RA 7170 Flashcards
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE LEGACY OR DONATION OF ALL OR PART OF A HUMAN BODY AFTER DEATH FOR SPECIFIED PURPOSES
RA 7170
DOA
January 7, 1992
RA 7170 Act shall be known as the
ORGAN DONATION ACT OF 1991
- a facility licensed, accredited or approved under the law for storage of human bodies or parts thereof.
A Decedent
B Organ Bank Storage Facility
C Testator
D Donor
Organ Bank Storage Facility
a deceased individual, and includes a still-born infant or fetus
A Decedent
B Organ Bank Storage Facility
C Testator
D Donor
Decedent
an individual who makes a legacy of all or part of
his body
A Decedent
B Organ Bank Storage Facility
C Testator
D Donor
Testator
an individual authorized under this Act to donate all
or part of the body of a decedent
A Decedent
B Organ Bank Storage Facility
C Testator
D Donor
Donor
– a hospital licensed, accredited or approval under the law, and includes, a hospital operated by the
Government.
A Part
B Person
C Physician/Surgeon
D Hospital
Hospital
– includes transplantable organs, tissues, eyes, bones,
arteries, blood, other fluids and other portions of the human
body.
A Part
B Person
C Physician/Surgeon
D Hospital
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
A Part
B Person
C Physician/Surgeon
D Hospital
Person
-a physician or surgeon licensed or
authorized to practice medicine under the laws of the
Republic of the Philippines.
A Immediate Family
B Testator
C Physician/Surgeon
D Death
Physician/Surgeon
- the persons enumerated in Section 4(a) of this Act.
A Immediate Family
B Testator
C Physician/Surgeon
D Death
Immediate Family
- the irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or the irreversible cessation of all
functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem
A Immediate Family
B Testator
C Physician/Surgeon
D Death
Death
DEATH:
- In the opinion of the _______________ there is
an ABSENCE OF NATURAL RESPIRATORY AND CARDIAC FUNCTIONS and, attempts at resuscitation would
not be successful in restoring those functions.
attending physician,
DEATH:
- In the opinion of the _____________, 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.
consulting physician
Section 3. Person Who May Execute A Legacy. – Any individual, at least
_________ 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.
18 years of age
Section 4. Person Who May Execute a Donation.
a.) Any of the following, person, in the order of property
stated hereunder, in the absence of actual notice of
contrary intentions by the decedent or actual notice of
opposition by a member of the immediate family of the
decedent, may donate all or any part of the decedent’s
body: (in the correct order)
- Spouse;
- Son or daughter of legal age;
- Either parent;
- Brother or sister of legal age; or
- Guardian over the person of the decedent at the time of his death.
SECTION 6. Persons Who May Become Legatees or Donees.
a. Any hospital, physician or
surgeon
b. Any accredited medical or
dental school, college or
university
c. Any organ bank storage
facility
d. Any specified individual
SECTION 8. Manner of Executing a Legacy.
(a) Legacy of all or part of the human body under
Section 3 hereof MAY BE MADE BY WILL. The legacy
becomes effective upon the _______________ without waiting for probate of the will. If the will is not probated, or if it is declared invalid for testamentary
purposes, the legacy, to the extent that it was
EXECUTED IN GOOD FAITH, is nevertheless valid and effective.
death of the testator
SECTION 10. Person(s)
Authorized to Remove Transplantable Organs.
Only authorized medical
practitioners in a hospital
