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National Health Act, 2003 (Act No. 61 of 2003)

Chapter 8 : Control of use of blood, blood products, tissue and gametes in humans

58. Removal and transplantation of human tissue in hospital or authorised institution

 

(1) A person may not remove tissue from a living person for transplantation in another living person or carry out the transplantation of such tissue except—
(a) in a hospital or an authorised institution; and
(b) on the written authority of-
(i) the medical practitioner in charge of clinical services in that hospital or authorised institution, or any other medical practitioner authorised by him or her; or
(ii) in the case where there is no medical practitioner in charge of the clinical services at that hospital or authorised institution, a medical practitioner authorised thereto by the person in charge of the hospital or authorised institution.

 

(2) The medical practitioner contemplated in subsection (1)(b) may not participate in a transplant for which he or she has granted authorisation in terms of that subsection.

 

 


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