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Amendments in Transplantation of Human Organ Act, 1994

November 23, 2009
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    The broad areas involving amendments to the Act are:

    1. To rename the Act as the “Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act”;

    2. To expand the definition of the term ‘near relatives’ to include grandparents and grandchildren;

    3. To provide for the enucleation of corneas by a trained technician;

    4. To enable a surgeon/physician and an anesthetist/intensivist to be included in the medical board in the event of non availability of a neurosurgeon/neurologist for certification of brain death;

    5. To make it mandatory for the ICU/Treating Medical Staff to request relatives of brain dead patients for organ donation;

    6. To provide for Swap Donations of organs;

    7. To empower the Central Government to prescribe the composition of Authorization Committees and to empower Union Territories to set up their own authorization committees;

    8. To regulate the transplantation of organs for foreign nationals;

    9. To prevent the exploitation of minors;

    10. To provide for the establishment of Advisory Committees for Appropriate Authorities;

    11. To vest in Appropriate Authorities, the power to summon persons, seek production of documents, issue search warrants etc;

    12. To establish a National Organ Retrieval, Banking & Transplantation Network;

    13. To provide for the development and maintenance of a national registry of the recipients of organ transplants;

    14. To create the position of a ‘Transplant Coordinator’ in all hospitals registered for organ retrieval and or transplantation;

    15. To provide for the registration of Non Government Organizations working in the field of organ retrieval and or transplantation in any manner whatsoever;

    16. To enhance the penalties under the act; and

    17. To expand the rule making powers of the Central Government.

    Health is a state subject. Data regarding Organ Transplantation is not maintained centrally.

    This information was given by Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.

    Source-PIB
    SRM

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