A person appointed by a person to represent them after their death for the purposes of activities under the Human Tissue Act Nominated 2004 for which consent is required. A nominated representative representative may be entitled to consent to the removal, storage and use of the body or tissue for any of the scheduled purposes, other than anatomical examination or public display. Defined by the Human Tissue Act (Persons who Lack Capacity to Consent and Transplants) Regulations 2006, as amended, as a differentiated part of the human body, formed by different tissues, that maintains its structure, vascularisation and capacity Organ to develop physiological functions with a significant level of autonomy. 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 requirement of structure and vascularisation. Person A person working under an HTA licence acting under the Designated direction of the Designated Individual. (PD) Plastination A method of preserving human tissue using plastics Dissection and examination of a body after death, principally in Post-mortem order to determine the cause of death or the presence of disease examination processes. A person working with relevant material in an establishment Practitioner licensed by the HTA. The processes by which tissues and cells are made available, Procurement including the physical act of removing tissue and the donor selection and evaluation. Throughout the Codes, the term should be taken to ‘relatives’ include a spouse or partner and, in cases where there are no Relatives relatives, close friends of the deceased person. Decisions regarding consent should be made according to the hierarchy of qualifying relationships as set out in the Human Tissue Act. Defined by the Human Tissue Act as material other than gametes, which consists of, or includes, human cells. In the Relevant Human Tissue Act, references to relevant material from a human material body do not include: (a) embryos outside the human body, or (b) hair and nail from the body of a living person. See policy guidance on how to apply this definition on the website. HTA’s
Nominated representative A person appointed by a person to represent them after their death for the purposes of activities under the Human Tissue Act 2004 for which consent is required. A nominated representative may be entitled to consent to the removal, storage and use of the body or tissue for any of the scheduled purposes, other than anatomical examination or public display. Organ Defined by the Human Tissue Act (Persons who Lack Capacity to Consent and Transplants) Regulations 2006, as amended, as 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. 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 requirement of structure and vascularisation. Person Designated (PD) A person working under an HTA licence acting under the direction of the Designated Individual. Plastination A method of preserving human tissue using plastics Post-mortem examination Dissection and examination of a body after death, principally in order to determine the cause of death or the presence of disease processes. Practitioner A person working with relevant material in an establishment licensed by the HTA. Procurement The processes by which tissues and cells are made available, including the physical act of removing tissue and the donor selection and evaluation. Relatives Throughout the Codes, the term ‘relatives’ should be taken to include a spouse or partner and, in cases where there are no relatives, close friends of the deceased person. Decisions regarding consent should be made according to the hierarchy of qualifying relationships as set out in the Human Tissue Act. Relevant material Defined by the Human Tissue Act as material other than gametes, which consists of, or includes, human cells. In the Human Tissue Act, references to relevant material from a human body do not include: (a) embryos outside the human body, or (b) hair and nail from the body of a living person. See policy guidance on how to apply this definition on the HTA’s website.
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