assessments, job accommodation, or assistive device assessment services, at least ten pieces.
At the end of the year, the Approved Professional Occupational Rehabilitation Institutions have not achieved the annual basic service volume specified in the preceding paragraphs, except for those whose accreditation period is less than one year, the central competent authority shall order them to improve within a time limit. However, for Professional Occupational Rehabilitation Institutions in Hualien County, Taitung County, Penghu County, Kinmen County, and Lianjiang County, the central competent authority may reduce the basic service volume of each item in the preceding paragraph according to the service needs of the region.
Article 19
An Approved Professional Occupational Rehabilitation Institution shall report the service content to the central competent authority within ten working days from the date of completing the service items listed in the attached table.
The central competent authority shall review the service content reported in the preceding paragraph in January and July of each year, and subsidize them according to the subsidized items and subsidy standards in the attached table
Approved Professional Occupational Rehabilitation Institutions located in Penghu County, Kinmen County, Lianjiang County and other outlying island areas, in addition to the subsidized items and subsidy standards in the preceding paragraph, the central competent authority may add necessary expenses such as transportation allowances to their professional medical personnel subsidy.
The first-time Approved Professional Occupational Rehabilitation Institutions shall first subsidize the start-up fee and the purchase cost of training evaluation tools according to the provisions of the attached table.
During the initial approval of the institution period referred to in the preceding paragraph, the start-up fee shall be deducted from the service subsidy fee according to the service content.
Approved Professional Occupational Rehabilitation Institutions that fail to comply with the provisions of the preceding article or the preceding three paragraphs shall return the subsidy paid in excess or by mistake.