Communicable Disease Control Act Article 45

Patients with communicable diseases who are notified by the competent authorities to receive mandatory isolation care at designated isolation care institutions shall receive care in isolation wards according to instructions and shall not depart at will; for those who refuse to comply with such instructions, medical care institutions shall request local competent authorities to notify police authorities for assistance in the management of such cases.For patients under isolation care mentioned in the preceding Paragraph, competent authorities shall provide them with necessary care and assessment any time. After receiving treatment and assessment, when they are no longer considered in need of further isolation care, they shall be immediately discharged from their isolation care management, and a notice of discharge from isolation care shall be prepared within three days from the second day of discharge. The original notice shall be sent to the patient or their family, and a copy of the notice shall be sent to the isolation care institution.When the period of isolation care mentioned in the preceding Paragraph exceeds thirty days, local competent authorities shall, no later than every thirty days, invite two and more other specialists to reassess the need for further isolation care.