Section 7: Essential requirements for transplants

7. Essential requirements for transplants (1) Every person who is in any manner concerned with the removal of any tissue from the body for the purpose of a transplant shall take all reasonable steps to ensure— (a) where the person from whose body the tissue is to be removed is a minor, that the consent to the donation was given in accordance with this Act; (b) where the person from whose body the tissue is to be removed is an adult, that the adult has consented to the donation and has not subsequently signified his opposition to the removal, or that consent to the donation was given in accordance with this Act; and (c) that the donation has not been revoked. (2) Every person who is in any manner concerned with the removal of any tissue for the purpose of a transplant shall take all reasonable steps— (a) to ensure that in the case of a cadaveric donor, no relative of the donor shall know the identity of the person who receives the transplant; and (b) to comply with such health safety measures as may be prescribed. (3) No tissue shall be used in a transplant if it is infected with any known virus or bacteria or with incompetent vascular system or presenting visible anomalies, except in cases where the donor and recipient share the same viruses.