Human Autopsy Act Article 3
Performance of gross anatomy or pathological dissection is allowed only on remains that meet the following conditions:1. An autopsy is required for investigation of the cause of death, and with the consent of the deceased person’s family member.2. The deceased person has a legally established will before death that states his/her consent for his/her remains being used for academic research.3. Remains that can be used for autopsy upon the family member’s consent.4. Remains that are not claimed by any family member or relative.5. Remains on which no inquisition is required as verified by the prosecutor through forensic inspection, and with the family member’s consent or no family member or relative to claim the body.6. An inmate’s remains, with the permission of the prison official, that are not claimed by any family member or relative, or with a legally established will being made before death, or for which the family member has given consent.7. Remains of those died of acute infectious disease or suspected acute infectious disease on which a pathological dissection is required, and the family member shall not refuse without proper reason.For dead bodies that are not claimed by any family member or relative as mentioned above, the police agency or health authority in charge shall inform the corpse collection organization formed jointly by local medical schools for distributing the corpses to various medical schools. Also, an announcement on newspapers shall be made to request claim of the dead bodies within 25 days. If no family member or relative claims a dead body upon one month from the publishing date of the newspaper announcement, gross anatomy may be performed by a medical school.The abovementioned dead bodies shall not be handed over to the local government for burial unless verified to be decomposed body that cannot be used for gross anatomy or pathological dissection. However, this does not apply to the region where there is no corpse collection organization.
中文原文 解剖屍體條例第3條
執行大體解剖及病理剖驗，以合於左列規定之屍體為限：
一、為研究死因，必須剖驗並經其親屬同意之病屍體。
二、生前有合法遺囑願供學術研究之病屍體。
三、經親屬同意願供解剖之病屍體。
四、無親屬請領之病屍體。
五、經檢察官相驗認無勘驗必要，並經其親屬同意或無親屬請領之變屍體。
六、經監獄長官許可，無親屬請領或生前有合法遺囑或經其親屬同意之受刑人屍體。
七、急性傳染病或疑似急性傳染病致死之屍體，需經病理剖驗，其親屬無正當理由，不得拒絕。
前項無親屬請領之屍體，應由該管警察機關或衛生機關，通知所在地醫學院組成之屍體收集機構，負責分配各醫學院收領，並登報公告，限於二十五日內認領。
自登報公告日起滿一個月，無親屬認領者，得由醫學院執行大體解剖。
前項屍體，非經證明屍壞不能供大體解剖或病理剖驗之用者，不得交由地方政府收埋。
但該地區無屍體收集機構者，不在此限。
一、為研究死因，必須剖驗並經其親屬同意之病屍體。
二、生前有合法遺囑願供學術研究之病屍體。
三、經親屬同意願供解剖之病屍體。
四、無親屬請領之病屍體。
五、經檢察官相驗認無勘驗必要，並經其親屬同意或無親屬請領之變屍體。
六、經監獄長官許可，無親屬請領或生前有合法遺囑或經其親屬同意之受刑人屍體。
七、急性傳染病或疑似急性傳染病致死之屍體，需經病理剖驗，其親屬無正當理由，不得拒絕。
前項無親屬請領之屍體，應由該管警察機關或衛生機關，通知所在地醫學院組成之屍體收集機構，負責分配各醫學院收領，並登報公告，限於二十五日內認領。
自登報公告日起滿一個月，無親屬認領者，得由醫學院執行大體解剖。
前項屍體，非經證明屍壞不能供大體解剖或病理剖驗之用者，不得交由地方政府收埋。
但該地區無屍體收集機構者，不在此限。