Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

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Transplantation Of Human Tissues Act (No. 48 of 1987) - Sect 10

Authority to remove the body, of tissue thereof of a person who dies in, or whose body has been brought into, a hospital

10.
(1) Where it appears to the prescribed officer in any hospital, after making such inquiries as may be reasonable in the circumstances, that any person whose death occurred in such hospital or whose body has been brought into such hospital,
(a) had given the consent for a donation effective upon death; and
(b) had not revoked such consent as provided for in section 6,
(2) Any prescribed technician may, after the death of such person has been certified by any medical practitioner, remove from the body and prepare for use, such part or tissue.

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