Pharmaceutical Affairs Act Article 57
The medicaments shall be manufactured by medicament manufacturing factories. Any medicament manufacturing factory shall be established pursuant to the Standards for Medicament Factory Establishment and shall carry out factory registration pursuant to the Factory Management Act, except when exemption from factory registration is allowed pursuant to the Factory Management Act or if such manufacture, as approved by the central competent health authority, is for research and development purposes.For purposes of medicament manufacture, the factory facilities, equipment, organization and personnel, production, quality control, storage, logistics, handling of customer complaints, and other matters requiring compliance shall comply with the Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practice Regulations; the manufacture may only begin after the central competent health authority has completed its inspection and granted approval and the medicament manufacture license has been obtained. These restrictions do not apply to manufacturers of medical devices that, per a public announcement by the central competent health authority, do not need to comply with the Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practice Regulations.A pharmaceutical firm that has met the requirements of the preceding paragraph and obtained the medicament manufacture license may pay the corresponding application fees to apply for certificates with the central competent health authority.The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs shall apply mutatis mutandis to overseas manufacturing factories importing medicaments, and the central competent health authority shall send personnel overseas to inspect such foreign manufacturing factories on a periodical basis or as necessary.The Standards for Medicament Factory Establishment of paragraph 1 shall be jointly prescribed by the central competent health authority and the central competent industry authority. The Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practice Regulations of paragraph 2 shall be prescribed by the central competent health authority.The medicament manufacture license of paragraph 2, the application requirements, review procedures and criteria, approval and issuance, validity period, revocation, return, and cancellation of the certificates of paragraph 3, and other matters requiring compliance shall be prescribed by the central competent health authority.
中文原文 藥事法第57條
製造藥物，應由藥物製造工廠為之；藥物製造工廠，應依藥物製造工廠設廠標準設立，並依工廠管理輔導法規定，辦理工廠登記。
但依工廠管理輔導法規定免辦理工廠登記，或經中央衛生主管機關核准為研發而製造者，不在此限。
藥物製造，其廠房設施、設備、組織與人事、生產、品質管制、儲存、運銷、客戶申訴及其他應遵行事項，應符合藥物優良製造準則之規定，並經中央衛生主管機關檢查合格，取得藥物製造許可後，始得製造。
但經中央衛生主管機關公告無需符合藥物優良製造準則之醫療器材製造業者，不在此限。
符合前項規定，取得藥物製造許可之藥商，得繳納費用，向中央衛生主管機關申領證明文件。
輸入藥物之國外製造廠，準用前二項規定，並由中央衛生主管機關定期或依實際需要赴國外製造廠檢查之。
第一項藥物製造工廠設廠標準，由中央衛生主管機關會同中央工業主管機關定之；第二項藥物優良製造準則，由中央衛生主管機關定之。
第二項藥物製造許可與第三項證明文件之申請條件、審查程序與基準、核發、效期、廢止、返還、註銷及其他應遵行事項之辦法，由中央衛生主管機關定之。
但依工廠管理輔導法規定免辦理工廠登記，或經中央衛生主管機關核准為研發而製造者，不在此限。
藥物製造，其廠房設施、設備、組織與人事、生產、品質管制、儲存、運銷、客戶申訴及其他應遵行事項，應符合藥物優良製造準則之規定，並經中央衛生主管機關檢查合格，取得藥物製造許可後，始得製造。
但經中央衛生主管機關公告無需符合藥物優良製造準則之醫療器材製造業者，不在此限。
符合前項規定，取得藥物製造許可之藥商，得繳納費用，向中央衛生主管機關申領證明文件。
輸入藥物之國外製造廠，準用前二項規定，並由中央衛生主管機關定期或依實際需要赴國外製造廠檢查之。
第一項藥物製造工廠設廠標準，由中央衛生主管機關會同中央工業主管機關定之；第二項藥物優良製造準則，由中央衛生主管機關定之。
第二項藥物製造許可與第三項證明文件之申請條件、審查程序與基準、核發、效期、廢止、返還、註銷及其他應遵行事項之辦法，由中央衛生主管機關定之。