The Quality and Safety of Organs Intended for Transplantation Regulations 2012

Amendment of the 2006 Regulations U.K.

26.  In the 2006 Regulations—

(a) in regulation 2 (interpretation), in the definition of “organ”—

(i) omit “and vital”,

(ii) for “an important” substitute “ a significant ”, and

(iii) at the end of the definition insert “ , and part of an organ is also considered to be an organ if its function is to be used for the same purpose as the entire organ in the human body, maintaining the requirement of structure and vascularisation ”;

(b) in regulation 11 (cases in which restriction on transplants involving a live donor is disapplied), at the end of paragraph (2) insert—

“and where that referral concerns an organ, the referral must state that the registered medical practitioner, or a person acting under the supervision of that registered medical practitioner—

(a) is satisfied that the donor's health and medical history are suitable for the purposes of donation; and

(b) has—

(i) provided the donor with the information the donor requires to understand the consequences of donation, and

(ii) endeavoured to obtain information from the donor that is relevant to transplantation.”.

(c) after regulation 11(2) insert—

“(2A) In paragraph (2)(b), in cases where the person giving consent is different from the donor, the references to donor shall be read as if they were a references to the person giving consent.”.