Building Act Article 13
The building designers and supervisors mentioned in this Code shall be the legally registered architects. Except for the buildings lower than 5 storeys and not used for the public, the architect shall have coordinated with registered structure and equipment engineers, and the architect shall assume the joint liabilities.The designers and supervisors of public-owned buildings shall be assumed by the persons who have legally qualified architect or industrial technician certificates and work in the proprietor government departments, public-operated institutions, or autonomous organizations.Where the registered architects and professional industrial technicians unable to the local requirements, the county (city) government may be freed from the restrictions of the above two paragraphs with the approval of the Ministry of the Interior.
中文原文 建築法第13條
本法所稱建築物設計人及監造人為建築師，以依法登記開業之建築師為限。
但有關建築物結構及設備等專業工程部分，除五層以下非供公眾使用之建築物外，應由承辦建築師交由依法登記開業之專業工業技師負責辦理，建築師並負連帶責任。
公有建築物之設計人及監造人，得由起造之政府機關、公營事業機構或自治團體內，依法取得建築師或專業工業技師證書者任之。
開業建築師及專業工業技師不能適應各該地方之需要時，縣（市）政府得報經內政部核准，不受前二項之限制。
但有關建築物結構及設備等專業工程部分，除五層以下非供公眾使用之建築物外，應由承辦建築師交由依法登記開業之專業工業技師負責辦理，建築師並負連帶責任。
公有建築物之設計人及監造人，得由起造之政府機關、公營事業機構或自治團體內，依法取得建築師或專業工業技師證書者任之。
開業建築師及專業工業技師不能適應各該地方之需要時，縣（市）政府得報經內政部核准，不受前二項之限制。