Mental Health Act Article 5

The local competent authority is in charge of the following matters within its jurisdiction:1. Planning, campaign, and implementation of protocols for promoting mental health;2. Planning, campaign, and implementation of mental illness prevention, treatment, and resource deployment;3. Implementation of patient economic security, social assistance, welfare services, long-term care and community support services;4. Implementation of the policies, laws and regulations, and protocols formulated by the central government for mental health promotion, mental illness prevention and treatment, patient services, and patient rights and interests protection;5. Planning, formulation, campaign, and implementation of policies, autonomous regulations, and protocols for the protection of patient rights and interests;6. Planning and implementation of training for professionals related to patient services;7. Implementation of patient protection services;8. Execution of patient family support services;9. Execution of mandatory hospitalization and mandatory community treatment for patients;10. Collection, establishment, compilation, statistics, and management of patient data;11. Supervision and assessment of various types of mental health care institutions;12. Other planning and supervision related to mental health promotion, mental illness prevention and treatment, patient services, and the protection of patient rights and interests.When local competent authorities handle the operations referred to in the preceding Paragraph, they shall integrate health, social administration, education, labor administration, police administration, firefighting services, and other related resources as needed.
中文原文 精神衛生法第5條
地方主管機關掌理轄區下列事項:
一、心理健康促進之方案規劃、宣導及執行。
二、精神疾病預防、治療與資源布建之規劃、宣導及執行。
三、病人經濟安全、社會救助、福利服務、長期照顧及社區支持服務之執行。
四、中央訂定之心理健康促進、精神疾病預防與治療、病人服務與權益保障政策、法規及方案之執行。
五、對病人權益保障政策、自治法規與方案之規劃、訂定、宣導及執行。
六、病人服務相關專業人員訓練之規劃及執行。
七、病人保護業務之執行。
八、病人家庭支持服務之執行。
九、病人強制住院治療及強制社區治療之執行。
十、病人資料之蒐集、建立、彙整、統計及管理。
十一、各類精神照護機構之督導及考核。
十二、其他有關心理健康促進、精神疾病預防與治療、病人服務與權益保障之策劃及督導。
地方主管機關辦理前項業務時,應視需要整合衛生、社政、教育、勞政、警政、消防及其他相關資源。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.