National Pension Act Article 33

Insured persons qualify for one of the following and are entitled to apply for mentally/physically disability pension payment according to the rules.1. The insured persons were harmed or had suffered from disease before but with current symptoms remain stable after the termination of treatment. No improvement is expected, and the treatment will not be continued. Additionally, the insured persons have to be diagnosed as having severe mentally/physically disability without the capability to work by qualified hospitals evaluated by central health care competent authority.2. The insured persons still have not yet recovered from the disease or harm suffered during the Insurance period after more than one year of treatment. The after-effect of suffering from severe mentally/physically disability was diagnosed as never to be recovered and no capability to work by qualified hospitals.After being diagnosed with severe mentally/physically disability with no capability to work, the insured persons can only pick one to apply for payments if they also qualify for related social insurance regulations.The regulations for relative stipulate such as valuation standards of the types, items, status, and treatment period for the insured persons diagnosed as having severe mentally/physically disability with no capability to work as stipulated in Paragraph 1 and documents needed to apply for mentally/physically disability pension payments shall be drawn jointly by the central competent authority and the central competent authority in charge of health care.