Thereafter it was amended eleven times (listed by date of publication):[1] Article 103 of the February 1993 version of the law removed herbalists' rights to dispense drugs.
In 1996, legislators from various parties are believed to have taken bribes from the National Union Chinese Medicine Association (中華民國中藥商業同業公會聯合會) in exchange for their support of an amendment reversing the February 1993 changes.
The Department of Health is tasked with inspections to ensure compliance with the law; private organisations such as the Consumers' Foundation have also been known to carry out clandestine checks.
A February 2007 check of sex shops found that 18 out of 25 condom brands did not label their ingredients clearly or at all, while 22 gave an incorrect authorisation number or none at all.
[6] However, many small online sellers bring covered items back from overseas and sell them on internet auction websites without knowing about this requirement.