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 public display activities can take place | ||
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88. (1) Where a person has given a Part 5 consent, to the use of his or her body after death for public display activities, on his or her death, the deceased person’s body may be brought to the premises of the Part 5 licence holder concerned before the deceased person’s death has been duly registered in the register of deaths by an tArd Chláraitheoir. | ||
(2) No public display activities can take place until a medical certificate of the cause of death has been signed and furnished to the Part 5 licence holder in respect of the body. | ||
(3) A copy of medical certificate of the cause of death shall be kept at the premises of the Part 5 licence holder which received the body for such period as shall be specified in a code of practice under section 100 which period shall not be less than 5 years. |