Assisted Reproduction Act Article 21

An assisted reproduction institution shall destroy donated reproductive cells where one of the following conditions is satisfied:1. The recipient couple has completed one live birth using the donated cells.2. The cells have been preserved for more than ten years.3. It has been discovered after donation that the cells are unsuitable for use in assisted reproduction.An assisted reproduction institution shall destroy a recipient couple's reproductive cells where one of the following conditions is satisfied:1. The providers of the reproductive cells have asked for their destruction.2. The providers of the reproductive cells have died.3. The reproductive cells have been preserved for more than ten years. But the preservation period may be extended to the date assigned by the providers of the reproductive cells if their written consent is obtained.An assisted reproduction institution shall destroy an embryo created for a specific recipient couple where one of the following conditions is satisfied:1. The marriage of the recipient couple is invalid or annulled, the couple divorces, or one spouse dies.2. The embryo has been preserved for more than ten years.3. The recipient couple has given up attempting assisted reproduction.The reproductive cells or embryos preserved by an assisted reproduction institution should be destroyed if the assisted reproduction institution terminates its business operations. But such donated reproductive cells may be transferred to another assisted reproduction institution with the donor's written consent. A recipient couple's reproductive cells or embryos may be transferred to another assisted reproduction institution for continued preservation with the recipient couple's written consent.Any reproductive cells or embryos that should be destroyed as provided in the proceeding four paragraphs may be preserved for research purposes, provided that the written consent of the donor or recipient couple is obtained and permission of the competent authority is granted .
中文原文 人工生殖法第21條
捐贈之生殖細胞有下列情形之一者,人工生殖機構應予銷毀:
一、提供受術夫妻完成活產一次。
二、保存逾十年。
三、捐贈後發現不適於人工生殖之使用。
受術夫妻之生殖細胞有下列情形之一者,人工生殖機構應予銷毀:
一、生殖細胞提供者要求銷毀。
二、生殖細胞提供者死亡。
三、保存逾十年。
但經生殖細胞提供者之書面同意,得依其同意延長期限保存。
受術夫妻為實施人工生殖形成之胚胎,有下列情形之一者,人工生殖機構應予銷毀:
一、受術夫妻婚姻無效、撤銷、離婚或一方死亡。
二、保存逾十年。
三、受術夫妻放棄施行人工生殖。
人工生殖機構歇業時,其所保存之生殖細胞或胚胎應予銷毀。
但經捐贈人書面同意,其所捐贈之生殖細胞,得轉贈其他人工生殖機構;受術夫妻之生殖細胞或胚胎,經受術夫妻書面同意,得轉其他人工生殖機構繼續保存。
前四項應予銷毀之生殖細胞及胚胎,經捐贈人或受術夫妻書面同意,並報經主管機關核准者,得提供研究使用。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.