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Chapter 1 General Terms
Article 1
These Regulations are drawn upon in accordance with Paragraph 5 of Article 73 of the Labor Occupational Accident Insurance and Protection Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act).
Article 2
The terminologies used in these regulations are as follows:
1. Accredited Medical Institution: refers to a medical institution that provides integrated services for the diagnosis and treatment of occupational injuries and occupational injuries for workers in occupational accidents and handles reporting of occupational injuries and diseases in accordance with Paragraph 1 of Article 73 of this Act, and has been approved by the central competent authority.
2. Network Hospital: refers to a medical institution that has set up occupational medicine outpatient clinics and has joined the regional occupational injury and disease diagnosis and treatment service network established by an accredited medical institution in accordance with Item 3 of Paragraph 1 of Article 73 of this Act.
3. Suspected occupational disease: refers to the fact that the causal relationship between the disease and work cannot be ruled out based on the diagnosis of the disease, the work experience of the patient, and relevant epidemiological evidence, and based on the available data, the possibility or contribution of the occupation causing the disease does not reach fifty percent.
4. Reporting of Occupational Injury and Disease: Refers to the act of registering the information of occupational diseases, suspected occupational diseases or occupational injury cases in the occupational injury and disease reporting system of the central competent authority.