Communicable Disease Control Act｜第 5 條｜疾病管制｜Act｜In Force
第 一 章｜衛生福利部｜v1.0
Last Amended: 2023-06-28
The authority and responsibilities of the central competent authority, municipal competent authorities, and county (city) competent authorities (hereinafter the “local competent authorities”) in the implementation of the matters stipulated herein shall be as follows: 1. The central competent authority: 1) Formulate policies and plans for communicable disease prevention and control including immunization, communicable disease prevention, epidemiological surveillance, case reporting, investigations, laboratory testing, management, quarantine, drills, mobilization by level, training, and stockpiling of pharmaceuticals, devices, and protective equipment. 2) Supervise, command, guide and assess local competent authorities in the execution of matters concerning communicable disease prevention and control. 3) Establish funds for compensating vaccine victims and related activities. 4) Conduct quarantines of international and specifically designated ports. 5) Organize international collaborative projects and exchanges on matters concerning communicable disease prevention and control. 6) Other matters deemed necessary by the central competent authority for disease control. 2. Local competent authorities: 1) Develop implementation plans and implement the plans according to the communicable disease control policies and plans formulated by the central competent authority, and locality-specific disease control practices, and report to the central competent authority for reference. 2) Implement various communicable disease control measures in the locality including public service matters such as immunization, prevention of communicable diseases, epidemiological surveillance, case reporting, investigations, laboratory testing, management, drills, mobilization by level, training, pharmaceutical, device and protective equipment stockpile, and house-isolation. 3) Conduct quarantine of ports in the locality and ports other than those mentioned in item 4 of the preceding Subparagraph. 4) Implement matters instructed or commissioned by the central competent authority. 5) Other matters that shall be implemented by local competent authorities. In implementing the matters mentioned in Subparagraph 2 of the preceding Paragraph, local competent authorities, when necessary, may request support from the central competent authority. For the implementation of matters concerning the quarantine of ports, competent authorities at various levels may commission other organizations (institutions) or groups to perform such implementation.