LAW N° 012/2023 OF 13/03/2023 REGULATING THE USE OF THE HUMAN BODY, ORGANS, TISSUES, CELLS AND PRODUCTS OF THE HUMAN BODY | 012/2023 OF 13/03/2023 — Rwanda law | Esheria

LAW N° 012/2023 OF 13/03/2023 REGULATING THE USE OF THE HUMAN BODY, ORGANS, TISSUES, CELLS AND PRODUCTS OF THE HUMAN BODY

This article says the law regulates the use of the human body, organs, tissues, cells, and body products for therapy, education, or science.

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Jurisdiction
Rwanda
Instrument
Act or statute
Citation
012/2023 OF 13/03/2023
Status
In force
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
mul
Updated
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administrative governance anti-corruption bribery and improper payments burial requirements certification committee establishment compliance confidentiality consent cost allocation criminal penalties criminal sanctions death certification deceased donor body handling donation by will education establishment licence family order of precedence health insurance health regulation health services healthcare healthcare penalties human biological materials +43 more

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This article says the law regulates the use of the human body, organs, tissues, cells, and body products for therapy, education, or science. This article defines key terms used in the law on human body donation, transplantation, harvesting, consent, and related medical authorities. The provision ranks a donor’s or recipient’s family members in order of precedence. The human body is inviolable, except for therapeutic, educational, or scientific purposes allowed by this Law. Article 5 bans several acts involving the human body, organs, tissues, cells, and body products for therapeutic, educational, or scientific use.