Regulations Governing Qualifications and Trainings of Professional Personnel of Children and Youth Welfare Institutes Article 24

Personnel who have obtained the professional personnel qualifications under the Regulations Regarding Qualifications of Children Welfare Professional Personnel prior to the enforcement of these regulations and who continue to hold the position thereafter shall be deemed as qualified under the provisions herein.Prior to the enforcement of the amendments to these regulations on April 21, 2026, personnel who obtained qualifications as social workers under the former version of these regulations by graduating with a junior college degree or above from a college, department, graduate institute, degree program, or academic division related to social work, child and youth welfare, or social welfare; obtaining a course-completion certificate for a credit program therefrom; or passing the senior civil service examination or an equivalent examination in one of the categories of social administration, and who are serving at a children and youth welfare institute, may continue to serve in their current position until they resign, transfer to another position, or are reassigned.Personnel described in the preceding two paragraphs must obtain the relevant qualifications under the provisions herein should they transfer to a different position or institute.Prior to the enforcement of the amendments to these regulations on April 21, 2026, personnel who completed the professional training for childcare providers or care and guidance personnel and thereby obtained qualifications as care givers or daily-life guidance personnel under the former version of these regulations shall be deemed as qualified care and guidance personnel; those who obtained qualifications as assistant care givers or assistant daily-life guidance personnel shall be deemed as qualified assistant care and guidance personnel.