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RA 7170 - ORGAN DONATION ACT OF 1991 Flashcards

1
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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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RA 7170, Organ Donation Act of 1991

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T/F: The significance of this law is to protect the rights of both donor and recipient from any unethical or illegal practice such as human trafficking and selling of organs for money

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F; Rationale

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T/F: The rationale of this law is to authorize and regulate the legacy or donation of human body or its parts after death or a specified condition thereby securing the safety of the recipient and providing means for transfer

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F; Significance

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How many sections does RA 7170 have?

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19

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When is RA 7170 approved?

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January 7 1992

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Who is the president that approved of RA 7170?

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Corazon C. Aquino

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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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Decedent

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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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Donor

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

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Testator

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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.

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Death

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To whom a legacy is bequeathed; heir; recipient of a gift

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Legatee or Donee

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13
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Process of administering an estate

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Probate (of the will)

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14
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How old can someone be to execute a legacy?

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At least 18 years of age

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Order of priority of people who may execute a donation in the absence of actual notice of contrary intentions by the decedent

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(1) Spouse
(2) Son or Daughter of legal age;
(3) Either parent;
(4) Brother or sister of legal age
(5) Guardian over the person of the decedent at the time of his death.

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16
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a ________ 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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Autopsy

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May become legatees or donees for medical or dental education, research, advancement of medical or dental science, therapy or transplantation;

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Any hospital, physician or surgeon

18
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May become legatees or donees for education, research,
advancement of medical or dental science or therapy

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Any accredited medical or dental school, colleges or university

19
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May become legatees or donees for medical or dental education, research, therapy, or transplantation

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Any organ bank storage facility

20
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May become a legatee or donee for therapy or transplantation needed by him.

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Any specified individual

21
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T/F: It is necessary that the organ must be given right away to a person

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F; It is NOT necessary that the organ must be given right away to a person, it can be stored first in an organ bank storage facility if there are no legatee or done to receive.

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T/F: The legacy becomes effective upon the death of the testator without waiting for probate of the will.

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T

23
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T/F: A legacy of all or part of the human body under Section 3 hereof may also be made in any document other than a will.

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T

24
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The document, which may be a card or any paper designed to be carried on a person, must be signed by the testator in the presence of who?

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Two witnesses who must sign the document in his presence

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T/F: Delivery of the document of legacy during the testator’s lifetime is not necessary to make the legacy valid

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T

26
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T/F: The legacy may be made to a specified legatee or without specifying a legatee.

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T

27
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If the legacy is made to a specified legatee who is not available at the time and place of the testator’s death, who may accept the legacy as legatee?

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the attending physician or surgeon, in the absence of any expressed indication that the testator desired otherwise

28
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T/F: The physician who becomes a legatee under this subsection shall not participate in the procedures for removing or transplanting a part or parts of the body of the decedent.

A

T

29
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T/F: A legatee must involve himself in the process of transplantation for ethical reasons.

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F; must not be involved

30
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In the absence of a designation, or if the designee is not available, who may authorize any surgeon or physician for the purpose?

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Legatee or other persons authorized to accept the legacy

31
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How long can physicians in charge authorize in a public document the removal of organ in absence any nearest relative?

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within forty-eight (48) hours at the time of death

32
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In all donations, the death of a person from whose body an organ will be removed after his death for the purpose of transplantation to a living person, shall be diagnosed separately and certified by who?

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2 qualified physicians

33
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In all donations, the death of a person from whose body an organ will be removed after his death for the purpose of transplantation to a living person, shall be diagnosed separately and certified by who?

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2 qualified physicians neither of whom should be

○ A member of the team of medical practitioners who will effect the removal of the organ from the body; nor
○ The physician attending to the receipt of the organ to be removed; nor
○ The head of hospital or the designated officer authorizing the removal of the organ.

34
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Only who in a hospital shall remove and/or transplant any organ which is authorized to be removed and/or transplanted

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Authorized medical practitionees

35
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In order for the public to obtain maximum benefits from this act, these agencies shall undertake a public information program

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Department of Health, in cooperation with institutions, such as the
National Kidney Institute,
civic and non-government health organizations and other health related agencies, involved in the donation and transplantation of human organs

36
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An act to advance corneal transplantation in the philippines

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RA 7885

37
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Who is the president that approved RA 7885

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Fidel V. Ramos

38
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How many sections does RA 7885 have?

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6

39
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When was RA 7885 approved?

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February 20, 1995

40
Q

Authorization of the removal of the cornea or corneas of the decedent within how many hours after death?

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12 hours

41
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the removal of corneal tissues shall be performed only by who?

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ophthalmic surgeons and ophthalmic technicians trained in the methodology of such procedure and duly certified by the accredited National Association of Ophthalmologists

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