Implementation of Geneva Conventions Act, 2012
R 385
National Health Act, 2003 (Act No. 61 of 2003)Chapter 8 : Control of use of blood, blood products, tissue and gametes in humans64. Purposes of donation of body, tissue, blood or blood products of deceased persons |
| (1) | A donation in terms of section 62 may only be made for— |
| (a) | the purposes of the training of students in health sciences; |
| (b) | the purposes of health research; |
| (c) | the purposes of the advancement of health sciences; |
| (d) | therapeutic purposes, including the use of tissue in any living person; or |
| (e) | the production of a therapeutic, diagnostic or prophylactic substance. |
| (2) | This Act does not apply to the preparation of the body of a deceased person for the purposes of embalming it, whether or not such preparation involves the— |
| (a) | making of incisions in the body for the withdrawal of blood and the replacement thereof by a preservative; or |
| (b) | restoration of any disfigurement or mutilation of the body before its burial. |
