Singapore legislation
Regulation 5
Regulation 5
Procedures of transplant ethics committees
Subregulation 1
Every transplant ethics committee must assess and give its written assessment, in a timely manner, of an application for its written authorisation of a living donor organ transplant under section 15(1) of the Act.
Subregulation 2
The quorum of any meeting of a transplant ethics committee is 3 members, of whom —
one must be a medical practitioner employed or otherwise connected with the hospital;
one must be a medical practitioner not employed or otherwise connected with the hospital; and (c)one must be a lay person, and a decision must not be made unless such a quorum is present.
Subregulation 3
Subject to paragraph (6)(b), where an application for the written authorisation of a transplant ethics committee is assessed at a meeting of the transplant ethics committee, a person —
who is directly involved in the care of the donor or the recipient; or
who will be involved in the removal of any specified organ from the body of the donor or the transplantation of the specified organ to the body of the recipient,must not be present at the meeting.
Subregulation 4
A decision at any meeting of a transplant ethics committee must be adopted by a consensus of the members present.
Subregulation 5
Every transplant ethics committee must —
submit a copy of the report of every decision made by it in authorising any living donor organ transplant or otherwise to the Director‑General within 7 days of the date of the decision; and
keep and maintain every report referred to in sub‑paragraph (a).
Subregulation 6
A transplant ethics committee may, when assessing any application for the written authorisation of a living donor organ transplant —
request for any additional information or document to be provided by the applicant that it may consider necessary; or
interview the donor, the recipient or any other person in relation to the application.