Preschool Educators’ Act Article 16

If any of the situations referred to in Article 12, Article 13, or Paragraph 1 of Article 14 pertains to a preschool educator, the municipal or county（city）competent authority and the educare service institution shall undertake related reporting, collection, checks, processing, and use of information in accordance with the regulations governing.Before appointing or employing any preschool educator, the educare service institution shall check whether any of the circumstances referred to in the provisions of Article 12, Article 13, or Paragraph 1 of Article 14 pertain to the person; educare service institutions shall also conduct checks of the preschool educators already appointed or employed on a regular basis.When assisting educare service institutions to undertake the checking referred to in the preceding paragraph, the competent authority may use the database of persons who have been subject to an administrative penalty that was compiled by the central competent social welfare authority, in accordance with the provisions of Article 20 of the Sexual Harassment Prevention Act and Article 97 of the Protection of Children and Youths Welfare and Rights Act.The regulations governing the determination referred to in Article 12, Article 13, and Paragraph 1 of Article 14, and the reporting, collection, checks conducted before and during the term of employment, processing, and use of information referred to in the preceding Article and the three preceding paragraphs, and other related matters shall be prescribed by the central competent authority.