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
How to execute a legacy?
Last will and testament
Organ donor card
Legacy may be made through:
A specified legatee (recipient of the legacy) or
without specifying a legatee
T or F
The testator may designate surgeons/ physicians to perform the procedure
True
The legacy document should be signed by the_____ in the presence of_____
testator
two witnesses
What if the specified legatee is not around during the death of the testator?
The _________ will serve as the_____ legatee
attending physician/ surgeon
temporary
What if the testator did not specify a legatee
The ________will serve as the____
attending physician/ surgeon
legatee
A legacy becomes effective after the____ of the_____
death
testator
Who may execute a donation?
Legal spouse
Son or daughter of legal age
Either parent
Brother or sister of legal age
Guardian of the decedent at the time of death
What if the nearest kin is absent? Who will execute the donation?
(3)
BUT FIRST… the family of the deceased should be located within_____
The attending physician
The head of the hospital
Designated head of the hospital
48 hours
In all organ donations:
Diagnosis of death should be made separately by_____
two qualified physicians
In all organ donations:
Diagnosis of death should be made separately by two qualified physicians
These physicians should not be:
A member of the medical team who will remove the organ
The attending physician of the recipient of the organ
The head of the hospital/designated officer authorizing the removal of the organ
Examination of human body or body parts
Necessary to ensure medical acceptability
Only trained/ qualified personnel shall_____
remove/ transplant organs
In case of________ cases:
Perform autopsy to determine suitable organs
(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.)
medico-legal
Legatees/ Donees
Any hospital, physician, or surgeon
Any accredited medical or dental
school, college, or university
Any organ\ bank storage facility
Ang specified individual
Legatees/ Donees
For medical or dental education, research, advancement of medical or dental science, therapy or transplantation
Any hospital, physician, or surgeon
Legatees/ donees
For education, research, advancement of medical or dental science, or therapy;
Any accredited medical or dental school, college, or university
Legatees/ donees
For medical or dental education, research, therapy, or transplantation; and
Any organ \bank storage facility
Legatees/ donees
For therapy or transplantation needed by him.
Any specified individual
Delivery of the Document of Legacy/ Donation
If the legacy/ donation is made to a specified legatee:
The legacy/donation documents (_____/______) should be delivered to the legatee/donee
The documents could also be stored in an _______ for safekeeping
will/ card/ donation document
organ bank storage facility
Amendment or revocation of legacy/ donation
If the will/ card/ document was delivered:
Signed statement
Oral statement with 2 witnesses (sent to legatee)
Dying declaration ( physician to legatee)
Signed card/ document found on the person
Amendment or revocation of legacy/ donation
If the will/ card/ document was not delivered:
(conditions mentioned above)
destruction, cancellation, or mutilation of the documents
Revocation of wills
Rights and Duties Post-Mortem
Legatee may________
Removal of organs without______
International sharing of organs or tissues:_______
accept/ reject the legacy
MUTILATION
RECIPROCITY
HOPE
Human Organ Preservation Effort
Human Organ Preservation Effort (HOPE)
Established in
1983
NKTI program, that coordinates organ donation
Human Organ Preservation Effort (HOPE)
Retrieval, preservation, and allocation of organs and tissues for clinical transplantation
HOPE
Anti-trafficking in Person Act
Republic Act 9208
