Brain death is first determined at the site of execution by an official inspector and a coroner, to satisfy stringent legal requirements, and then once more by a physician at the hospital before transplantation goes ahead.
為求慎重，法令規定在刑場由檢察官及法醫做第一次腦死判定；送往醫院後，再由醫師做第二次腦死判定，方得進行移植。