Regulations for the Establishment, Approval and Management of Long-Term Care Institutions Article 36

If a long-term care institution providing the residential services defined in the Act has been established by a foundation or corporation in accordance with the Senior Citizens Welfare Act, Nursing Personnel Act or People with Disabilities Rights Protection Act before the implementation of the Act on June 3, 2017 meets the Standards for the Establishment of Long-term Care Institutions, it may be converted into a long-term care institution under the Act through application and the application to seek approval for preparation under Article 6 may be waived.To seek approval for the establishment of the institution under the previous paragraph, an application form shall be completed and the following documents and information shall be provided:1. Name and address of the institution, fee standards, service contracts, service scale, the name, registered address and mailing address of the representative and recto-verso photocopy of his/her national identification card.2. Representative’s affidavit that there is no event listed under Article 5 and criminal records from the police authority.3. Document of proof showing corporation registration and photocopy of the articles of incorporation or association.4. Original approval for establishment issued by the competent authority or document of proof showing business registration.5. Document of proof showing that inspection has been passed or improvement has been made before the deadline prescribed in the Regulations for Certification and Reporting of Building Public Safety Inspections. However, after the usage license has been acquired for the building, if the local construction authority gives notice of a date of initial inspection or reporting period after the approval date for establishment and if a document of proof has been acquired, such document of proof may be used instead.6. Document of proof showing latest reporting of the fire safety equipment inspection.7. Organizational structure, number of supervisors and staff members, scope of work, list of staff, and photocopies of their licenses and identification documents.8. List of facilities and equipment.9. Photocopy of a public liability insurance policy.10. Other documents and information prescribed by the municipal or county (city) competent authority.If the institution under the first paragraph has been providing home-based long-term care services or community-based long-term care services defined under Article 9 of the Act within the scope of institution registration, as recorded by the municipal or county (city) competent authority, before the implementation of the Act, in addition to the documents listed under the previous paragraph, the following documents and information shall also be submitted:1. Valid document of proof showing the municipal or county (city) competent authority’s approval for the provision of home-based or community-based long-term care services.2. If home services are provided, the area of service shall be specified; if such service area covers any other municipality or county (city), the document of consent from such municipal or county (city) competent authority shall be provided.3. Other documents and information prescribed by the municipal or county (city) competent authority.After the municipal or county (city) competent authority completes a review of the institution’s application to seek approval for establishment under the second paragraph, a certificate of approval for the establishment of a long-term care institution shall be issued and the original approval for establishment or document of proof showing business registration issued by the competent authority shall be cancelled.
中文原文 長期照顧服務機構設立許可及管理辦法第36條
財團法人及社團法人於本法中華民國一百零六年六月三日施行前,已依老人福利法、護理人員法及身心障礙者權益保障法附設本法所定機構住宿式長照服務之機構,符合長期照顧服務機構設立標準之規定者,得申請轉為本法所定長照機構,並免依第六條規定申請籌設許可。
前項機構申請長照機構設立許可,應填具申請書,並檢附下列文件、資料:
一、機構名稱、地址、收費基準、服務契約、服務規模及負責人姓名、戶籍與通訊地址、國民身分證正反面影本。
二、負責人無第五條各款規定之切結書及警察刑事紀錄證明。
三、法人登記證明文件及章程影本。
四、原經主管機關核發之設立許可或開業登記證明文件。
五、建築物公共安全檢查簽證及申報辦法所定期限內申報取得之查核合格或改善完竣證明文件。
但建築物取得使用執照後,經當地主管建築機關通知首次檢查及申報期間為申請設立許可日以後,並取得證明文件者,得以該證明文件替代之。
六、最近一次消防安全設備檢修申報證明文件。
七、組織架構、主管與工作人員人數、工作項目及工作人員名冊、證照與其身分證明文件影本。
八、設施、設備之項目。
九、投保公共意外責任保險之保險單影本。
十、其他經直轄市、縣(市)主管機關規定之文件、資料。
第一項機構於本法施行前,業經直轄市、縣(市)主管機關備查並於機構立案範圍內提供本法第九條所定居家式或社區式長期照顧服務者,除檢附前項所定文件外,應檢附下列文件、資料:
一、直轄市、縣(市)主管機關同意辦理居家式或社區式長期照顧服務之有效證明文件。
二、提供居家式服務者,其服務區域;該服務區域跨其他直轄市、縣(市)者,其經該直轄市、縣(市)主管機關同意之文件。
三、其他經直轄市、縣(市)主管機關規定之文件、資料。
第二項機構申請設立許可,經直轄市、縣(市)主管機關完成審核,應發給長照機構設立許可證書,並註銷原經主管機關核發之設立許可或開業登記證明文件。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.