Article 24
Medical care institutions shall be clean and orderly, and shall not impede public health and safety.
For the purpose of protecting patients’ safety when they seek medical care, no person shall hinder medical care practices and jeopardize medical safety or medical facilities by means of violence, coercion, intimidation, or other illegal methods.
Medical care institutions shall undertake necessary measures to ensure the safety of medical personnel when they practice medicine.
The police authority shall assist in eliminating or restraining violations of Paragraph 2. In case that criminal liabilities have arisen, such violations shall be referred to competent prosecutors for investigations.
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Article 106
Persons who violate the provisions of Paragraph 2 of Article 24 shall be subject to a fine between NT$30,000 and NT$50,000. Violations that involve criminal liabilities shall be referred to the juridical authority.
Persons who damage the life saving equipment in medical care institutions or other similar places and consequently endanger the life, body or health of others are subject to imprisonment for no more than three years, detention or a fine of no more than NT$300,000.
Persons who hinder medical personnel from carrying out medical care practices by means of violence or intimidation when medical personnel engage in medical care practices are subject to imprisonment for no more than three years, detention or a fine of no more than NT$300,000.
Those who commit the offense set forth in the preceding paragraph are subject to imprisonment for life or no less than seven years if their offense causes the death of medical personnel and imprisonment for no less than three years but no more than ten years if their offense causes serious injury to medical personnel.
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