Enforcement Rules of the Communicable Disease Control Act Article 13

Medical institutions, when performing disinfection or other necessary treatments in accordance with regulations of Paragraph 1, Article 50 of the Act, shall follow relevant regulations of infection control; remains of persons who have died of communicable diseases or suspected communicable diseases shall be given terminal disinfection; personnel concerned shall wear personal protection robes and devices to prevent infection during the course of nursing care at deathbed, terminal disinfection, transportation of remains, pathological autopsy, and putting the corpse in the coffin.The same applies to competent authorities handling remains of persons in community who have died of communicable diseases or suspected communicable diseases.The remains of persons mentioned in the above Paragraph, if they have died of suspected communicable diseases of Category 1 or emerging communicable diseases, shall first be wrapped in protective corpse bags, kept at adequate place and properly iced, and handled as soon as possible.