The Pharmaceutical Affairs Law (PAL) of the Taiwan is a law regulating the manufacturing, importation, and sale of drugs and medical devices. Legislative history The law was first publicised on 17 August 1970 as the Pharmaceutical and Drug Manufacturer Administration Law, with 90 articles. Thereafter it was amended eleven times (listed by date of publication): 4 April 1979: amended Articles 24 to 27 and 54 5 February 1993: Act #0476 changed the name of the law to its present name and amended the whole text, with a new total of 106 articles. 8 March 1993: Act #0539 amended articles 38 and 61 7 May 1997: Act #8600104890 amended articles 53 and 106. Executive Yuan Order #075680-3 on 25 December 2001 established regulations as directed under article 53, bringing it into effect from 1 January 2002. 24 June 1998: Act #8700122830 amended article 103 26 April 2000: Act #8900105220 amended articles 2, 3, 27, 66, 77 to 79, 100, and 102 6 February 2003: Act #09200017750 amended article 39 and added subarticles 48-1 and 96-1 21 April 2004: Act #09300074821: amended articles 1, 8 9, 11, 13, 16, 22, 33, 37, 40 to 42, 45, 47, 48, 57, 62, 64, 66, 74 to 78, 82, 83, 91 to 93, 95, 96 added sub-articles 27–1, 40–1, 45–1, 57–1, 66–1, 97–1, 99–1, 104–1, 104-2 deleted articles 61 and 63 5 February 2005: Act #09400017691 amended sub-article 40-1 and added sub-article 40-2 17 May 2006: Act #09500069811 amended articles 66, 91, 92, 95, and 99, and deleted article 98 30 May 2006: Act #09500075771 amended articles 82, 83, and 106 with effect from 1 July 2006 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 eight legislators in question were indicted in January 2008. Among them, Jao Yung-ching (DPP) was simultaneously indicted in another bribery case regarding a 2003 amendment to the Oral Healthcare Act. Of the eight legislators in question, Chiu Chuei-chen (DPP) and Liao Hwu-peng (KMT) were found guilty in a lower court trial, while the remainder were found not guilty. However, the High Court reversed the lower court ruling in September 2010; Lin Kuang-hua and Jao Yung-ching (both DPP) received