Medical Care Act Article 24

Medical care institutions shall be clean and orderly, and shall not impede public health and safety.For the purpose of protecting patients’ safety when they seek medical care, no person shall hinder medical practices by means of violence, coercion, intimidation, public insults or other illegal methods.Medical care institutions shall undertake necessary measures to ensure the safety of medical personnel when they practice medicine.The police authority shall eliminate or restrain persons who violate the provisions of Paragraph 2. In case that criminal liabilities have arisen, such violations shall be referred to the competent juridical authority for investigation purposes.The central competent authority shall establish a reporting mechanism, and shall announce, on a regular basis, the details of any events set forth in Paragraph 2 when they occur in a medical care institution as well as the final results.