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← Human Organ Transplant Act 1987

Human Organ Transplant Act 1987 s 2

s 2 Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —“designated officer”, in relation to a hospital, means a person appointed under section 3 to be the designated officer of the hospital; [Deleted by Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] “Director‑General” means the Director‑General of Health;[Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] “hospital” means a hospital which is declared by the Minister, by notification in the Gazette, to be a hospital for the purposes of this Act or any part of the Act; “licensee”, in relation to a hospital, means a person who is —(a) authorised to provide an acute hospital service or ambulatory surgical centre service (called in this definition a relevant healthcare service) under a licence granted under the Healthcare Services Act 2020; and (b) approved to provide the relevant healthcare service at the hospital which is an approved permanent premises (within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Healthcare Services Act 2020);[Act 19 of 2025 wef 05/12/2025] “living donor organ transplant” means the removal of a specified organ from the body of any living person for the purpose of its transplantation into the body of another living person; “medical practitioner” means a person who is registered, or deemed to be registered, as a medical practitioner under the Medical Registration Act 1997; “organ” means —(a) except as provided in paragraph (b), any organ of a human body specified in the First Schedule; and (b) for the purposes of Parts 4 and 4A, any organ of a human body; “specified organ” means any organ of a human body specified in the Second Schedule; “transplant ethics committee”, in relation to a hospital, means a committee of the hospital appointed under section 16(1).[*Updated to be consistent with the 2020 Revised Edition]

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