Organization and Operation Regulations of the Professional Engineer Discipline Committee and the Professional Engineer Discipline Retrial Committee Article 10
Under any of the following circumstances, the member of the discipline committee shall withdraw himself/herself and is thus prohibited from review, discussion, and decision-making of all related cases:1. Where the member or his/her spouse , ex-spouse, relatives by blood within four degrees, relatives by marriage within three degrees, or former relatives in preceding relationship is the subject professional engineer;2. Where the entitlement or the obligation of the case or the subject professional engineer is shared by the committee member or the member's spouse or ex-spouse;3. Where the member is or was the subject professional engineer's litigation agent or assistant;4. Where the member is or was the private prosecutor, plaintiff, whistleblower, witness, defense attorney, or expert witness in any litigation cases that involves the subject professional engineer; and5. Where the member is a colleague of the subject professional engineer, or was a colleague of the subject professional engineer within the past three years.Under any of the following circumstances, the member of the discipline committee can be ordered in accordance with the decision made by the committee to withdraw:1. Where the member is knowingly involved in any of the circumstances listed in the preceding paragraph and fails to withdraw; or2. Where there are other circumstances indicating that the member cannot be impartial in performing the duties.If the withdrawal member referred to representative of professional engineer association in the preceding two paragraphs is selected according to Subparagraph 1 of Paragraph 1 of Article 5, the replacement member shall be selected in compliance with Paragraph 2 of Article 5 and Paragraph 3 of Article 7 If all representatives from the same branch of profession in the recommended list shall withdraw or fail to meet the necessary number of people because of avoidance, a representative from another branch of profession may be selected.
中文原文 技師懲戒委員會及技師懲戒覆審委員會組織及審議規則第10條
懲戒委員會委員有下列情形之一者，應自行迴避，不得參與相關案件之審查、討論及決議：
一、本人或其配偶、前配偶、四親等內之血親或三親等內之姻親或曾有此關係者為被付懲戒之技師。
二、本人或其配偶、前配偶，就該案件與被付懲戒之技師有共同權利人或共同義務人之關係。
三、現為或曾為被付懲戒技師之代理人或輔佐人。
四、現為或曾為被付懲戒技師訴訟案件之自訴人、告訴人、告發人、證人、辯護人或鑑定人。
五、現與被付懲戒之技師任職同一機構或最近三年內曾任職同一機構。
懲戒委員會委員有下列情形之一者，得經懲戒委員會決議命其迴避：
一、有前項情形而不自行迴避。
二、有前項以外情形，足認其執行職務有偏頗之虞。
依前二項規定迴避之委員，如為第五條第一項第一款技師公會代表者，依第五條第二項及第七條第三款規定另擇定人員擔任之。
但推薦名單之同科別技師均需迴避或因迴避不足所需人數時，得另擇定其他科別技師擔任。
一、本人或其配偶、前配偶、四親等內之血親或三親等內之姻親或曾有此關係者為被付懲戒之技師。
二、本人或其配偶、前配偶，就該案件與被付懲戒之技師有共同權利人或共同義務人之關係。
三、現為或曾為被付懲戒技師之代理人或輔佐人。
四、現為或曾為被付懲戒技師訴訟案件之自訴人、告訴人、告發人、證人、辯護人或鑑定人。
五、現與被付懲戒之技師任職同一機構或最近三年內曾任職同一機構。
懲戒委員會委員有下列情形之一者，得經懲戒委員會決議命其迴避：
一、有前項情形而不自行迴避。
二、有前項以外情形，足認其執行職務有偏頗之虞。
依前二項規定迴避之委員，如為第五條第一項第一款技師公會代表者，依第五條第二項及第七條第三款規定另擇定人員擔任之。
但推薦名單之同科別技師均需迴避或因迴避不足所需人數時，得另擇定其他科別技師擔任。