New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HUMAN TISSUE ACT 1983 - SECT 21X

21X Authority to use tissue removed from adult

(1) The use, for therapeutic, medical or scientific purposes, of tissue removed from the body of a person during medical, dental or surgical treatment, is authorised if:

(a) the person has given his or her consent in writing to the use of the tissue for that purpose, and

(b) the consent has not been revoked.

(2) The authority conferred by subsection (1) is subject to the terms and any conditions of the consent referred to in that subsection.

(3) This section does not apply if the person:

(a) is a child, or

(b) is a patient to whom Part 5 of the Guardianship Act 1987 applies.