The Organizational Act of The National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Health and Welfare


 * Article 1
 * The National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine (hereinafter referred to as NRICM) is established by the Ministry of Health and Welfare to carry out the research on Chinese medicine.


 * Article 2
 * NRICM shall be in charge of the following matters:
 * 1. To investigate theories of Chinese medicine and diagnostic criteria.
 * 2. To assess therapeutic efficacy by Chinese medicine based therapeutic technique.
 * 3. To study the origin, identification, preservation, and cultivation of Chinese material medica.
 * 4. To study the extraction, fractionation, purification, and structure determination of bioactive constituents from Chinese medicine, and matters related to medicinal chemistry.
 * 5. To evaluate pharmacology, toxicology, efficacy and safety-related issues of Chinese medicine.
 * 6. To study the standardization and quality control of Chinese medicine and related preparations.
 * 7. To collect, preserve, research on and develop for literature and classics of Chinese medicine.
 * 8. To train professionals, and establish international collaborations, in the field of Chinese medicine
 * 9. Other matters related to research of Chinese medicine.


 * Article 3
 * NRICM shall have one Director, ranked Senior 12th grade and will follow the precedent of appointing a candidate whose credentials include employment as university president (or higher) ; a Deputy Director is served by a Research Fellow.


 * Article 4
 * NRICM shall have one chief secretary, ranked Senior 10th grade.


 * Article 5
 * NRICM shall appoint Research Fellows, Associate Research Fellows, Assistant Research Fellows, and Research Assistants , following the relevant laws of Act of Governing the Appointment of University Faculty; including the retirement and compensation benefits following the relevant regulations of university faculty, all items of which shall be submitted to the Ministry of Health and Welfare for approval.


 * Article 6
 * The official ranks, grades and headcounts of personnel at the NRICM shall be regulated by a separate Personnel Establishment Table.


 * Article 7
 * This Act shall come into force on the date prescribed by the Executive Yuan.