Enforcement Rules of the Communicable Disease Control Act Article 16

For the need of the control of communicable diseases, the central competent authority may entrust its subordinate Center for Disease Control to conduct the following matters:1. Matters concerning the management of infectious biological materials and bio safety of laboratories according to the regulations of Article 34 of the Act; 2. In accordance with the regulations of Paragraph 4, Article 39 of the Act, require medical institutions, physicians, or forensic medicine physicians to provide within a definite time, relevant information of patients of communicable diseases or cases showing adverse reaction due to potential hazards of immunization; 3. The collection of specimens for testing of communicable diseases in Subparagraph 1, Paragraph 1 of Article 46 of the Act, and the relevant inspection authority management provisions of Subparagraph 2, Paragraph 1 of Article 46 of the Act.4. Conduct matters related to the pathological autopsy examinations of remains died of communicable diseases or suspected communicable diseases or of suspected death due to hazards of immunization in accordance with regulations of Paragraph 2, Paragraph 3, Article 50 of the Act; 5. Conduct matters related to the quarantine of international and designated special ports in accordance with regulations of Article 58 through Article 60 of the Act.