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FINALS: ORGAN DONATION ACT OF 1991 Flashcards

1
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REPUBLIC ACT NO?

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7170

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7170?

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AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE LEGACY OR DONATION OF ALL OR
PART OF A HUMAN BODY AFTER DEATH FOR SPECIFIED PURPOSES

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HOW MANY SECTIONS?

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19

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Section 1. .

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Title

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Section 2.

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Definition of Terms

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Section 3.

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Person Who May Execute A Legacy

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Section 4.

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Person Who May Execute a Donation.

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Section 5.

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Examination of Human Body or Part Thereof

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Section 6.

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Persons Who May Become Legatees or Donees.

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Section 7. .

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Duty of Hospitals

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Section 8. .

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Manner of Executing a Legacy

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Section 9.

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Manner of Executing a Donation

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Section 9.

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Manner of Executing a Donation

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Section 10.

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Person(s) Authorized to Remove Transplantable Organs

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Section 11. .

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Delivery of Document of Legacy or Donation

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Section 11. .

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Delivery of Document of Legacy or Donation

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Section 12.

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Amendment or Revocation of Legacy or Donation.

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Section 12.

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Amendment or Revocation of Legacy or Donation.

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Section 13. .

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Rights and Duties After Death

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Section 13. .

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Rights and Duties After Death

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Section 14. .

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International Sharing of Human Organs or Tissues

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Section 14. .

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International Sharing of Human Organs or Tissues

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Section 15. .

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Information Drive

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Section 16. .

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Rules and Regulations

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Section 17. .

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Repealing Clause

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Section 18. .

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Separability Clause

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Section 18. .

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Separability Clause

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Section 19. .

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Effectivity

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Section 19. .

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Effectivity

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Approved:

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January 7, 1992

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Approved:

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January 7, 1992

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“Organ Donation Act of 1991”.

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Title

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“Organ Donation Act of 1991”.

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a facility licensed, accredited
or approved under the law for storage of human bodies or
parts thereof

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Organ Bank Storage Facility

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a deceased individual, and includes a still-born infant or fetus.

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an individual who makes a legacy of all or part of his body

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an individual authorized under this Act to donate all or part of the body of a decedent

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a hospital licensed, accredited or approval under the law, and includes, a hospital operated by the Government

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includes transplantable organs, tissues, eyes, bones, arteries, blood, other fluids and other portions of the human body

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an individual, corporation, estate, trust, partnership, association, the Government or any of its subdivisions, agencies or instrumentalities, including
government-owned or -controlled corporations; or any other legal entity

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”” - a physician or surgeon licensed or authorized to practice medicine under the laws of the republic of the Philippines.

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Physician” or “Surgeon

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of the decedent - the persons
enumerated in Section 4(a) of this Act

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Immediate Family

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the irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or the irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem. A person shall be medically and legally dead if either:
1. In the opinion of the attending physician, there is an absence of natural respiratory and cardiac functions at resuscitation would not be successful in restoring those functions.
2. In the opinion of the consulting physician, there is an irreversible cessation of all brain functions; and considering the absence of such functions, further attempts at resuscitation or continued supportive maintenance would not be successful in resorting such natural functions.

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– Any individual, at least
eighteen (18) years of age and of sound mind, may give by way of
legacy, to take effect after his death, all or part of his body for any
purpose specified in Section 6 hereof.

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Section 3. Person Who May Execute A Legacy

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  1. Spouse;
  2. Son or daughter of legal age;
  3. Either parent;
  4. Brother or sister of legal age; or
  5. Guardian over the person of the decedent at the
    time of his death.
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Section 4. Person Who May Execute a Donation.

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. – A legacy of donation of all or part of a human body authorizes any examination necessary to assure medical acceptability of the legacy or donation for the purpose(s) intended.
For purposes of this Act, an autopsy shall be conducted on the cadaver
of accident, trauma, or other medico-legal cases immediately after the pronouncement of death, to determine qualified and healthy human organs for transplantation and/or in furtherance of medical science.

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Section 5. Examination of Human Body or Part Thereof

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