Prison Act Article 49
Prisons should monitor the physical and mental conditions of inmates and manage their medical treatment, preventive healthcare, screening, prevention of communicable diseases, and food hygiene.A prison may, based on its size, the people it holds and their characteristics, deploy medical personnel within the scope permitted by available resources to provide consulting services during nighttime and on holidays for determining whether to escort an inmate to medical services outside the prison.A prison may entrust medical institutions or other professional institutions to handle the operations in two preceding paragraphs.Medical institutions under the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Ministry of Education, Ministry of National Defense, Veterans Affairs Council, or municipal or county (city) government shall assist prisons in undertaking operations specified in Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 2.Health authorities shall regularly supervise, coordinate, and assist in improving operations specified in four preceding paragraphs. The prisons shall also coordinate with the local health authority of health in undertaking those operations.
中文原文 監獄行刑法第49條
監獄應掌握受刑人身心狀況，辦理受刑人疾病醫療、預防保健、篩檢、傳染病防治及飲食衛生等事項。
監獄依其規模及收容對象、特性，得在資源可及範圍內備置相關醫事人員，於夜間及假日為戒護外醫之諮詢判斷。
前二項業務，監獄得委由醫療機構或其他專業機構辦理。
衛生福利部、教育部、國防部、國軍退除役官兵輔導委員會、直轄市或縣（市）政府所屬之醫療機構，應協助監獄辦理第一項及第二項業務。
衛生主管機關應定期督導、協調、協助改善前四項業務，監獄並應協調所在地之衛生主管機關辦理之。
監獄依其規模及收容對象、特性，得在資源可及範圍內備置相關醫事人員，於夜間及假日為戒護外醫之諮詢判斷。
前二項業務，監獄得委由醫療機構或其他專業機構辦理。
衛生福利部、教育部、國防部、國軍退除役官兵輔導委員會、直轄市或縣（市）政府所屬之醫療機構，應協助監獄辦理第一項及第二項業務。
衛生主管機關應定期督導、協調、協助改善前四項業務，監獄並應協調所在地之衛生主管機關辦理之。