RA 7170 Flashcards
Date of approval:
January 7, 1992
Approved by:
Corazon C. Aquino
Total number of sections:
19
Purpose:
to authorize the legacy or donation of all or part of a human body after death for specified purposes
Licensed, accredited, and approved to store human bodies and/ or human body parts
Organ Bank Storage Facility
A deceased individual ( includes a stillborn infant or fetus)
Decedent
An individual who makes a legacy of all or part of his body
Testator
(recipient of legacy)
Legatee
An individual authorized to donate all or part of the body of the decedent
Donor
(recipient of donation)
Donee
Includes transplantable organs, tissues, eyes, bones, arteries, blood, other fluids, and other portions of the human body
Part
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
Person
licensed or authorized to practice medicine under the laws of the Republic of the Philippines.
Physician or Surgeon
Spouse; son or daughter of legal age; either parent; brother or sister of legal age; guardian over the person of the decedent at the time of his death
Immediate Family of the decedent
the irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or the irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem
Death
How death is determined?
In the opinion of the______
Absence of respiratory and cardiac functions
Resuscitation attempts would not be successful
ATTENDING PHYSICIAN
How death is determined?
In the opinion of the______
Irreversible cessation of all brain functions
Resuscitation attempts would not be successful
CONSULTING PHYSICIAN
Execution of legacy
Who may execute a legacy?
At least 18 years old
Of sound mind