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