Section 12: Transplant of tissue
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12. Transplant of tissue
(1) No person shall transplant any tissue, or cause or permit it to be
transplanted at any place, other than in an approved health institution.
(2) No person, other than an authorised medical practitioner, shall perform a transplant.
(3) No medical practitioner who has issued a certificate under section 8 (3) or 10 (1) shall participate in the transplant of any tissue removed
from the body of a person to whom the certificate relates.
(4) No medical practitioner or health professional shall engage in transplant procedure where he has reason to believe that the transplant concerned has been the subject of a commercial transaction.
(5) The allocation of a donated organ to a recipient shall be made in accordance with the best match and in the order of priority warranted by the
recipient waiting list.