Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act 2024
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Medical certificate of cause of death must be signed before anatomical examination can take place | ||
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64. (1) Where a person has consented under section 63 to the use of his or her body after death for the purposes of anatomical examination, the donor’s body may be brought to a licensed institution and embalmed or otherwise preserved before the death has been duly registered in the register of deaths by an tArd-Chláraitheoir. | ||
(2) No anatomical examination shall take place until a medical certificate of the cause of death has been signed and furnished to the licensed institution in respect of the body. | ||
(3) A copy of the medical certificate of the cause of death shall be kept at the licensed institution which received the body for such period as shall be specified in a code of practice under section 81 which period shall not be less than 5 years. |