Dental Technicians Act Article 57

Persons who have obtained a dental laboratory technician registration certificate according to the Regulations Governing Dental Laboratory Technicians before the promulgation of this Act may continue to perform such work and continue to assist in the dental prosthetic work according to the instructions of a dentist or assistant dentist.Dental laboratory technicians mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall not practice unless they have joined a local trade association. Regulations governing the business registration, scope of business, business suspension, business closure, change of business place, issue, replacement and re-issue of business license, and other matters to be complied with by dental laboratory technicians shall be set forth by the central competent authority. A dental laboratory technician who performs services beyond the scope of business stipulated in Paragraph 1 hereof by performing oral medicine, oral surgery, treating dental diseases or rendering other medical services shall be subject to punishment stipulated in Article 28 of the Physicians Act, and shall have his or her registration certificate or business license annulled by the original issuing agency. A dental laboratory technician who violates the regulations governing the business registration, business license, business conduct or business place of dental laboratory technicians set forth by the central competent authority pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall be subject to a fine of not less than NT$10,000 and not more than NT$50,000, and shall be ordered to take remedial action within a prescribed time period. Violators who fail to take remedial action within the prescribed time period shall have business suspended for one month up to one year or have business license annulled.A dental laboratory technician shall not use a business name that tends to give others the impression of a dental clinic.