Regulations Governing Contracting and Management of the National Health Insurance Contracted Medical Care Institutions Article 5

The medical care institution or the responsible medical personnel applying to be a contractor will be disqualified in five years should any of the following circumstances occur:1. The institution at the same address sees its franchise contract suspended or terminated twice or more within the last five years;2. The franchise contract is suspended or terminated again within five years after the completion of the previous franchise contract termination;3. The franchise contract is terminated or will be terminated for the second time within five years after the completion of the previous contract termination.No contract shall be granted to any applicant should any of the above situations repeat within five years of being given the contract.It is possible to suspend the contract to specific service items or categories of a medical care institution if the Insurer deems such service items or categories to violate the Insurance’s provisions based on on-site investigations or if there are factual violations of the Insurance’s provisions and the situation of violation or related facts sustained.No contract shall be granted within five years after the five suspensions or terminations of specific service items or categories or three suspensions or terminations of the same service item or category within five years in pursuant to the situations described in each Subparagraph of Paragraph 1.