Regulations Governing Accreditation of Teacher Qualifications at Junior Colleges and Institutions of Higher Education Article 23

If the representative work referred to in the provisions of Article 21 Paragraph 1 Subparagraph 3 has been co-authored by several people, only one of the co-authors may submit that work for an accreditation review; the other persons shall relinquish their right to submit that academic work, creative work, evidence of achievements, or technical report（s）as a representative work for a review of their own individual eligibility for an accreditation. The applicant shall specify in writing the part（s）of the work in which they participated, and the other co-author（s）shall sign and certify the written statement, unless one of the following circumstances applies:1. The applicant is an academician at Academia Sinica and is exempt from having to submit any co-author’s signed certification.2. The applicant is the first author or the author for correspondence（communication）and is exempted from submitting a co-author’s signed certification for any overseas co-author who was not the first author and was not the author for correspondence（communication）.When for some reason any co-author referred to in the previous paragraph is unable to provide their co-author’s signature and certification, the applicant shall specify in writing the part in which that co-author participated and the reason（s）why their signature and certification cannot be obtained and submit these explanations to the institution-level teacher evaluation committee handling the review for its consideration, and if the level teacher evaluation committee agrees, the applicant is permitted to not attach that co-author’s signature and certification.