Aircraft Flight Operation Regulations Article 148
The person signing a maintenance release shall be either the holder of a valid CAA aircraft maintenance engineer certificate, or the holder of a valid mechanic license acceptable to CAA, and shall ensure that operations in regard to maintenance and maintenance release be conducted as authorized by General maintenance manual (GMM).The requirement of a maintenance release shall not be waived unless the request for waiver and pertinent procedures for such operation has been approved by CAA. Thereafter, under any one of the following conditions, and with no malfunction occurs to the aircraft, for the flight crew who have completed the approved training, the requirement of a maintenance release may be waived after the pilot-in-command (PIC) has conducted a transit check and recorded the completion of the check in the maintenance log book:1. The aircraft has been diverted to, or has made a technical landing at an alternate aerodrome where a person qualified to sign the maintenance release is not available.2. Helicopters performing special operations such as emergency fire fighting and search and rescue.3. Aircraft with a seating capacity of 19 passengers or less, departed from distant islands, such as the Cimei and Wan-an of Penghu County, the Lanyu and Lyudau of Taitung County, and other off-shore islands.
中文原文 航空器飛航作業管理規則第148條
航空器適航之簽證人員，應持有有效之航空器維修工程師檢定證或經民航局承認之有效檢定證，並依航空器維護能力手冊之權限，確實執行各項維護及簽放作業。
每項維護簽放紀錄內容應包括執行維護工作之依據及重點摘要、維護完工日期及簽放人員之簽署。
航空器使用人如已提出完整相關作業程序及完成飛航組員訓練並經民航局核准者，其航空器於無故障及下列情形之一時，得由機長於地面執行航空器飛航間檢查及於維護紀錄中記錄完成檢查後，得免執行適航簽放：
一、轉降或技術降落機場無合格適航簽證人員。
二、直昇機執行緊急消防、搜尋、救護等特種作業。
三、自澎湖縣之七美鄉、望安鄉、臺東縣之綠島鄉、蘭嶼鄉離島偏遠地區起飛，載客座位數十九座以下之航空器。
每項維護簽放紀錄內容應包括執行維護工作之依據及重點摘要、維護完工日期及簽放人員之簽署。
航空器使用人如已提出完整相關作業程序及完成飛航組員訓練並經民航局核准者，其航空器於無故障及下列情形之一時，得由機長於地面執行航空器飛航間檢查及於維護紀錄中記錄完成檢查後，得免執行適航簽放：
一、轉降或技術降落機場無合格適航簽證人員。
二、直昇機執行緊急消防、搜尋、救護等特種作業。
三、自澎湖縣之七美鄉、望安鄉、臺東縣之綠島鄉、蘭嶼鄉離島偏遠地區起飛，載客座位數十九座以下之航空器。