Mental Health Act Article 82

Under any of the following circumstances, a fine of no less than NT$30,000 and no more than NT$150,000 shall be imposed:1. A psychiatric institution violates the provisions of Paragraph 1 of Article 33 by unjustifiably detaining patients who have stabilized from illness conditions or recovered from their illness;2. Violations of provisions for the protection of patient rights and interests in Article 37, Article 39, or Paragraph 1 of Article 40;3. A medical institution violates the provisions in Paragraph 3 of Article 45 by failing to report information on severe patients to the local competent authority;4. A mental health care institution violates the provisions of Paragraph 1 of Article 52 by failing to notify the patient’s family or protector when a patient who is undergoing full-day hospitalization leaves the institution without permission or by failing to notify the local competent authority and the police department when a patient’s whereabouts are unknown.