Mental Health Act Article 22

A mental health rehabilitation institution shall designate one person as its responsible person and may employ medical personnel or social workers as needed.The medical personnel referred to in the preceding Paragraph shall register for practice in accordance with respective medical personnel laws and regulations. Social workers shall register for practice in accordance with the Social Worker Act.Relevant personnel in mental health rehabilitation institutions shall create records when practicing duties. If the records are created and stored in electronic format, the personnel may be exempt from creating additional written forms.The central competent authority shall conduct accreditation of mental health rehabilitation institutions. The local competent authority shall periodically supervise and assess the operations of mental health rehabilitation institutions within its jurisdiction.Mental health rehabilitation institutions shall not evade, obstruct, or refuse accreditation, supervision, and assessments referred to in the preceding Paragraph.When necessary, the accreditations, supervision, and assessments referred to in Paragraph 4 may be commissioned to relevant organizations or institutions.The establishment or expansion of mental rehabilitation institutions shall require an application for a permit from the local competent authority. The conditions and procedures for application permissions, qualifications of applicants and responsible parties, review procedures and criteria, restrictions, and management; the method and content of producing business records as mentioned in Paragraph 3; as well as the methods for evaluation, supervision, assessment, and other compliance matters indicated in Paragraph 4 shall be determined by the central competent authority.