Railway Act Article 56-4
Railway institutions shall adopt such measures necessary to ensure the safety of their employees when said employees carry out railway business, and shall effectively train and administrate employees so that they possess railway expertise and abilities of safety operation, response to maintaining safety, assistance in sanitation and disease prevention, as well as exact understanding and strict obedience of all railway laws. Before newly-acquired locomotives and vehicles, or safety related operating equipment, auxiliary equipment for maintaining safety, auxiliary equipment for sanitation and disease prevention, or technologies are deemed ready for operation, they shall follow the same aforementioned regulations.Railway institutions shall execute pre-assigned inspections, periodical inspections and unscheduled inspections of operating personnel regarding their ability, physical and spiritual status. In case an employee is deemed unqualified, that employee shall not be assigned, or else shall be temporarily terminated or have his duty adjusted.The rules regarding definitions, necessary trainings, skill examinations, physical and spiritual inspections, executing methods, items, periods, qualification criteria, handling of unqualified employees and other relevant matters of railway employees and operating personnel in the preceding two paragraphs, shall be provided by the MOTC.
中文原文 鐵路法第56-4條
鐵路機構應有效訓練及管理從業人員，使其具備鐵路專業、作業安全、維安應變及衛生防疫輔助技能，並確切瞭解及嚴格遵守鐵路法令。
於新進機車車輛或涉及安全之行車設備、維安輔助設備、衛生防疫輔助設備或技術投入營運前，亦同。
鐵路機構應對行車人員之技能、體格及精神狀態，施行派任前檢查、定期檢查及臨時檢查；經檢查不合基準者，不得派任。
已派任者，應暫停或調整其職務。
前項鐵路行車人員之定義、應實施之訓練、技能檢定、體格與精神狀態檢查、實施之方式、項目、週期、合格基準與不合格時之處理及其他應遵行事項之規則，由交通部定之。
於新進機車車輛或涉及安全之行車設備、維安輔助設備、衛生防疫輔助設備或技術投入營運前，亦同。
鐵路機構應對行車人員之技能、體格及精神狀態，施行派任前檢查、定期檢查及臨時檢查；經檢查不合基準者，不得派任。
已派任者，應暫停或調整其職務。
前項鐵路行車人員之定義、應實施之訓練、技能檢定、體格與精神狀態檢查、實施之方式、項目、週期、合格基準與不合格時之處理及其他應遵行事項之規則，由交通部定之。