Regulations Governing Management of Designated Psychiatric Care Institutions Article 6

A designated psychiatric institution may apply to the Local Competent Authority for its psychiatrists to become designated specialist physicians (hereinafter referred to as the “Designated Physician”).Psychiatrists at a non-designated institution may apply to the Local Competent Authority for becoming a Designated Physician.The applications under the preceding two paragraphs shall be announced by the Local Competent Authority once approved by that authority. The Local Competent Authority shall also submit the list of Designated Physicians to the central competent authority for the record.The qualification of the Designated Physician referred to in the preceding two paragraphs shall be valid for six (6) years, and may handle the matters specified in Article 14 within jurisdictions other than that of the Local Competent Authority which made the public announcement.Where the number of Designated Physicians is insufficient within its district, the Local Competent Authority may request other Local Competent Authorities to have the Designated Physicians within their districts support and assist in the matters set forth in Article 14 hereof.