Regulations Governing Implementation and Inspection of Infection Control Measures in Long-term Care and Correction Organizations (Institutions) and Places Article 4

An organization (institution) or place shall assign a dedicated infection control officer (hereafter referred to as "dedicated officer") to take charge of promoting the infection control operation of the organization (institution) or place in accordance with the infection control plan mentioned in the preceding article, calling relevant meetings regularly and keeping related records for future reference.The dedicated officer shall be a full-time staff within the establishment and meet one of the following qualification requirements:1. Having graduated from a junior college or higher with a degree in medicine, nursing, public health, rehabilitation or other related fields and having taken at least 20 hours of classes in infection control or having had at least one year of work experience in infection control.2. Having graduated from a junior college or higher with a degree in a field other than any of the fields mentioned in the preceding subparagraph, having taken at least 20 hours of classes in infection control and having had at least one year of work experience in infection control.3. Having graduated from the nursing or the obstetric nursing department of a senior vocational school (prior to education reform), having taken at least 20 hours of classes in infection control and having had at least six months of work experience in infection control.4.Having graduated from a senior high school or a division of a senior vocational school (before reform) other than any of the divisions mentioned in the preceding subparagraph, having taken at least 30 hours of infection control courses and having at least two years of work experience in infection control.