Regulations Governing the National Health Insurance Medical Care Article 20
A beneficiary who is hospitalized shall stay in the Insurance ward.Where the grade of the ward in which he or she temporarily stays is lower than that of the Insurance ward, the beneficiarymay not request compensation forthe difference. Where a beneficiary stays in a ward whose grade is higher than that of the Insurance ward, the beneficiary may not request a subsidy for the difference.A contracted hospital shall first offer the Insurance ward to a beneficiary. Where a contracted hospital is unableto provide the Insurance ward due to the usage of the Insurance ward, it shall obtain consentfrom the beneficiary and inform the beneficiary of the differencefor which he or she has to pay before it arranges the beneficiary to stay in a non-Insurance ward. If there is an availablebed in the Insurance ward subsequently, the contracted hospital shall, without objection, transfer the beneficiary to the Insurance ward upon the beneficiary’s request.If a beneficiary refuses to pay for the difference of the ward, the contracted hospital shall transfer the beneficiary to another hospital or schedule an Insurance ward and notify the beneficiary to report to the hospital when the Insurance ward is available.
中文原文 全民健康保險醫療辦法第20條
保險對象住院，以保險病房為準；其暫住之病房等級低於保險病房時，不得要求補償差額；暫住之病房等級高於保險病房時，亦不得要求補助差額。
特約醫院應優先提供保險病房，因限於保險病房使用情形，無法提供保險病房時，應經保險對象同意，始得安排入住非保險病房，並應事先告知其應自付之病房費用差額；其後保險病房有空床時，特約醫院並應依保險對象之請求，將其轉入保險病房，不得拒絕。
保險對象不同意自付病房費用差額者，特約醫院應為其辦理轉院或另行排定及通知其入住保險病房。
特約醫院應優先提供保險病房，因限於保險病房使用情形，無法提供保險病房時，應經保險對象同意，始得安排入住非保險病房，並應事先告知其應自付之病房費用差額；其後保險病房有空床時，特約醫院並應依保險對象之請求，將其轉入保險病房，不得拒絕。
保險對象不同意自付病房費用差額者，特約醫院應為其辦理轉院或另行排定及通知其入住保險病房。