Unit 8: RA 7170 (Organ Donation Act Of 1991) Flashcards
It is an act authorizing the legacy or donation of all or art of a human body after death for specified purposes
RA 7170 or Organ Donation Act of 1991
How many sections are there in RA 7170
19 sections
When was RA 7170 approved and signed?
January 7, 1992
Who approved and signed the RA 7170
President Corazon C. Aquino
The rationale of RA 7170 is to protect the rights of both _______ and __________ from any unethical or illegal practice such as human trafficking and selling of organs for money
Donor ; recipient
The significance of RA 7170 is to authorize and regulate the ________ or _________ of human body or its parts after death or a specified condition thereby securing the safety of the recipient and providing means for transfer.
legacy ; donation
What republic act amended the RA 7170?
RA 7885 (Corneal Transplant)
What is section 1 of RA 7170?
Title - Organ Donation Act of 1991
What is Section 2 of RA 7170?
Definition of terms
Section 2 (DOT)
It is referred to as a deceased individual, and includes a still born infant or fetus.
Decedent
Section 2 (DOT)
It is referred to as an individual authorized under this Act to donate all or part of the body of decedent
Donor
Section 2 (DOT)
It is referred to as a facility licensed, accredited or approved under the law for storage of human bodies or parts thereof.
Organ Bank Storage Facility
Section 2 (DOT)
It is referred to as an individual who makes a legacy of all or part of his body
Testator
Section 2 (DOT)
It is referred to as the irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or the irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem.
Death
Section 2 (DOT)
It is referred to as 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
Sections 2 (DOT)
Death is described in the opinion of the attending physician, based on the acceptable standards of medical practice, there is an __________________ and, attempts resuscitation would not be successful in restoring those functions. In this case, death shall be deemed to have occurred at the time these function ceased
absence of natural respiratory and cardiac function
Sections 2 (DOT)
Death is described in the opinion of the consulting physician, concurred in by the attending physician, that on the basis of acceptable standards of medical practice, there is an ____________ of all brain functions; and considering the absence of such functions, furthers attempts at resuscitation or continued supportive maintenance would not be successful in restoring such natural functions. In this case, death shall be deemed to have occurred at the time when these conditions first appeared.
irreversible cessation
What is section 3 of RA 7170?
Person Who May Execute a Legacy
Section 2 (DOT)
It is referred to as:
1. pouse
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
Immediate Family
It is referred to as a gift; something transmitted; bequest
Legacy
It refers to to whom a legacy is bequeathed;
heir; recipient of a gift
Legatee or Donee
It refers to a process of administering an estate
Probate (of the will)
Section 3
A person who may execute legacy is any individual with the age of at least ____ years of age and __________, 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 y/o and sound mind
What is Section 4 of RA 7170?
Person Who May Execute a Donation
Section 4 | subsection (a)
Any of the following persons, in the order of priority stated hereunder, in the absence of actual notice of contrary intentions by the decedent or actual notice of opposition by the member of the immediate family of the decedent, may donate all or any part of the decedent’s body for any purpose specified in Section 6 hereof.
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
Section 4 | subsection (a)
The person authorized by subsection (a) of section 4 may make donation __________________ his death
after or immediately before
What is Section 5 of RA 7170?
Examination of Human Body or Part thereof
Section 5
A legacy or donation of all or part of a human body _________ any examination necessary to assure medical acceptability of the legacy or donation for the purpose(s) intended.
authorizes
Section 5
For purposes of this Act, an _________ 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
autopsy
What is section 6 of RA 7170?
Persons Who May Become Legatees or Donees
Section 6
It is for medical or dental education, research, advancement of medical or dental science, therapy or transplantation;
Any hospital, physician or surgeon
Section 6
It is for education, research, advancement of medical or dental science or therapy;
Any accredited medical or dental school, colleges or university
Section 6
It is for medical or dental education, research, therapy, or transplantation
Any organ bank storage facility
Section 6
It is for therapy or transplantation needed by him
Any specified individual
What is Section 7 of RA 7170?
Duty of Hospitals