Table 1.

The Articles 49 to 53 in the FEPZs bill

Article	Descriptions
Article 49	The establishment of medical care corporations for medical tourism shall not be subject to the following restrictions: 1. Provisions of Article 49, Paragraph 1 of the Medical Care Act 2. Provisions of Article 50, Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Medical Care Act The capital contributions of members, the number of directors, and the proportion of medical personnel and foreigners serving as directors among the members of the medical care corporations mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be determined by the central health and welfare authority
Article 50	Medical tourism institutions may employ foreign medical personnel to practice within the institution, and the number or ratio of such foreign medical personnel employed shall be announced by the central health and welfare authority Foreign medical personnel mentioned in the preceding paragraph must be approved by the central health and welfare authority and are not subject to the requirement of holding a specialized professional certificate in the country. The qualifications, conditions, abolition and other management matters shall be determined by the central health and welfare authority Foreigners and foreign medical personnel covered by the preceding two paragraphs shall a not apply to residents of Hong Kong or Macao
Article 51	Domestic doctors who are not registered in medical tourism institutions are not allowed to perform medical services in medical tourism institutions However, this restriction does not apply to emergency situations, consultations, support between medical institutions, invited visits or with prior approval, and does not exceed the time limit stipulated by the central health and welfare authority
Article 52	Medical tourism institutions are not allowed to be contracted as healthcare service providers under the national health insurance
Article 53	Medical care corporations entitle operating medical tourism institutions shall pay an annual franchise fee to the central health and welfare authority based on a certain proportion of the total operating revenue from the previous year The commencement year for the payment of the franchise fee mentioned in the preceding paragraph, the percentage to be paid, the purpose and the ratio of each purpose shall be determined by the central health and welfare authority

Source: Ministry of Justice [79]. The original descriptions are in Mandarin and translated by the authors