Physician employment for foreigners

ryanrmd · February 11, 2004, 8:50am

does anyone know if there are any opportunities for a physician (ophthalmologist) from another country to work in taiwan?

seeker4 · July 12, 2005, 8:32am

About a year ago, I met a foreign guy and doctor who was working at one of the local hospitals. He seemed to be here in some temporary capacity. You might try asking at one of the medical universities in town (like the National Yang Ming Medical University in Tianmu). Unfortunately, I have no details about the guy.

Shawerma · July 17, 2005, 11:37pm

I read recently that Taiwan exported a significant amount of pharmaceuticals in the first half of this year: taipeitimes.com/News/biz/arc … 2003263491

It seems there would be plenty of opportunities in marketing in this area. Or maybe on the research side of things. Or maybe even work with patents.

Maybe I’m wrong, but it seems the local doctors would have set up barriers to prevent (or at least make it difficult for) overseas doctors from directly practicing here.

seeker4 · July 28, 2005, 6:54am

ryanrmd,

I had reason to be looking at the regulations related to hiring foreigners today, and ran across some info on the medical professions. A few relevant passages are below:

Article 26
Foreigners to be employed for medical and/or healthcare assignments in medical organizations should be qualified with one of the following:

Physical doctors that have obtained the certificate for medical profession issued by authority concerned at the central government level, herbalist doctor, dentists, pharmacist medical examiner, medical radiation specialist, physical therapist, licensed nurses, nutrition specialist, psychiatrist and respiratory system therapist.

Other medical specialists or technical personnel that are recognized as necessary for medical and health related businesses by the central competent authorities along with the specific authorities concerned at the central government level.

Article 27
Medical organizations specified in the previous Article should be within the following categories:

medical organizations

health-care organizations

pharmacists and pharmacies.

non-profit healthcare organizations.

5 .Other organizations allowed for foreigner-recruitment that recognized by the central competent authorities along with the specific authorities concerned at the central government level.

This information came from a website belonging to the Council of Labor Affairs: www2.evta.gov.tw/evta_wcf/Eng0003.htm# .