Health and Insurance

Health insurance

1.  Compulsory Student Insurance (less than 6 months) 

According to the MOE’s regulation, overseas students are compulsory to join the Group Student Accident Insurance. Students who could provide any other insurance documents to prove qualified for Student Accident Insurance can be exempted. The cost is about NT$ 1,500 for a term (3 months) of insurance.

• Claims information：
  1. Claims regulations are based on the contract of the insurance.
  2. Please go to hospitals or clinics which join with National Health Insurance.
  3. Apply for a medical certificate and keep all receipts.
  4. Hand in all required documents for applying claims to CLCC Office.

• Document Needed：

1. ​​​​​​​Claims applying form
2. All original receipts
3. Medical certificate
4. A copy of bank or post office account book
5. A copy of ARC/passport

※ The money will be transferred to your account by the Insurance company.

2.  National Health Insurance (Over 6 months of stay) 

The students who are qualified should join the National Health Insurance. Students can join the NHI through CJCU. 

• Who Can Join?

• The students who are holding the ARCs and have stayed in Taiwan for 6 consecutive months.

• The ARCs holders have left Taiwan once for less than 30 days but their stay of residence in Taiwan, deducting the days of been out of Taiwan, have accumulated to reach 6 months.  

• Where to apply?

Students can enroll the NHI at CJCU or to the District Affairs Office of your resident place.

• Applying for NHI through CJCU Notice

(1) Applying for NHI

• Students Applying NHI for the first time, please hand in the following documents to the CLCC Office
• 1 photo (2”)
• ARC and a copy of ARC
• NHI Card Application Form
• If you transfer to CJCU, please hand in the NHI transfer report from your original school to OIA with your ARC and a copy of ARC.
• After you join NHI through CJCU, the NHI fee will be included in the registration fee.  (NTD 826/one month).

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(2) Transferring NHI

If you work in Taiwan after graduation or transfer to other universities, please come to the CLCC Office to deal with the NHI transfer.

(3) Cancelling NHI

If you finish or withdrawal from studying at CLCC, please cancel the NHI coverage. 

The Qualified Hospitals in Tainan for the ARC Health Check

https://dweb.cjcu.edu.tw/ShepherdFiles/C0604/File/20210601171336462.pdf

Nursing Station

The University nursing station is on the first floor of the First Academic Building and is open from 8:10 to 17:10. The station dispenses over-the-counter pharmaceuticals and conducts simple health procedures, such as checks of body temperature and blood pressure.
 

Flu precautions

If your body temperature exceeds 37.5 C, do not attend class; seek medical attention. In Taiwan, it is considered courteous to wear a face mask if you have a cold and cough and plan to be in close proximity to others.
 

Health emergencies

In case of a health emergency, call 0911-677-072 for assistance.

*24-hour emergency call of CJCU Campus Security Unit. 

Dengue fever

In recent years, there have been a small number of cases of dengue fever, a mosquitoborne disease, in the Kaohsiung and Tainan areas. Although the chances of contracting dengue fever in southern Taiwan are very low, students should keep their environs free of standing water.