Enforcement Regulations Governing the Central Epidemics Command Center Article 2

If the central competent authority, acting upon regulations of Paragraph 1, Article 17 of the Act, by judging the severity of the epidemic situations in the country and abroad, decides it necessary, may make concrete recommendations on mobilization for disease control, and submit to the Executive Yuan for approval for the establishment of a central epidemics command center (hereafter referred to as the Center), and appoint a commanding officer.The severity of the epidemic situations mentioned in the preceding Paragraph refers to the epidemics of major communicable diseases, attacks of biological pathogenic agents, or conditions judged by the central competent authority requiring mobilization to meet emergencies.