Medical Care Act Article 70
This English translation was last updated on 2023-06-28, but the Chinese text was amended on 2026-09-23. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.
Medical care institutions shall designate appropriate location and appoint personnel for the storage of medical records, which shall be retained for at least seven years. However, medical records of minors shall be retained for at least seven years after their coming of age, and medical records for human trials shall be retained indefinitely. Medical care institutions which cease practice due to certain reasons shall transfer the medical records to the successor for retentions in accordance with the law. In the absence of a successor, the patients or their agents may ask the medical care institution to turn over their medical records, while the rest of the records shall be retained for at least another six months before destruction.Where a medical care institution becomes unable to keep the medical records with justified reasons, the local competent authority will keep those records. Medical care institutions shall ensure that the destruction method of medical records which exceed retention period will not disclose the contents of the medical records.
中文原文 醫療法第70條
醫療機構之病歷，應指定適當場所及人員保管，並至少保存七年。
但未成年者之病歷，至少應保存至其成年後七年；人體試驗之病歷，應永久保存。
醫療機構因故未能繼續開業，其病歷應交由承接者依規定保存；無承接者時，病人或其代理人得要求醫療機構交付病歷；其餘病歷應繼續保存六個月以上，始得銷燬。
醫療機構具有正當理由無法保存病歷時，由地方主管機關保存。
醫療機構對於逾保存期限得銷燬之病歷，其銷燬方式應確保病歷內容無洩漏之虞。
但未成年者之病歷，至少應保存至其成年後七年；人體試驗之病歷，應永久保存。
醫療機構因故未能繼續開業，其病歷應交由承接者依規定保存；無承接者時，病人或其代理人得要求醫療機構交付病歷；其餘病歷應繼續保存六個月以上，始得銷燬。
醫療機構具有正當理由無法保存病歷時，由地方主管機關保存。
醫療機構對於逾保存期限得銷燬之病歷，其銷燬方式應確保病歷內容無洩漏之虞。