Taipei City Government , Department of Health Information

Taipei City was upgraded to a national municipality in 1967. However, when it was placed directly under the leadership of the Taiwan Provincial Government, the Department of Health, Taipei City Government (hereafter, referred to as "the Department") and its subordinate medical care institutions primarily followed the organizational framework of the Taipei City Health Bureau. In light of the need to keep up with international trends in health and medical care developments, as well as the need to be in sync with the restructuring of our national health organization, and to realize our goals of making Taipei into a healthy city by global standards, action was taken in 2003 and 2004 to review and reform the Department's organizational structure and its subordinate medical care institutions. This was done with an aim to establishing unified responsibility-sharing mechanisms that clearly defined and helped manage each department's authority and responsibilities, so as to allow existing personnel to upgrade their overall service efficiency. The Department was reorganized from seven sections and eight offices to five divisions and seven offices. Ten medical care institutions were integrated into Taipei City Hospital, and the 12 district health stations were restructured into 12 district health centers. The restructuring plan was reviewed and approved by the 9th City Council at its 8th meeting of the 10th interim meeting on July 7, 2004 under Fu-Fa-3 Order No. 09312728300, effective as of January 1, 2005. The organizational structure and framework of the Department was released by the Taipei City Government in the Fu-Fa-Tsung Order No. 10632045700 on June 29, 2017, and shall be effective starting from July 1, 2017. The Department has reorganized into 9 divisions and 6 offices.