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Deceased Organ and Tissue Donation - Consent and Other Procedural Requirements

Rescinded: This document is no longer current

Summary

This Policy Directive outlines the requirements of the Human Tissue Act 1983 for consent for deceased organ and tissue donation and incorporates procedures for health facilities to follow in relation to the process of coordination and retrieval of organs and tissue from deceased donors in NSW.
File link: Deceased Organ and Tissue Donation - Consent and Other Procedural Requirements
File size: 1183 KB
Document type: Policy Directive
Document number: PD2020_012
Publication date: 28 April 2020
Author branch: Office of the Chief Health Officer
Branch contact: (02) 9391 9188
Replaces: Deceased Organ and Tissue Donation - Consent and Other Procedural Requirements [PD2013_001]
Review date: 28 April 2025
Policy manual: Patient Matters Manual for Public Health Organisations
File number: H12/75445
Status: Rescinded
Rescinded by: Organ and Tissue Donation, Use and Retention [PD2022_035]
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Deceased Organ and Tissue Donation - Consent and Other Procedural Requirements

Functional group

  • Clinical/Patient Services - Governance and Service Delivery, Human Tissue
  • Corporate Administration - Governance

Applies to

  • Ministry of Health
  • Local Health Districts
  • Board Governed Statutory Health Corporations
  • Chief Executive Governed Statutory Health Corporations
  • Specialty Network Governed Statutory Health Corporations
  • Affiliated Health Organisations
  • NSW Health Pathology

Distributed to

  • Ministry of Health
  • Public Health System
  • Divisions of General Practice
  • Private Hospitals and Day Procedure Centres
  • Tertiary Education Institutes

Audience

  • LHD Executive
  • All Staff across Ministry of Health and NSW Health Organisations
  • Designated Officers
  • Designated Specialists