Currently the Department of Health requires certification of brain death by two qualified specialists and the patient's original physician.
目前衛生署規定只要有兩位獲得衛生署認定有「腦死判定資格」的神經內、外科或麻醉科醫生，再加上病人的原診治醫師，三人共同參與，即可判定腦死。