Chang reports that the "Standards for Physical Condition Categorization," adopted by the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of the Interior, provide that anyone who is diagnosed by a psychologist at a public hospital as having a gender identity disorder may be exempted from military service if, after re-examination by the Tri-Service General Hospital, the person in question is placed in the class ='Qword'>Class 5 category for physical condition.
張宏誠表示，其實根據國防部及內政部頒訂的「體位區分標準」，凡經公立醫院心理醫生診斷為性別認同障礙，再經三軍總醫院複檢通過者屬於免疫的戊等體位，可以免除兵役。