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(Consolidated up to 29/2024) ALBERTA REGULATION 196/2009 Human Tissue and Organ Donation Act HUMAN TISSUE AND ORGAN DONATION REGULATION Table of Contents 1 Definition 2 Donation organizations 4 Requirements for transplantation 5 Independent assessment committee 6 E x p i r y 7 Coming into force Definition 1 In this Regulation, “Act” means the Human Tissue and Organ Donation Act. AR 196/2009 s1;29/2024 Donation organizations 2 The following organizations are designated as donation organizations for the purposes of the Act: (

a) Comprehensive Tissue Centre (CTC); (

b) Human Organ Procurement and Exchange (HOPE); (

c) Living Donor Services (Renal); (

d) Living Donor Services (Liver); (

e) Living Donor Services (Lung); (

f) Southern Alberta Organ Donation Program; (

g) Southern Alberta Tissue Program; (

h) Southern Alberta Transplant Program; (

i) Lions Eye Bank. AR 196/2009 s2;29/2024 3 Repealed AR 29/2024 s4.

Section 4 AR 196/2009 HUMAN TISSUE AND ORGAN DONATION REGULATION 2 Requirements for transplantation 4(1) For greater certainty, a person who uses, procures or processes a tissue, organ or body for transplantation must comply with (

a) the Act and this Regulation, (

b) t h e Food and Drugs Act (Canada) and its regulations, and (

c) any other legisla tion that may apply.

(2) A person shall not use an organ for transplantation unless the procurement of the organ is co-ordinated by a donation organization. AR 196/2009 s4;29/2024 Independent assessment committee 5(1) An independent assessment committee shall be established, for the purposes of approving a donation by a minor under

section 5 of the Act, by the medical director of the surgical facility where the donated tissue or organ would be procured for transplantation.

(2) The independent assessment committee shall have a minimum of 3 members, one of whom shall be a physician and one of whom shall be a psychologist or psychiatrist.

(3) No person who has had any association with the donor or the recipient that might influence the person’s judgment shall be a member of the independent assessment committee. Expiry 6 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be repassed in its present or an amended form following a review, this Regulation expires on March 1, 2029. AR 196/2009 s6;27/2019;29/2024 Coming into force 7(1) This Regulation comes into force on the coming into force of

section 14 of the Act.

(2) Repealed AR 29/2024 s7. AR 196/2009 s7;29/2024

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