To prevent hospitals considering applications from a purely scientific point of view, the DOH's guidelines for IRB organization and operation stipulate that of a board's seven to 21 members, at least one third must be legal specialists, social workers or impartial members of society; at least two must be from outside the institution.
為了防止院方純粹站在科學的角度思考，衛生署公佈的 IRB 組織及作業基準規定，7 至 21 位 IRB 委員中，必須有三分之一以上的成員為法律專家、社會工作人員及其他社會公正人士；2 人以上為非機構中之人。