Social Worker Act Article 17-3

Disciplinary actions imposed on social workers shall be handled by the social worker disciplinary committee.The social worker disciplinary committee shall notify the social worker subject to disciplinary action of the referred case and require the social worker to submit a defense or appear in person to make a statement within 20 days from the day following the delivery of the notice or on a designated date. If the defense is not timely submitted or a statement is not made to the committee on time, the social worker disciplinary committee may enter into a resolution at the discretion of the committee.If the disciplined party objects to the resolution made by the social worker disciplinary committee, an appeal may be filed with the social worker disciplinary appeal committee within 20 days from the day following the service of the written resolution.Disciplinary resolutions made by the social worker disciplinary committee and the social worker disciplinary appeal committee shall be forwarded to the competent authority with jurisdiction for execution.The members of the social worker disciplinary committee and the social worker disciplinary appeal committee shall be appointed by selection from experts and scholars in the fields of social work and law as well as members of the society who are not legislative representatives, in which legal experts and scholars and members of the society shall not constitute less than one-third (1/3) of all members.The social worker disciplinary committee shall be established by the competent authority of the central, municipal, or county (city). The social worker disciplinary appeal committee shall be established by the central competent authority. The procedures of establishment, organization, meetings, discipline, appeal, and the rules of other matters shall be established by the central competent authority.