R.A 7170

Question 1

Date of approval of RA 7170

Answer 1

January 7, 1992

Question 2

Term of RA 7170

Answer 2

Corazon C. Aquino

Question 3

How many sections are in RA 7170?

Answer 3

19

Question 4

An act authorizing the legacy or donation of all or part of a human body after death for specified purposes.

Answer 4

RA 7170

Question 5

TITLE: “ORGAN DONATION ACT OF 1991”

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Answer 5

Section 1

Question 6

Definition of terms.

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Answer 6

Section 2

Question 7

A facility licensed, accredited or approved under the law for storage of human bodies or parts thereof.

[terms]

Answer 7

Organ bank storage facility

Question 8

A deceased individual, and includes a still-born infant or fetus.

[terms]

Answer 8

Decedent

Question 9

An individual who makes a legacy of all or part of his body.

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Answer 9

Testator

Question 10

An individual authorized under this Act to donate all or part of the body of a decedent.

[terms]

Answer 10

Donor

Question 11

A hospital licensed, accredited or approved under the law, and includes a hospital operated by the Government.

[terms]

Answer 11

Hospital

Question 12

Includes transplantable organs, tissues, eyes, bones, arteries, blood, other fluids and other portions of the human body.

[terms]

Answer 12

Part

Question 13

An individual, corporation, estate, trust, partnership, association, the Government or any of its subdivisions, agencies or instrumentalities, including government owned or -controlled corporations; or any other legal entity.

[term]

Answer 13

Person

Question 14

A physician or surgeon licensed or authorized to practice medicine under the laws of the Republic of the Philippines.

[terms]

Answer 14

Physician/Surgeon

Question 15

The persons enumerated in Section 4(a) of this Act.

[terms]

Answer 15

“Immediate family” of the decedent

Question 16

The irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or the irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem.

[terms]

Answer 16

Death

Question 17

Person who may execute a legacy.

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Answer 17

Sec 3

Question 18

Any individual, at least eighteen (18) years of age and of sound mind, may give by way of legacy, to take effect after his death, all or part of his body for any purpose specified in Section 6 hereof.

[section]

Answer 18

Section 3: Person who may execute a legacy

Question 19

Person who may execute donation.

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Answer 19

Section 4

Question 20

Any of the following persons, in the order of priority stated hereunder, in the absence of actual notice of contrary intentions by the decedent or actual notice of opposition by a member of the immediate family of the decedent, may donate all or any part of the decedent’s body for any purpose specified in Section 6 hereof:

[section]

Answer 20

Section 4: Person who may execute a donation

Question 21

Examination of the human body or part thereof.

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Answer 21

Section 5

Question 22

A legacy or donation of all or part of a human body authorizes any examination necessary to assure medical acceptability of the legacy or donation for the purpose(s) intended.

[section]

Answer 22

Section 5: Examination of the human body or part thereof

Question 23

Examination of the human body or part thereof (continuation).

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Answer 23

Section 5

Question 24

For purposes of this Act, an autopsy shall be conducted on the cadaver of accident, trauma, or other medico-legal cases immediately after the pronouncement of death, to determine qualified and healthy human organs for transplantation and/or in furtherance of medical science.

[section]

Answer 24

Section 5: Examination of the human body or part thereof. (continuation)

Question 25

For medical or dental education, research, advancement of medical or dental science, therapy or transplantation. [sec 6]

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Any hospital, physician or surgeon

Question 26

For education, research, advancement of medical or dental science, or therapy. [sec 6]

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Any accredited medical or dental school, college, or university.

Question 27

For medical or dental education, research, therapy, or transplantation. [sec 6]

Answer 27

Any organ bank storage facility

Question 28

For therapy or transplantation needed by him. [sec 6]

Answer 28

Any specified individual

Question 29

Duty of hospitals. [sec]

Answer 29

Section 7

Question 30

A hospital authorized to receive organ donations or to conduct transplantation shall train qualified personnel and their staff to handle the task of introducing the organ donation program in a humane and delicate manner to the relatives of the donor-decedent enumerated in Section 4 hereof. [section]

Answer 30

Section 7: Duty of hospitals

Question 31

Manner of executing a legacy. [sec]

Answer 31

Section 8

Question 32

Manner of executing a donation. [sec]

Answer 32

Section 9

Question 33

Persons authorized authorized to remove transplantable organs. [sec]

Answer 33

Section 10

Question 34

Only authorized medical practitioners in a hospital shall remove and/or transplant any organ which is authorized to be removed and/or transplanted pursuant to Section 5 hereof. [section]

Answer 34

Section 10: Persons authorized to remove transplantable organs

Question 35

Delivery of document of legacy or donation. [sec]

Answer 35

Section 11

Question 36

If the legacy or donation is made to a specified legatee or donee, the will, card or other document, or an executed copy thereof, may be delivered by the testator or donor, or his authorized representative, to the legatee or donee to expedite the appropriate procedures immediately after death. [section]

Answer 36

Section 11: Delivery of document of legacy or donation

Question 37

Amendment or revocation of legacy or donation. [sec]

Answer 37

Section 12

Question 38

Rights and duties after death. [sec]

Answer 38

Section 13

Question 39

International sharing of human organ or tissues. [sec]

Answer 39

Section 14

Question 40

Sharing of human organs or tissues shall be made only through exchange programs duly approved by the Department of Health: [section]

Answer 40

Section 14: International sharing human organs or tissues

Question 41

Information drive [sec]

Answer 41

Section 15

Question 42

Rules and regulations. [sec]

Answer 42

Section 16

Question 43

The Secretary of Health, after consultation with all health professionals, both government and private, and non-government health organizations shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary or proper to implement this Act. [section]

Answer 43

Section 15: Rules and regulation

Question 44

[3] Cancelling the legacy

Answer 44

1. Written consent 2. Oral statement (with 2 witnesses] 3. Through the attending physician

Question 45

Living donor [R.A]

Answer 45

RA 9208

Question 46

[5] Person who may execute a donation

Answer 46

1. Spouse 2. Son or daughter of legal age 3. Either parent 4. Brother or sister of legal; or 5. Guardian over the person of the decedent at the time of his death

Question 47

If the will, card or other document, or an executed copy thereof, has been delivered to a specific legatee or donee, the testator or donor may amend or revoke the legacy or donation either by: [section]

Answer 47

Section 12: Amendment or Revocation of legacy or donation

Question 48

Any person who acts in good faith in accordance with the terms of this Act shall not be liable for damages in any civil action or subject to prosecution in any criminal proceeding of this Act. [section]

Answer 48

Section 13: Rights and duties after death