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8. Applicant units: Incorporated foundations or non-profit associations that have been legally established or registered for a minimum of five years.

9. As part of an application to the ministry to become a trial unit, applicant units must submit the following documents during the announced period:
(1)Application form (see Attachment 1).
(2)Diverse Companionship and Care Services Program Proposal (see Attachment 2).
(3)The legal entity or organization's articles of incorporation, certificate of legal establishment or registration, or photocopies of permits, or certified certification from the competent authority of the target industry, together with certified documentation of relevant service experience or practical performance.
(4)If planning to commission a private employment service agency, the following documents pertaining to the agency must be submitted:
1. Photocopy of the employment service agency's permit.
2. Certification of evaluation showing that in the five-year period preceding the date of application results were consistently classified as grade A in accordance with regulations or provide proof of exemption from evaluation due to outstanding performance.
(5)Certified documentation showing the qualifications in medical care, care worker staff management, bilingual foreign worker translation and accommodation management, financial affairs, business administration, and information skills of professional service management team members.

10. The ministry may form an evaluation committee to assess written materials provided by the applicant based on the following criteria:
(1)The organization's charitable nature and record of achievements.
(2)Service content and fee standards.
(3)Organizational professionalism.
(4)Mechanisms to guarantee service quality.
(5)Employment management, training, and support planning for foreign care workers.
(6)Innovative practices.
The aforementioned evaluation committee will consist of 7 to 9 members, including:
(1)Representatives from relevant government agencies.
(2)Representatives from labor and employer groups.
(3)Experts or representatives from the social welfare or healthcare fields.
(4)Representatives from private employment service agency associations or unions.
The evaluation committee must adhere to the following recusal regulations:
(1)Members who meet any of the conditions detailed in Article 32 of the Administrative Procedure Act must recuse themselves.
(2)Members may not participate in the evaluation of applications from legal entities, groups or individuals with whom they have a personal interest.
The evaluation committee will convene a meeting to review written materials submitted by applicants and ask questions, score and rank the applicant (see Attachment 3). A total score of 70 or higher is required for an applicant to be considered qualified. The ministry will approve qualified applicants as trial units based on needs and notify them in writing. However, if a committee member fails to recuse him or herself when required, as detailed above, the ministry can revoke the evaluation result notification.
The evaluation process in the preceding paragraph will be governed by regulations issued separately by the ministry.

11. After the ministry approves a trial unit in accordance with the aforementioned rules, the unit can commission a private employment service agency engaged in international labor brokerage business to handle recruitment, bringing in, employment management, life care services, accommodation arrangements, and other employment-related services for foreign care workers.
The appointed private employment service agency in the preceding paragraph must meet the following qualifications:
(1)Certification of evaluation showing that in the five-year period preceding the date of application results were consistently classified as grade A in accordance with regulations or provide proof of exemption from evaluation due to outstanding performance.
(2)Evidence that over the two years preceding the application date, the foreign care workers and home help the agency was commissioned to bring into Taiwan or hire by employers accounted for 50 percent or more of the total number of foreign workers brought in or hired by the agency that year.
(3)The agency must not have been found in violation of any related provisions of the Employment Service Act in the two years preceding the date of application.
If the trial unit terminates or dissolves the relationship with the aforementioned private employment service agency in the above paragraph, it can appoint another qualified agency to handle the duties specified in Paragraph 1, but must file an application with the ministry to approve the change within one month of the new appointment.