A medical care institution shall not perform assisted reproduction or accept, store, or provide donated reproductive cells unless and until submitting the application to and a permit is issued by the competent authority.
A public interest judicial person shall not accept, store, or provide donated sperm unless and until submitting the application to and a permit is issued by the competent authority.
The permit as prescribed in the proceeding Paragraph 1 and 2 is valid for three years. Application for renewal shall be filed within three months prior to the expiration with the competent authority if continued performance of the services as described in the proceeding paragraphs after the expiration is desired. Regulations governing the conditions of permits, application procedures, and other binding matters shall be prescribed by the competent authority.

Assisted reproduction institutions shall perform the following tests and assessments of recipient couples and donors before performing assisted reproduction or accepting donated reproductive cells.
1. General psychological and physiological state.
2. Family disease history, including records of hereditary diseases of the person in question and blood relatives within the fourth degree of kinship.
3. Suspected hereditary or infectious diseases affecting ability to give birth.
4. Other matters designated and announced by the competent authority.
Assisted reproduction institutions shall make records of the testing and assessment as prescribed in the proceeding paragraph.

An assisted reproduction institution shall not accept reproductive cells donation unless the donor meets the following criteria :
1. Men at least 20 and less than 50 years of age; women at least 20 and less than 40 years of age.
2. The results of testing and assessment as prescribed in the proceeding article confirm the suitability of the donor.
3. The donor agrees to donate without compensation.
4. The donor has never donated sperm or oocytes before, or the donor's previously donated reproductive cells never helped any recipient couple complete live birth and were not stored.
A recipient couple may, within the monetary amount or price limit set by the competent authority, commission the assisted reproduction institution to provide a nutrition allowance or nutrition products to the donor, or may pay for the donor's necessary testing, medical, and transportation expenses and loss of working time.
An assisted reproduction institution shall check with the competent authority concerning the criteria as prescribed in Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 4, and shall not use the donor's sperm or oocytes until the competent authority provides confirmation.

Before accepting donated reproductive cells, an assisted reproduction institution shall explain to the donor related rights and responsibilities, and obtain the donor's understanding and written consent.
Assisted reproduction institutions shall make records of the following information when accepting donated reproductive cells:
1. The donor's name, address, national ID card number or passport number, date of birth, height, body weight, blood type, skin color, hair color, and ethnicity.
2. The donated items, quantity, and date.

Assisted reproduction institutions shall not provide reproductive cells donated by a single donor to two or more recipient couples at the same time, and shall immediately cease providing reproductive cells from the same donor after a recipient couple successfully achieves pregnancy; Article 21 of this Act shall be complied with after that recipient couple completes a live birth.