Professionals and Technologists Examinations Act Enforcement Rules Article 3
This English translation was last updated on 2014-03-10, but the Chinese text was amended on 2019-09-20. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.
"Regional examinations" of Paragraph 1, Article 5 of this Act signify that the Ministry of Examination may set up examination venues local areas as necessary, depending on the number of examinees, the nature of the examination and manpower available to the government. "Staged examinations" refer to the same examination being administered in two or three sittings. Examinees may sit the first stage and following stages after graduation. Persons failing the first stage may not go on to sit the second, and persons failing the second stage may not participate in the third. Administrative matters of the different stages of the same examination are to be handled by the same Examination Administration Committee. "Staged examinations" may also be held in the form of two examinations, where the examinee may sit the first stage after passing all basic academic subjects or graduating. Persons qualifying in the first examination must graduate and complete an internship, pass technical proficiency tests or obtain a certain amount of work experience, depending on the category and subject, before they may go on to sit the second examination. Administrative matters of the two stages are handled by separate Board of Examiners. The "retainment period" of paragraph 2, Article 5 is calculated from the publishing date of the qualified examination in the relevant or equivalent subject to the day before the examination applied for.