Cap. 558 Art. 3Interpretation. Cap.16. Cap. 464. Cap.16. Cap. 528.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

"autologous use" means cells or tissues removed from and applied to the same person;

"cells" means individual diploid human cells or a collection of diploid human cells when not bound by any form of connective tissue; "clinician" means a health professional being a doctor or consultant whose practice is based on direct observation and treatment of a patient; "donation" means the act of giving human organs, tissues or cells intended for human transplantation; "donor" means a person who donates one or several organs, tissues or cells, whether donation occurs during lifetime or after death;

"donor coordinator" means a person who confirms that the donor has the medical characteristics that ensures a successful transplantation; "guardian" means a person appointed by a court to make decisions regarding the support, care, education, health, or welfare of an individual and includes a person who has been appointed in guardianship of a person in terms of the Civil Code; "health care professional" shall have the same meaning assigned to it under the Health Care Professions Act;

*see article 1(2) of this Act as originally promulgated, and Legal Notice 421 of 2016. "human organ" and "organ" means a differentiated part of the human body, formed by different tissues, that maintains its structure, vascularisation and capacity to develop physiological functions with a significant level of autonomy:

Provided that a part of an organ is also considered to be an organ if its function is to be used for the same purpose as the entire organ in the human body, maintaining the requirements of structure and vascularisation; "Minister" means the Minister responsible for Health; "parent" means a person having parental authority; "parental authority" shall have the same meaning assigned to the term under the Civil Code; "procurement organization" means a health care establishment, a team or a unit of a hospital, a person, or any other body which undertakes or coordinates the procurement of organs, and is authorised to do so by the Superintendent;

"recipient coordinator" means a person who ensures that the patient is in a suitable state to accept a successful transplant;

"register" shall refer to the National Human Organ and Tissue Donation Register defined in article 4; "Superintendent" means the Superintendent of Public Health in terms of the Health Act; "tissue" means all constituent parts of the human body formed by cells; "transplant co-ordinator" means a health care professional who coordinates activities related to organ donation and transplantation. A transplant coordinator can either be a donor coordinator or a recipient coordinator;

"transplantation centre" means a health care establishment, a team or a unit of a hospital or any other body which undertakes the transplantation of organs, tissues and cells and which is authorised to undertake such transplantation by the Superintendent.