Human Organ Transplant Act 1987 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4A · Living Donor Organ Transplants
16. Appointment and functions of transplant ethics committees
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The licensee of a hospital in which any living donor organ transplant is intended to be carried out must, with the approval of the Director‑General, appoint a transplant ethics committee.
licensee
“licensee”, in relation to a hospital, means the person to whom a licence has been issued under the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act 1980 in respect of the hospital;
Every transplant ethics committee of a hospital must consist of not less than 3 persons, of whom —
transplant ethics committee
“transplant ethics committee”, in relation to a hospital, means a committee of the hospital appointed under section 16(1).
at least one must be a medical practitioner not employed by or otherwise connected with the hospital; and
at least one must be a lay person.
The transplant ethics committee appointed under subsection (1) must assess and, where appropriate, give its written authorisation for the living donor organ transplant to be carried out.
living donor organ transplant
“living donor organ transplant” means the removal of a specified organ from the body of any living person for the purpose of its transplantation into the body of another living person;
Anything done by the transplant ethics committee of a hospital, a member of the transplant ethics committee, or any person acting under the direction of the transplant ethics committee or the Director‑General, in good faith for the purposes of the exercise of the functions of the transplant ethics committee or in accordance with this Act, does not subject the member or person personally to any action, liability, claim or demand.
hospital
“hospital” means a hospital which is declared by the Minister, by notification in the Gazette, to be a hospital for the purposes of this Act or any part of the Act;
Nothing in subsection (4) absolves any person from having to obtain the consent of a person before carrying out any medical procedure on that person.[15B