Singapore legislation

Section 2

of Human Organ Transplant Act 1987

Section 2

Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —“designated officer”, in relation to a hospital, means a person appointed under section 3 to be the designated officer of the hospital;“Director” means the Director of Medical Services;“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;“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;“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;“medical practitioner” means a person who is registered, or deemed to be registered, as a medical practitioner under the Medical Registration Act 1997;“organ” means —

(a)

except as provided in paragraph (b), any organ of a human body specified in the First Schedule; and

(b)

for the purposes of Parts 4 and 4A, any organ of a human body;“specified organ” means any organ of a human body specified in the Second Schedule;“transplant ethics committee”, in relation to a hospital, means a committee of the hospital appointed under section 16(1).

Definition

“designated officer”, in relation to a hospital, means a person appointed under section 3 to be the designated officer of the hospital;

Definition

“Director” means the Director of Medical Services;

Definition

“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;

Definition

“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;

Definition

“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;

Definition

“medical practitioner” means a person who is registered, or deemed to be registered, as a medical practitioner under the Medical Registration Act 1997;

Definition

“organ” means —

(a)

except as provided in paragraph (b), any organ of a human body specified in the First Schedule; and

(b)

for the purposes of Parts 4 and 4A, any organ of a human body;

Definition

“specified organ” means any organ of a human body specified in the Second Schedule;

Definition

“transplant ethics committee”, in relation to a hospital, means a committee of the hospital appointed under section 16(1).