Victorian Current Acts

HUMAN TISSUE ACT 1982 - SECT 25

An authority under section 26 is sufficient authority—

S. 25(a) amended by No. 12/1998 s. 3(Sch. item 4.1).

        (a)     for a registered medical practitioner other than—

S. 25(a)(i) amended by No. 12/1998 s. 3(Sch. item 4.1).

              (i)     a registered medical practitioner who gave the authority; or

S. 25(a)(ii) amended by No. 12/1998 s. 3(Sch. item 4.1).

              (ii)     a registered medical practitioner who gave a certificate under section 26(7) relating to that authority—

to remove tissue from the body of a deceased person in accordance with section 26; and

S. 25(b) substituted by No. 59/2006 s. 8.

        (b)     for a prescribed person or a person belonging to a prescribed class of persons to remove tissue, or a prescribed class of tissue, from the body of a deceased person in accordance with—

              (i)     an authorisation of a designated officer under section 26(1); or

              (ii)     an authority given by section 26(2).

Note

See section 47.