Regulations Governing Accreditation of Teacher Qualifications at Junior Colleges and Institutions of Higher Education Article 46

This English translation was last updated on 2022-08-17, but the Chinese text was amended on 2023-08-30. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.

If the applicant's representative work is found to have been submitted without proper citation, duplicated without notation, or without notation that part of its content is a published work or publication, plagiarism, forgery, falsification, fraud, or improperly influencing the review of a dissertation by illegal or improper means, or any other violation of academic ethics, and the following paragraphs are met, the applicant shall be exempted from the penalty of not accepting their application for accreditation as a teacher in accordance with the provisions of the preceding two Articles:1. The work submitted for accreditation involves matters that are not part of the applicant's contribution, and the part of the contribution should be available for inspection and indicated before submission for accreditation.2. Through professional peer investigation, it was determined that the subject matter of the submitted work was not part of the applicant's academic field of expertise.3. Through professional peer investigation, it is determined that the applicant is not a significant author or project leader of the submitted work.If the applicant's reference work is found to have one of the circumstances specified in the previous paragraph and meets the requirements of the previous Paragraph 1 and 2, the applicant shall be exempted from the penalty of not accepting their application for teacher accreditation in accordance with the provisions of the previous Article 2.If the applicant's reference work is found to have one of the circumstances specified in the first preface and meets the provisions of the subparagraphs of paragraph 1, the following provisions may be followed after the exclusion of the reference work:1. Cases under review: Renewal of Teacher Accreditation Review.2. Qualified cases: If the case of an approved institution meets the requirements at the time of submission for review and the result of the external review after consideration by the institution's educational evaluation committee; if the case of a non-approved institution meets the requirements at the time of submission for review and the result of the external review after the institution's report to the Ministry, the applicant is exempted from the penalty of revocation of teaching accreditation in accordance with Paragraph 1 of the previous Article.
中文原文 專科以上學校教師資格審定辦法第46條
送審人之代表作經審議認定有未適當引註、未註明而重複發表、未註明其部分內容為已發表之成果或著作、抄襲、造假、變造、舞弊、以違法或不當手段影響論文之審查或其他違反學術倫理情事之一,且符合下列各款規定者,免依前二條規定為不受理其教師資格審定申請之處分:
一、送審著作所涉情事非屬送審人之貢獻部分,且其貢獻部分應可供查對,並於送審前表明。
二、經專業同儕調查認定,送審著作所涉情事部分非送審人所屬之學術專業領域。
三、經專業同儕調查認定,送審人非送審著作之重要作者或計畫主持人。
送審人之參考作經認定有前項序文所定情事之一,且符合前項第一款及第二款規定者,免依前二條規定為不受理其教師資格審定申請之處分。
送審人之參考作經認定有第一項序文所定情事之一,且符合第一項各款規定者,得於排除該參考作後,依下列規定辦理:
一、尚於審查階段之案件:續行教師資格審查。
二、已審定合格案件:認可學校之案件經學校教評會審議符合送審時規定及外審結果合格者;非認可學校之案件經學校報本部認定符合送審時規定及外審結果合格者,免依前條第一款規定為撤銷教師資格之處分。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.