Disaster Prevention and Protection Act Article 45

For National Health Insurance beneficiaries in disaster affected areas, their national health insurance fees, part of disaster-related medical expenses, and general food expenses during the hospitalization within a certain period of time after the disaster shall be supported by the central government and private donations. This applies to those who come from disaster-affected area and who are not covered by the National Health Insurance, where the disaster-related medical expenses and general food expenses during the hospitalization will be covered accordingly.Before disaster affected areas are announced, in the event of a large number of disaster-affected patients requiring treatment, the Ministry of Health and Welfare may designate a large-scale disaster-affected patient area. The disaster-affected people in this area seek medical treatment approved the provision in the preceding paragraph concerning the medical expenses and general food expenses during the hospitalization is applicable mutatis mutandis to disaster-affected patients.The qualification, conditions,duration of the applicable target as prescribed in Paragraph 1 and the delineation procedure of the area of large number of disaster-affected patients and other related matters shall be defined by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.