Singapore legislation
Regulation 19
of Human Biomedical Research (Tissue Banking) Regulations 2019
Regulation 19
Policy on incidental findings
Every tissue bank must —
(a)
formulate a policy on whether or not the tissue donor should be re‑identified and informed in the case of an incidental finding in relation to a tissue; and
(b)
inform all donors and recipients of every tissue received by the tissue bank on or after 1 November 2019 —
(i)
of the details of the policy mentioned in paragraph (a); and
(ii)
if the policy provides for the donor to be re‑identified and informed in the case of an incidental finding, whether the donor has expressed a wish to be re‑identified and informed.