Taiwan The Taiwanese Congress passed new amendments to the already established Human Organ Transplantation Act on June 12, 2015, creating a far-reaching new Organ Trafficking Law (OTL). With this ground-breaking legislation, Taiwan has passed one of the most extensive medical transplant laws in the world. The law prohibits the selling, buying, and brokering of organs and transplant tourism. The Department of Health will now require major medical institutions and physicians to register the country of all organ sources and the hospital’s information (including surgeon identification) where patients received their organ transplants abroad when they apply for postoperative health insurance payments after returning home. Patients receiving illegal organ transplants overseas will face a maximum of five years in prison and an NT$1.5 million. If doctors engage in organ brokerage, their medical license may be canceled.
