Taiwan Legislature Passes Child Care Services Act: "Supervision Cloud" Mandated, Child Abuse Fines Up to NT$600,000
Taiwan's Legislative Yuan today passed the Child Care Services Act, stipulating that child care personnel who commit physical or mental abuse or serious sexual harassment may face fines of up to NT$600,000. The act also mandates that child care institutions install surveillance equipment, retain footage for at least 30 days, and upload it to a government-built system.
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TAIPEI (CNA) – The Legislative Yuan today passed the third reading of the Child Care Services Act, which stipulates that child care personnel who commit physical or mental abuse or serious sexual harassment may be fined up to NT$600,000. The "Supervision Cloud" section requires child care institutions to install surveillance recording equipment, retain images for at least 30 days, and upload them to a system built by the competent authority.
Child care has received high attention due to the "Kaikai case." The Executive Yuan passed the draft Child Care Services Act in May last year, legislating separately for child care for children aged 0 to 2. Key points include adjusting the qualifications for home child care practitioners, strengthening the management of child care institutions, increasing diverse child care types, and strengthening mechanisms for handling inappropriate treatment.
After eight reviews by the Legislative Yuan's Social Welfare and Health Environment Committee and three cross-party consultations, the Legislative Yuan today passed the third reading of the Child Care Services Act.
The article stipulates that child care services should prioritize the best interests of children and provide high-quality, universal, affordable, and accessible child care services. The central competent authority is the Ministry of Health and Welfare, which should be responsible for planning national child care service policies and programs, regularly conducting child care needs surveys, and collecting national child care service basic data, including fee items and amounts.
The central competent authority should convene a child care advisory committee to integrate planning, coordination, consultation, and promotion of child care services, develop home child care human resources, and formulate home child care fees, refund items, and adjustment principles, as well as fees, refund items, and other child care service-related matters for child care institutions.
The article stipulates that those with child care professional qualifications should register with the local competent authority and obtain a home child care service certificate before providing home child care services. The local competent authority's supervision and inspection of home child care personnel shall not be evaded, obstructed, or refused by anyone; during inspection, children shall not be hidden under any pretext.
The principles for formulating and adjusting home child care service fees and refund items shall be announced by the central competent authority, and then the local competent authorities shall formulate child care service fees and refund standards by region, which shall be reviewed at least every two years; home child care personnel shall not collect fees other than the announced fees and refund items and their standard amounts.
Home child care personnel should sign a written contract with the legal guardian of the entrusted child regarding the rights and obligations of child care services. The relevant format and content shall be stipulated by the Ministry of Health and Welfare in a standardized contract template and its required and prohibited items. To protect the rights and interests of entrusted children, home child care personnel should complete professional liability insurance before the day of receiving the child.
Based on the protection of children's personal safety and the ability to ascertain relevant facts and ensure evidence preservation in the event of child abuse cases, to clarify responsibility, the third reading of the article stipulates that child care institutions should install surveillance recording equipment, properly manage recorded audio and video data, preserve it for at least 30 days, keep it confidential, and transmit it to the network system built by the local competent authority, and shall not evade, obstruct, or refuse. The central competent authority should subsidize local governments for building network systems.
Regarding penalties, if child care personnel commit physical or mental abuse of children, or serious corporal punishment, bullying, sexual harassment, inappropriate discipline, other physical or mental violence, or inappropriate treatment, the perpetrator will be fined NT$60,000 to NT$600,000 and their name and the name of their child care institution will be publicized.
Considering that unauthorized child care institutions may not be able to provide appropriate child care services in terms of environment, personnel qualifications, and child care quality, which may affect children's physical and mental development, the safety of the child care service environment is also a concern. The article stipulates that those who receive children without applying for permission to establish a child care institution will be fined NT$60,000 to NT$300,000 and ordered to stop receiving children.
If home child care personnel violate the provisions of the Child Care Services Act, in addition to penalties and requirements for improvement within a time limit, the article stipulates that violation points may be recorded based on the degree of harm to child care quality and child safety. If the number of violation points reaches a certain number within two years, new child care services may be suspended for a certain period; if new child care is suspended twice within five years and violations are recorded again, their registration will be revoked.
Based on the principle of protection of legitimate expectations, home child care personnel who have completed professional training courses for child care personnel and obtained a home child care service certificate before the implementation of the Child Care Services Act may continue to provide home child care services after the implementation of the Child Care Services Act. The implementation date of the Child Care Services Act shall be determined by the Executive Yuan.
Child care has received high attention due to the "Kaikai case." The Executive Yuan passed the draft Child Care Services Act in May last year, legislating separately for child care for children aged 0 to 2. Key points include adjusting the qualifications for home child care practitioners, strengthening the management of child care institutions, increasing diverse child care types, and strengthening mechanisms for handling inappropriate treatment.
After eight reviews by the Legislative Yuan's Social Welfare and Health Environment Committee and three cross-party consultations, the Legislative Yuan today passed the third reading of the Child Care Services Act.
The article stipulates that child care services should prioritize the best interests of children and provide high-quality, universal, affordable, and accessible child care services. The central competent authority is the Ministry of Health and Welfare, which should be responsible for planning national child care service policies and programs, regularly conducting child care needs surveys, and collecting national child care service basic data, including fee items and amounts.
The central competent authority should convene a child care advisory committee to integrate planning, coordination, consultation, and promotion of child care services, develop home child care human resources, and formulate home child care fees, refund items, and adjustment principles, as well as fees, refund items, and other child care service-related matters for child care institutions.
The article stipulates that those with child care professional qualifications should register with the local competent authority and obtain a home child care service certificate before providing home child care services. The local competent authority's supervision and inspection of home child care personnel shall not be evaded, obstructed, or refused by anyone; during inspection, children shall not be hidden under any pretext.
The principles for formulating and adjusting home child care service fees and refund items shall be announced by the central competent authority, and then the local competent authorities shall formulate child care service fees and refund standards by region, which shall be reviewed at least every two years; home child care personnel shall not collect fees other than the announced fees and refund items and their standard amounts.
Home child care personnel should sign a written contract with the legal guardian of the entrusted child regarding the rights and obligations of child care services. The relevant format and content shall be stipulated by the Ministry of Health and Welfare in a standardized contract template and its required and prohibited items. To protect the rights and interests of entrusted children, home child care personnel should complete professional liability insurance before the day of receiving the child.
Based on the protection of children's personal safety and the ability to ascertain relevant facts and ensure evidence preservation in the event of child abuse cases, to clarify responsibility, the third reading of the article stipulates that child care institutions should install surveillance recording equipment, properly manage recorded audio and video data, preserve it for at least 30 days, keep it confidential, and transmit it to the network system built by the local competent authority, and shall not evade, obstruct, or refuse. The central competent authority should subsidize local governments for building network systems.
Regarding penalties, if child care personnel commit physical or mental abuse of children, or serious corporal punishment, bullying, sexual harassment, inappropriate discipline, other physical or mental violence, or inappropriate treatment, the perpetrator will be fined NT$60,000 to NT$600,000 and their name and the name of their child care institution will be publicized.
Considering that unauthorized child care institutions may not be able to provide appropriate child care services in terms of environment, personnel qualifications, and child care quality, which may affect children's physical and mental development, the safety of the child care service environment is also a concern. The article stipulates that those who receive children without applying for permission to establish a child care institution will be fined NT$60,000 to NT$300,000 and ordered to stop receiving children.
If home child care personnel violate the provisions of the Child Care Services Act, in addition to penalties and requirements for improvement within a time limit, the article stipulates that violation points may be recorded based on the degree of harm to child care quality and child safety. If the number of violation points reaches a certain number within two years, new child care services may be suspended for a certain period; if new child care is suspended twice within five years and violations are recorded again, their registration will be revoked.
Based on the principle of protection of legitimate expectations, home child care personnel who have completed professional training courses for child care personnel and obtained a home child care service certificate before the implementation of the Child Care Services Act may continue to provide home child care services after the implementation of the Child Care Services Act. The implementation date of the Child Care Services Act shall be determined by the Executive Yuan.