This Act establishes a legal foundation for the professionalization of plant doctors, allowing them to offer crop health diagnostic services to farmers, strengthen the workforce for plant pest and disease prevention and control, elevate plant protection standards, enhance plant quarantine and high-risk pesticide management, and promote sustainable ecological development. The Act’s provisions cover the following: Requirements for obtaining qualifications as a plant doctor, reasons for disqualification, and grounds for revocation or suspension of plant doctor certificates; Scope of practice, application for practice licenses, and matters related to registration; Mandatory membership in a professional association for those practicing, record-keeping requirements for diagnosis, and compliance with directives from regulatory authorities regarding pest and disease control; Licensing requirements for plant diagnosis institutions, advertising standards for both institutions and plant doctors; The role of regulatory bodies in guiding and supervising professional associations; Penalties for violations; etc.
Taiwan Province of China · 2024-08-07