Organization of the Bureau   

In August 1946, the Hsinchu Health Center was established (at that time, Taoyuan was part of Hsinchu County). In October 1950, the Taoyuan County Health Center was established. It was reorganized to become the Taoyuan Health Bureau in July 1961 and moved to its current address in 1980.

In July 2003, at its seventh meeting, the project team for the Restructuring of the Taoyuan County Government decided that the Bureau should consist of 80 persons.
The Bureau has seven technical divisions : disease control, planning, medical affairs, pharmaceutical affairs, health promotion, laboratory testing, and food sanitation. There are also four administrative offices : administration, accounting, personnel affairs and anti-corruption. Furthermore, There are 13 public health centers under the Bureau.

On January 1, 2011, in response to the elevation of Taoyuan County to a municipality to-be, the Bureau was further reorganized. As a result, the Bureau currently comprises of eight sections: Medical Affairs; Health Promotion; Food and Drug Administration; Disease Control; Long Term Care; Health Laboratory; Health Inspection; Integrated Planning. Additionally, the Bureau administers the Office of the Secretariat, Accounting Office, Personnel Office, Civil Service Ethics Office, as well as the operation of thirteen townships clinics.

Organizational Restructuring

On 9 January 2003, the project team working on the Restructuring of the Taoyuan county Government decided that the Institute of Chronic Disease Control, as well as its activity program and staff structure should be dissolved and merged with the Bureau. On 1 May 2003, the institute was merged with the Division of Disease Control of the Bureau.
 

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