Mental Health Act Article 59

Regarding severe patients harming others or themselves or having the danger of harm, whom specialist physicians have diagnosed to have the necessary full-day admission, their protectors shall assist the severe patients in going to psychiatric institutions for hospitalization arrangements.When the severe patients referred to in the preceding Paragraph refuse to accept full-day hospitalization, the local competent authorities may designate psychiatric institutions to enforce emergency placement and assign them to at least two specialist physicians designated by the local competent authorities for mandatory examination. However, in offshore islands or remote areas, the mandatory examination may be conducted by only one specialist physician.If the mandatory examination specified in the preceding Paragraph meets the criteria for emergency or special circumstances announced by the central competent authority, it may be conducted through equipment with mutual sound and image transmission functions.After the mandatory examination, if it is determined that full-day hospitalization is still necessary and the severe patients refuse or are unable to express their decision, the designated psychiatric institution must promptly complete the mandatory hospitalization basic information and reporting sheets. It shall also include the opinions of the severe patients and their guardians, along with other relevant diagnosis certificates, and petition the court for a ruling on mandatory hospitalization.