Regulations Governing Contracting and Management of the National Health Insurance Contracted Medical Care Institutions Article 7

The Insurer shall conclude franchise contracts with contracted medical care institutions that have passed the review of their application for contracting according to the principles set out in Article 2.The abovementioned contracts shall be in standard form, and their contents shall be reviewed once every year. Any amendment shall be applicable to the following contractual renewals.Where the circumstances set forth in Articles 38, 39, 40, or 47 are not applicable to medical personnel or practicing physicians, pharmacists (assistant pharmacists), physical therapists (physical therapy technicians), occupational therapists (assistant occupational therapists), medical technologists (medical technicians) and medical radiation technologists (medical radiological technicians) of a medical care institution within five years from the application date for contracting, the effective date of contracting may be fixed retrospectively to the date of the practicing license issued for the medical care institution if the application date is within fifteen working days from the issuance of the said practicing license. 3