Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act 2024
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Chapter 3 Amendments of Act of 1962 | ||
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Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1962 | ||
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57. Section 2 of the Act of 1962 is amended by— | ||
(a) the insertion of the following definitions: | ||
“ ‘Authority’ means the Health Information and Quality Authority; | ||
‘designated person’ means— | ||
(a) in relation to a hospital, the person designated in that behalf by the hospital concerned to receive and act in accordance with authorisations from family members of deceased persons under section 33F, and | ||
(b) in relation to a relevant facility, the person designated in that behalf to receive and act in accordance with authorisations from family members of deceased persons under section 33F; | ||
‘Executive’ means the Health Service Executive; | ||
‘healthcare professional’ means— | ||
(a) a registered medical practitioner, | ||
(b) a registered nurse or registered midwife within the meaning of section 2 (1) of the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 , or | ||
(c) a member of one or more of the following designated professions within the meaning of section 3 of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 , namely: | ||
(i) medical scientist; | ||
(ii) psychologist; | ||
(iii) social care worker; | ||
(iv) social worker; | ||
(v) such other designated profession within the meaning of the said section as the Minister considers appropriate and may prescribe by regulations; | ||
‘hospital’ has the same meaning as it has in section 39 of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act 2024; | ||
‘operator’ means, in relation to a relevant facility, the person who has ultimate responsibility for the running of the relevant facility; | ||
‘register of relevant facilities’ shall be construed in accordance with section 33J; | ||
‘relevant facility’ means— | ||
(a) the Dublin District Mortuary, or | ||
(b) any other facility (howsoever described), other than a hospital, where post-mortem examinations take place in accordance with this Act and which is specified in the register of relevant facilities as being such place; | ||
‘relevant sections’ means sections 33(2B), 33(2C), 33(2D), 33(3A), 33(3B), 33(3C), 33(3D), 33F, 33G, 33H, 33I, 33J, 33K, 33L, 33M, 33N and 33O;”, | ||
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(b) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “stillborn child”: | ||
“ ‘stillborn child’ has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2004;”. |