In recent years Taiwan's Department of Health (DOH) has required each major hospital to create an IRB to independently, objectively and fairly investigate whether the protocols of clinical trials to be carried out at the hospital conform with scientific, ethical and safety standards and to evaluate the trials 'feasibility.
衛生署近年要求各大醫院要成立「人體試驗委員會」，以獨立、客觀、公正的立場，審查醫院中進行的臨床試驗計劃是否合乎科學、倫理與安全，並進行可行性評估。