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HUMAN TISSUE TRANSPLANT ACT - SECT 9

Consent by adult living donor to removal of non-regenerative tissue

9. Consent by adult living donor to removal of non-regenerative tissue

(1) A person who -

(a) has attained the age of 18 years;

(b) is of sound mind; and

(c) is, in the light of medical advice furnished to him, prepared to do so,

may, by writing under his signature, consent to the removal, after the expiration of a period of 24 hours from the time at which the consent is signed, from his body of non-regenerative tissue specified in the consent for the purposes of the transplantation of the tissue to the body of another living person.

(2) A consent given under subsection (1) shall specify the time at which the consent is given.

(3) A person who has given a consent referred to in subsection (1) may, at any time before the removal of the non-regenerative tissue to which the consent applies, revoke, either orally or in writing, his consent to the removal.



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