Human Organ Transplant Act Article 8
Hospital removing an organ from a living body for a transplant operation shall abide by the following provisions, unless otherwise stipulated in Paragraph 2:1. The donor should be aged 20 or above, and has sound mental capacity.2. The donor has presented a written consent under his/her free will, as well as the next of kin’s written proof.3. The donor is confirmed to meet the criteria of donation subject to professional psychological, social, and medical assessments and the approval of the Medical Ethics Committee review.4. The recipient should be restricted to no more than fifth degree of kinship, or the spouse of the donor.Individuals older than 18 years may donate part of their liver to relatives within five degrees of kinship.The Medical Ethics Committee of a hospital as mentioned in Item 3 of Paragraph 1 shall consist of at least five members, including legal experts and other impartial parties of society, and the external members should account for two third more in the committee; members of either sex should not be less than one third of all committee members. The organization, proceedings, review procedures and scope, principle of recusal, supervision, and management of the committee, as well as regulations concerning other matters for compliance shall be set down by the central competent authority.The spouse as mentioned in Item 4 of Paragraph 1 should have children with the donor and have been married to the donor for at least two years. However, the above does not apply to those who are diagnosed as requiring an organ transplant by a physician after being married for one year.For patients who are unable to meet Item 4 of Paragraph 1 but await kidney transplant, once appropriate lawful donors have been sought and ready, different two pairs of donors/recipients may re-match, exchange, and donate their organs within the scope of the spouse of the recipients and the specified degree of kinship. Transplant operations may be performed without the restriction set by the provision.The operational procedures of the aforesaid organ re-matching, exchange, and donation, as well as regulations concerning other matters for compliance as stated in the previous paragraph shall be laid down by a dedicated agency as specified in Paragraph 2 of Article 10-1, and be reported to the central competent authority for approval and promulgation.
中文原文 人體器官移植條例第8條
醫院自活體摘取器官施行移植手術，除第二項另有規定外，應符合下列各款規定：
一、捐贈者應為二十歲以上，且有意思能力。
二、經捐贈者於自由意志下出具書面同意，及其最近親屬之書面證明。
三、捐贈者經專業之心理、社會、醫學評估，確認其條件適合，並提經醫院醫學倫理委員會審查通過。
四、受移植者為捐贈者五親等以內之血親或配偶。
十八歲以上之人，得捐贈部分肝臟予其五親等以內之親屬。
第一項第三款所定醫院醫學倫理委員會，應置委員五人以上，包含法律專家學者及其他社會公正人士，醫院以外人士應達五分之二以上；任一性別委員不得低於三分之一。
委員會之組織、議事、審查程序與範圍、利益迴避原則、監督、管理及其他應遵行事項之辦法，由中央主管機關定之。
第一項第四款所定配偶，應與捐贈者生有子女或結婚二年以上。
但待移植者於結婚滿一年後始經醫師診斷須接受移植治療者，不在此限。
腎臟之待移植者未能於第一項第四款規定範圍內，覓得合適之捐贈者時，得於二組以上待移植者之配偶及該款所定血親之親等範圍內，進行組間之器官互相配對、交換及捐贈，並施行移植手術，不受該款規定之限制。
前項器官互相配對、交換與捐贈之運作程序及其他應遵行事項之辦法，由第十條之一第二項之專責機構擬訂，報中央主管機關核定發布。
一、捐贈者應為二十歲以上，且有意思能力。
二、經捐贈者於自由意志下出具書面同意，及其最近親屬之書面證明。
三、捐贈者經專業之心理、社會、醫學評估，確認其條件適合，並提經醫院醫學倫理委員會審查通過。
四、受移植者為捐贈者五親等以內之血親或配偶。
十八歲以上之人，得捐贈部分肝臟予其五親等以內之親屬。
第一項第三款所定醫院醫學倫理委員會，應置委員五人以上，包含法律專家學者及其他社會公正人士，醫院以外人士應達五分之二以上；任一性別委員不得低於三分之一。
委員會之組織、議事、審查程序與範圍、利益迴避原則、監督、管理及其他應遵行事項之辦法，由中央主管機關定之。
第一項第四款所定配偶，應與捐贈者生有子女或結婚二年以上。
但待移植者於結婚滿一年後始經醫師診斷須接受移植治療者，不在此限。
腎臟之待移植者未能於第一項第四款規定範圍內，覓得合適之捐贈者時，得於二組以上待移植者之配偶及該款所定血親之親等範圍內，進行組間之器官互相配對、交換及捐贈，並施行移植手術，不受該款規定之限制。
前項器官互相配對、交換與捐贈之運作程序及其他應遵行事項之辦法，由第十條之一第二項之專責機構擬訂，報中央主管機關核定發布。